KTM's midweight sports street car Since the launch of the Lc8c twin engine, the exhaust volume has also slowly increased from 790 to 890, and even launched a more combative 890 DUKE R model in 2021, but with the increasingly stringent environmental regulations, KTM seems to be ready to increase the exhaust volume of the 890 DUKE again, and recently KTM was captured by overseas media to suspect the 990 DUKE test car spy photo.
The news about the 990 DUKE new car spy photo was exposed as early as mid-2021, when the captured test car did not change much in appearance, the same use of the current 890 DUKE insect headlight shape, and the latest 990 DUKE spy photo that was captured this time, there is no small change in the front design of the front, cancel the design of the past insect headlights, and change to the SUZUKI GSX-S1000 similar upper and lower double headlights.
The 990 DUKE test car, which was captured in early 2021, still uses the current insect headlights
In addition, there are also some differences in the body part, first of all, the swingarm part, you can see KTM replace the 990 DUKE with a thicker swingarm design, and KTM also adds more baskets to the back swingarm to achieve a balance of rigidity and lightweight; In addition, the sub-platform part also looks thinner than the 890 DUKE.
The swingarm changes to thick and thick, while stealing light with a large number of empty baskets; The sub-platform also seems to have become thinner to reduce weight
From the currently exposed spy photos, it is difficult to judge whether the new 990 DUKE will use this new front shape, but according to the habits of the previous KTM spy photo exposure, the new front style has a high chance of appearing on the final mass production version; According to foreign media forecasts, the KTM 990 DUKE has the opportunity to be officially released in 2023, and perhaps at the large auto show at the end of 2022, we will have the opportunity to meet this new duke with a completely different style!