Ktm Road Tests Articles

2009 KTM RC8R - Über-Superbike

Austria gets serious more

2009 KTM 990 Supermoto T - First Ride

A Kinder, Gentler Version Of Our Favorite Big-Bore Supermoto. more

2008 KTM 250 XC-W (e) - An Electric-Start Two-Stroke? What A Kick!

Lose the kicker, you'll love the button. more

2008 KTM 1190 RC8 - Clockwork Orange

An Austrian alternative To The Traditional Italian Super-Twin more

Sumo Supermoto - Motorcyclist Comparo

Large, Powerful And Not Exactly What They Seem more

KTM 690 Duke, SMC & Enduro - One Motor, Three Very Different Motorcycles - First Ride

Three compelling reasons to stay single. more

2009 KTM RC8 1190 - First Look - Up To Speed

What has two cylinders, 161 horsepower and makes Ducati very nervous?Razor-sharp creases in signal-orange bodywork are your first clue. A twincam 75-degree V-twin is your second. The answer could only come from KTM's Austrian works. Astute readers will recall the RC8 concept bike floating around the more

2007 KTM 450 EXC, Honda Shadow Spirit 750 And Star Motorcycles V-Star 1300 - First Ride

There was a time when you could buy a new motorcycle, ride it to an off-road race, remove the lights and go for it. That was long ago, when men were men and motorcycles were junk. There was next to no difference between a streetbike and a dirtbike, and nobody knew any better. Since then, motorcycles more

KTM 625 SMC Vs. Suzuki DR-Z400SM - Swinging Singles - Street-Legal Supermoto Comparo

Tried supermoto yet? It rocks! Trouble is, until recently there's been no easy or affordable way to get into this fast-growing niche. You either wrote a fat check for a purpose-built European competition machine or spent long nights in the garage converting a Japanese motocrosser yourself. The situa more

Up To Speed: 2006 KTM 990 Adventure

upstaging BMW and everyone else with a bigger, better Adventure more

2006 KTM 950 Supermoto

One of THE most riveting displays at last fall's Intermot show was KTM's. The Austrian-tinged adrenaline was due primarily to the four distinct and highly trick street models the company displayed: The Super Duke 990 sport rod, which we previewed more than a more

Dream Fulfilled: KTM Duke 990

More than a year ago I wrote an exclusive, behind-the-scenes development story for the November 2002 issue of Motorcyclist on KTM's just-announced Duke 950, a naked, V-twin-powered street rod that represented the Austrian company's first all-street offering (t more