Of all the motorcycle types on the road — sportbikes, cruisers and every oddball in between — the naked literbike might be the most outrageous. Endowed with massive, superbike-derived 1,000cc+ engines ...

KTM's marketing team scared us a bit with its buildup for the 1290 Super Duke R, nicknaming it "The Beast" and pointing at a truly frightening spec sheet: 1,301 cc, 180 raging horsepower, 144 ...

KTM has issued a recall for certain 2020 to 2022 models from the Super Duke R and Super Duke R EVO lines over a misrouted wiring harness that may be damaged, thus resulting in a short circuit and ...

Harry has been writing and talking about motorcycles for 15 years, although he's been riding them for 45 years! After a long career in music, he turned his hand to writing and television work, ...

TJ started writing for TopSpeed in 2015, but has been writing on motorcycle and automotive topics since 2009 for outlets such as eHow, eHowNow, and MotorTrend subsidiaries. He is certified to work on ...

Building on the status and foundation of the standard KTM 1290 Super Duke R, the Austrian brand has introduced a new version called the 1290 Super Duke R EVO. This new naked bike shares the same 1301 ...

To those who have everything, more will be given – and so it is with the GT, which was already the fastest and craziest touring motorcycle on the market. For 2019 it gets more horsepower, a ...

A new video has surfaced showing a tug-of-war between a Ferrari LaFerrari hybrid hypercar and a KTM 1290 Super Duke R sport bike. The video, which was posted by YouTube user Salvare i Ricchi, doesn't ...

Even parked and resting on its kickstand, the 2014 KTM 1290 Super Duke R is a vicious machine. It barely leans over at all, looking visibly upset by the lack of movement. Like a caged mechanical pit ...