We briefly described the riding experience provided by the 2020 KTM 1290 Super Duke R in Part 1 of this review. This bike is fast with a capital “F”, but, in some ways, more usable than four-cylinder super-nakeds that make most of their power much further up the rpm range. As the third iteration of […]
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Reports Indicate Pol Espargaro May Move to Repsol Honda Next Year, Displacing Younger Brother of Marc Marquez (News)
Press reports indicate KTM’s Pol Espargaro has an offer to join Repsol Honda as the teammate of Marc Marquez beginning with the 2021 MotoGP championship series. Although the deal does not appear to be final, KTM itself acknowledges Honda has an offer on the table for Espargaro. Espargaro has been quoted as stating that Honda […]
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MotoGP Issues Revised Calendar for 2020 – First Race Will be at Jerez on July 19 (News)
With the Covid-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on sports-event calendars around the world, World Championship motorcycle racing at the MotoGP level will finally get underway on July 19 at the Jerez circuit in Spain. Jerez will be the location of the first of several double-headers with back-to-back races — the second just 7 days later on […]
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Casey Stoner Gives Revealing Interview on YouTube (News)
Two-time MotoGP champ Casey Stoner, who retired from racing at a very young age while at the top of the sport, gives a revealing interview to Chris Vermeulen in this YouTube Video. Topics include Stoner’s six wins at his home track in Phillip Island, testing roles with Honda and Ducati, and his admiration for his […]
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MD Project Bike: Dirck Modifies a 2019 KTM 790 Adventure, Part 2 (Bike Reports) (News)
If you read Part 1, you know that we are modifying a 2019 KTM 790 Adventure – the standard model, not the R (with longer, adjustable suspension and knobby tires). We started out by swapping the front wheel from the stock 21″ to a 19″ from a KTM 1290 Super Adventure S, which was a […]
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2020 Kawasaki Ninja 1000SX: MD Ride Review, First Thoughts (Bike Reports) (News)
We have already put 100 miles, or so, on our 2020 Kawasaki Ninja 1000SX. This is a substantially revised model from Kawasaki. All of the changes for 2020 are described in an earlier MD article here. The Ninja 1000 is a bike we have always liked (we last tested the 2014 model). With this bike, […]
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