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56THREE GENERATIONSREFINING THEBEASTIt’s been 6 year since KTM unleashed the 1290R Super Duke to the world for the firsttime, and we get all three generations together to see how far they have come.Article by Clinton PienaarPics by Beam Productions
57If you go back a few years to before 2014 where themost angry naked would be a 1000cc four cylinder, the advent of the 1300cc twin KTM caused quite astir. Move on a few years and all of a sudden we haveSupercharged Kawasaki’s, V4 Italians in the form ofDucati and an Aprilia, and the German offering in theS1000R is also a vicious machine. Yamaha have the MT10and Suzuki have gone the cheaper route with their 1000GSX-S which is still a proper machine and value for moneyat the same time but pales next to these other naked offeringswhich want to rip your head off.Something that is interesting is that it would seem thatonce you have bought a 1290R SuperDuke you get capturedinto the world of KTM, because most of the buyers of thenew bikes have been current owners and funnily enough,not too many of them are trading in their old ones, theyseem to have grown too attached to them.So first off, what can you expect to pay for a Gen 1,obviously depending on condition, extras and milage theprice varies between R140 and R160k, then Gen 2 betweenR180 and R210k and the latest incarnation will set you backabout R270k. The question is does the extra money justifythe expense, and yes this is a relative question.The first bike, Gen 1, is a Brute with a capital B and thename Beast was born from guys riding it, it was and is aBeast in every sense, Traction Control was mandatory andwas included as a standard feature thank goodness. Thetorque available at about 2500rpm was more than what
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