2024 KTM 990 Duke Billed As A Mini Super Duke

KTM’s PowerParts catalog is stacked with a bunch of look-fast bits for the 990 Duke, along with a bunch of software upgrades. If you’re not familiar with KTM’s current modus operandi, they’re in the habit of pre-installing things like a quick-shifter or additional riding mode features, but leaving them disabled until you spring for the upgrade.
It’s the same story with the 990 Duke, except that KTM has now introduced a ‘demo’ feature, which turns all the optional software extras on for the first 1,500 km.
We’ve sampled both the KTM 890 Duke R and 1290 Super Duke R, and both are remarkably agile and trackable. If the 990 Duke’s changes are as effective as KTM claims, it should be an absolute riot. And although we’re still on the fence about how it looks, we’re secretly crushing on the all-black colorway.
A KTM 990 has been much anticipated for a while now, and the first one has finally arrived with the new-for-2024 KTM 990 Duke.
Okay, okay, it’s not really a new engine, more a larger displacement version of the LC8c motor you find in the 790 and 890 bikes from KTM, but the new 947cc unit has nonetheless been expected for a while by now.
Perhaps there is more anticipation about the potential for a KTM RC 990, which everyone knows exists thanks to spy shots even if KTM hasn’t actually confirmed anything yet, but the Duke 990 is a further confirmation that KTM seeks to plug gaps.
We have had the 390 Duke for over 10 years now, the KTM 790 Duke has been back since last year, and the 890 Duke has become a staple of the middleweight class, so it only makes sense that the 990 Duke comes in as another block in the bridge from the middleweight Austrian nakeds to the mental 1290 Super Duke and its many ‘R’ and ‘Evo’ variants.

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The Super Duke is really an Ultra Duke, The 990 Duke is the real Super Duke.

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