2017 KTM Duke 890 starts testing - Spied

24/02/2016 - 15:50 KTM Duke 890, Spy pictures, KTM Ashwin Ram N P

Could spawn an adventure version too.

Motorcycle.com has posted spyshots of a KTM prototype which appears to belong to the mid-size segment. The model is believed to be the new KTM Duke 890, while the publication reports that it could in reality even be a Duke 590 or a Duke 790.

2017 KTM Duke 890 spied — The prototype seems to have an inline-twin cylinder engine.

The possibility of the test mule being a smaller 500 cc offering is justified by the website which says that Stefan Pierer, President and Chief Executive Officer of KTM, once said the company is also working on building a parallel-twin motorcycle with an engine close to 500 cc of displacement.

The test mule could also be a twin-cylinder 500 cc motorcycle which the company's CEO vaguely mentioned in the past.

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The publication adds that the engine appears to be significantly short (longitudinally) and that it appears to have a 270-degree crank angle. The latter is known to convincingly imitate a V-Twin exhaust note, when compared to the more typical engines which have 180- or 360-degree cranks.

Head to the source link to view the spyshots.

[Source: Motorcycle]