Judging from how the KTM 1290 Super Duke R stacks up against its competition, the Austrian’s were right in calling the new Duke “The Beast” in their pre-launch marketing. Taming that beast is no easy task, though luckily the KTM 1290 Super Duke R is one of the Austrian company’s first motorcycles to get traction control. But as our friend Iwan learned at the international press launch in Spain, the Super Duke R still packs quite the punch. KTM’s tame motorcycle racer, and development rider for the Super Duke R, Jeremy McWilliams was on-hand for the press launch as well. Unfortunately for McWilliams though, there appears to be something wrong with his race-spec Duke, as the front wheel has trouble staying attached to the ground. He should probably have the boys take a look at it.
It has been a busy year for MotoGP Race Director Mike Webb. Since taking on the job of ensuring that…
Behold the Suzuki XRH-1 MotoGP race bike prototype that has been the subject of so much conjecture in the MotoGP paddock. On display at the Suzuki stand at the 2013 EICMA show, it was perhaps the most technologically advanced motorcycle at the yearly motorcycle event, yet you would only know that if you went to Milan last week. Finding an inline-four engine at its heart, Suzuki hopes to bridge the gap between MotoGP and street bike a bit with this entry, which is a good thing since the current generation GSX-R is going on its sixth model year. It appears until Suzuki re-enters MotoGP or builds a new superbike for the street, these photos are all we have to drool over from Hamamatsu. That will suffice…for now.
Polaris Industries has announced that it has bought back 3.96 million shares of the company’s stock from Fuji Heavy Industries, for the tidy…
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The track was a lot busier on Tuesday at Valencia, after the halfhearted beginning to MotoGP testing on Monday afternoon.…