Will the 690 SMC R survive KTM's bankruptcy?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2025
- Yeah they will make it but these new SMC’s are uglyyyyyyy…. At least my opinion haha
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I noticed on KTM’s website that it reads “the KTM 390 SMC R is equipped with powerful LED lights taken directly from the KTM 690 SMC R” however the MY24 and older 690’s have halogen headlights. I’m thinking we will see a face lift to the 690’s for 2025.
Yeah german bike magazine havé presented thé new enduro r 690 (2025) and there are lots or changes apparently ( motor, exhaust, fuel tank in front as conventional dirt bike etc)
Did they change the dash?🙏
@ on 690 maybe it will be like the 390 ( they did not precise it)
Oh no.. I need to see it!!!!
Yeah I agree, the 390 is just not sleek enough for a supermoto. It’s the same way I feel about the Ducati hyper 950.
It's like a hyper but way less power.. I have been a 690 die hard on this channel for the last 3 years and will always stand behind that bike BUT even still.. the 690 could be considered a non-supermoto.. BUT the power and out-the-box setup saves it. If I was even looking at the 390, I would go DR-4s or buy a 450/500 and build myself..
390smc looks so weird and odd, im not a fan... but they do have like a 5500$ msrp, which is crazy and makes me interested.
The price tag is incredible but then it also makes me ask, how many corners did you cut?? Even 450 dirt bikes (sorta comparable) go for 2x the cost now a days and have HALF the tech/features....... Or I'm just crazy hahah that too
Yeah clears all their debt basically. Bad crack though for the companies they have let down.
They will struggle to have solid relationships with who they used.
My old man has the the newer Africa twin as well and it's nice.
Need to watch the 790 and 890 platform for the camshaft issues.
The Africa twin's are pretty sweet! but the camshaft issue is a real thing.. I already had a pretty rare incident with my 690, don't need another haha
@LifeWellRidden yeah mate I mind seeing the video lol.
Not commented on a video in a while lol. Been mad busy.
The 390 is ugly because they sat a great big ball bag up front... If they'd followed the 690 formula with a tank in the back and a bench seat it would be far more sleek, but this would force seat height up which scares off newbies.
Hopefully the bankruptcy situation provides a good shake up and they can bring us some bikes we actually want. Bring on the 690 Rally!
I'd avoid the 890 until the cam issues are resolved.
They did bang the 390 up a bit and what came out after that fight is UGLY.. But you make some good points on the 890.. the issues hold true for too many people.. Maybe the ol 990 is the way to go!
@LifeWellRidden We might not have to rely on the old 990, there's rumours of a new 990 coming soon :-D
@ please!! That would be awesome!! Bring back a true legend!
Now that you say it.. 990 Duke, 990 Duke R, RC R 990 sport bike.. they need an adventure 990!
what i like about the new 390 smcr is the new dash and headlight.. if they put those on a new 690 then i will be upgrading my 2018 without a doubt... and hopefully they do not put that under exhaust!!!
New dash and headlight would be nice.I was also thinking to get a new smcr 2025 modell.But the thing i dont like is the E5+ norm with 2 lambasensor that will come with it
I will take the dash upgrade any day! Headlights are nice too but have soooo many aftermarket options that most people will just replace anyway but anything but the underslung exhaust.. ANYTHING!!!
2 is worse than 1.. so could get interesting..
i dont understand why they dont make the 450 0r 500 exc into a supermoto, i have a 500 supermoto i built but if they put a little more oil capacity and a bigger tank from factory the would sell 10000s
1 million percent agree! And maybe get the valve adjustment to last a little longer than 15 hours.. But I would rather sign up for that "pre-built"
The 390 would have been fine... if yhe exhaust wasnt underslung... why anyone was like.... yes, the exhaust will be underslung making it a not supermoto... is beyond me
Hahah I saw the same thing like how ya gunna put that on a center stand?? No center stand = no supermoto.. I would rather have the new DR-4s than the 390..
@LifeWellRidden if they tried a little harder it could easily have beaten or been at the same level as the dr4, maybe even better, because we know the 390 makes 40+ hp and we are not sure if the dr4 makes thay
@ true true, only time will tell how it goes but for at least the US market, it dosent make much sense (in my opinion)
c'mon red bull , lend ktm 3 bill
Haha we all know Red Bull has it....