Anyone riden the new superduke?

[Valver]

Any of you bought one or had one out on test?
I had my first ride of one on Saturday. Just wondering what other folk make of them.

[Silver]

I would love a go, but I don't think there are many in the country yet. What did you make of it?

[lilredmachine]

I havent ridden one, but I stare at the pictures longingly. Does that count?
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[Valver]

It was very disappointing really. I was all set for buying one a couple of months ago without even testing one, thought it would be the most awsome bike ever. Thank god i rode on first!!!
I guess i'd drewled over it for too long and built it up in my head.

Very very very average!

[Frost]

Saw one at cadwell, looked yummy!

It's the only KTM i've seen that i really want.

[jonboy]

[Valver]

The first little niggle I had which doesn’t bother me too much but I thought would be bound to annoy the hell out of some, especially shorter blokes is the side stand.
Its tucked right in close beneath the engine so that once folded up I couldn’t kick it down again without climbing off the bike first. Maybe its just that my size 12s are too clumsy but I can’t imagine having smaller feet would make that much difference.
Second niggle was the seat height feels far too low for me. Maybe to make it easier to climb off to kick the stand down. Or maybe just because I’m used to riding supermoto and big sports bikes like the TLR where you have to stretch your toes.
The clutch is really heavy, again this doesn’t bother me much but after 20minutes of filtering through traffic at road works and traffic lights my forearm was bulging.

So the important stuff.
The handling seemed really neat no complaints there. The chassis is fantastic!
Brakes felt really solid although its one hell of a reach for the front brake lever.
The gear box feels really positive.
At low revs (1k – 3.5k) the bike lurchs and rattles so much so that you have to have to take it up to about 6k before changing into second if you want a smooth ride.
When cracked open at low revs it pulls like a train and sounds quite nice, quiet if anything, could have done with some sporty pipes. After about 6k, just as I was getting ready to brace my neck, the power seemed to fade off and up to 10grand getting more and more slouchy. Now I know it’s a twin and you can’t expect the same progressive power you get from an in-line four but for me it just didn’t cut it.
Sitting at 90mph in top gear and cracking open the throttle didn’t give anything like the stomp of power I’d grown used to on my TL.
So in all it was only really the engine that disappointed me but so much so that it put me off the bike altogether.

[BLOFLY 636]

I seen a video of one it was like an advertisement I think but not too Legal if you know what I mean! the guy was crazy popping mingers down the highway at night and getting the pegs down around bends, zipping in and out of traffic very poor appreciation of traffic laws, almost had me convinced I would like one more than a BMW R1200GS but then I realised I can't ride as good as that! I still think the BMW R1200GS is more suited to us bland nervous types
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[mchaggis]

The vid:

https://www.990superduke.com/media/impressions/vid/01_filme.wmv

I had a sit on one at the NEC and it was deathly uncomfortable. The seat was far too hard and it felt as though it was about 3 inches wide. (Then again, I am used to a rather softer saddle).
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[BLOFLY 636]

[mchaggis]

[BLOFLY 636]

me too I want a big fat seat like that on the ZRX1200 or BMW R1200GS please the 2004 GSX-R models have one of the softest seats I have seen on a sportsbike!
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