jmann
Greetings to all. The Superduke R I picked up today is my first KTM. So far unfortunately it's not too good a start (loose front wheel spindle nut and quite loud mechanical noise from offside fork tube on rebound) but overall there's masses of promise; masses of character, as expected. My other bike these days is a Morini Corsaro Veloce 1200 so the two big twins will be really interesting to compare. The first impression of course is the obvious one regarding lightness and extra torque on the part of the Superduke but the Morini is no slouch with 123Nm of torque, a direct linear throttle and no 'riding modes' to use in place of riding skill. (Funny, it always used to be like that. I don't remember everybody falling off. . . . ) I haven't explored the website properly yet but I'm hoping it's got a technical edge. I've already noticed signs of lockout as far as getting hold of software and doing one's own servicing (CO, TPS) is concerned - hope that's not really true but I fear it might be. Oh well, while the front end is being sorted out I can at least defrost myself and polish the beast. I'm near Stroud / Cirencester if any other owners are near . . . . cheers . . . .
