The last thing I expected from a Ktm was to be comfortable… Test drove the 790 duke and fell in love with the suspension and riding position.. sold my cb650 immediately and got a 790

I bike don’t look right with that color combo. Needs to be all black.

Any updates? Did you get your next bike?

Awesome review!

Zelf vertrouwen kan alle angst wegnemen dus kan professional rijden.Proficiat van perfecte uitleg!!

Sorry was too quick. 1:80 Mtrs. 😄

How tall are you in mtrs.? Nice video.👍🏼🇳🇱

I've just bought the Plus version of this bike and love it. Great review but I would like to point out that you can turn off the Traction Control. You do need to be in User Mode to do so. Hope this helps

Very nice review. I've become a fan of this bike. Looks great!

Im buying this bike as my beginner one. I think i will be fine with it if Im driving in carefullly.

Good review. Very good review.

Great job! One of the better reviews I have seen in fact. Thank you from the US!

It is absolutely not worth buying this excuse for a motorcycle. It's a very mundane outsourced piece of garbage with a cheap rattly Chinese parallel twin from my China. This idiotic contraption was designed by fools built by people that couldn't give two flying fucks and purchased by cretins that should know better. Avoid buying this pretender and buy something from a manufacturer that is proud of their products instead of buying from a manufacturer that tries to hide the origins of this crap piece of agricultural machinery.

Not sure if some has already mentioned it. I'm sure you've noticed by now your bike is missing the passenger grab rail. I have a solo seat-cowl, tail tidy and removed the passenger pegs, but I kept the grab rail for moving the bike around.

Probably one of the best reviews I've seen in a while. Straight to the point, very concise. I'd love to see a review on the ktm 890 duke or the 890 duke r as well to compare to this bike.

Thanks for this! A quick question - What phone mounting is that in the middle of the handlebars?

Thanks for the review. Was torn between this one and an MV Agusta Brutale RR 2018, but I just can't choose this over the Brutale. Yeah, the BMW is probably way more comfortable and have better electronics and engine, but the Brutale is just SO much fun and looks damn good 🤗

Worst review. Direction is terrible, no good closeups, the whole video is shot from a single angle from the BACK of the bike; how stupid is that? No enthusiasm in the voice either

is good bike , but the mt 09 e z900 is more better ! in my opinion ,...

Great job! Very nice and informative video ! Do you remember the mileage at which you noticed the oil leak?

What phoneholder is that?

Not 14k rpm. Signs off before 12k.

breaking lmao...

F900R is such a beautiful bike

👍👍👍

Great review, thank you!

Thank you for this review which in many of your concerns correlates with my experience of a KTM 790 Duke with a bit over 30000km and three years old. I had 3 times oil leakages, 2 times cooling leakages and in the mean time 3 times the disk brake problems you experienced as well. Horrible vibrations, especially when one is braking before entering a curve fast. Also when braking in slow speed one has a strange feeling since as you say it feels that it is braking and at the next moment it appears as if the brake is slippery. Fortunately up to now everything was repaired under warranty. Anyhow right now I have the brake issue again and I will see how KTM will handle problem this time. The disk brakes did not lasted more then 5000km since the last repair. KTM Mobility Service worked fine when I needed it and the only reason that I stayed with KTM was the very good service I have got from my dealer...

Still no tail tidy? Looks soooo much better with a tail tidy :)

Pity they never start first or second time

did you get the highest seat? I am also around 182cm but have long legs.

So the BMW is a boring bike and cannot be compared to the competition, the Yamaha is mad, the Kawasaki is a speed monster, and the KTM is a riot.

Leuke video. Welke go pro gebruik je ?

Nope not if you are buying a 2018 model, cracked engines, rattles, so many recalls they just stopped making it after 1 year and moved to the 890.

Excellent video man. I love this cafe racer. I am thinking of selling my ktm 790adv

great review probably I will have this bike this coming riding season here in Austria, Europe

nice ride sir

Great review, mate! I like the blue one.

A lot of people write electric motorbikes off because of range and weight, but my VMAX1700 weighs around 320 kilos and only does 90 miles on a tank of fuel! Love the Livewire because like the VMAX it looks totally unique. Love the oddball styling. I want a Livewire, but the price makes the VMAX look cheap. Even an Energica ESSES ESSES would stretch my budget. I’ll be looking at the low mileage second hand market this year.

Okay so, about the warped front brake rotors. I know exactly what you're talking about when you explained what you were feeling when using the front brake. I had the exact same issue and thought that something was wrong. I tried a lot of things and struggled with it for a year. Thankfully I managed to fix it by myself, because when I asked the dealer they didn't find anything wrong with it. I've got the rough details listen below but it's a long read so I'll just leave it over there for whoever finds it helpfull. It's a very detailfull proces and will take a significant amount of time for you to actually do all the steps. The issue is actually the allignment of the front tire/ forks/ brake calipers. If you change the front tire and don't put everything back as stated in the owners manual (or shop manual for the more advanced home mechanics), then the result could be that the brake callipers are misalligned with the brake rotors. You always have to put the front wheel back in the order they specify in the manual to make sure the allignment is correct. Next to that the torque specs must be on point. So it's a very delicate job that you have to do at all costs! Now to resolve the issue. It's actually quite stupid and simple, but you need some good tools like a torque wrench and a front wheel lifting stand. You can also look up on youtube "how to allign the front wheel of a motorcycle". Most of the videos show the exact procedure and you can then adapt that to the KTM whilst following the manual. You first losen all the bolt on the front forks except the top triple clamp. Those bolts stay tight to hold the forks in position. All the other bolts, including brake calipers and front fender have to be losend. Next step is to spin the wheel and see if it spins freely. If that's true you follow-up with getting on the bike and pomping the from above the forks directly down. This alligns the forks and front wheel correctly. Afterwards you have to spin the wheel a couple times and pump the brake lever until it catches on the wheel. This is to make the calipers alligned correctly with the brake rotors. When the brakes catch onto the rottors correctly and you can still spin the wheel freely when letting of the brake, you can continue but holding the brake lever and tighting all the bolts as said in the manual. If done correctly the brake issue you had should have been resolved.

your video is the deciding factor am gonna get the 790 duke thanks for the real world review am also a new rider

No issues since?

Thank you for the nice review 🤘🏻🏍👍🏻Maybe I will trade in my 790 Duke for a CB1000R 2021. Can you say that the accelleration in lower RPMs is more or less the same like the 790 Duke ? The power to weight ration is a lot better on CB1000R than on the Duke.

As other said, a true owner experience is very useful, thanks

Bro please review Super Duke of ktm bike.

212kg

Love the colours on the CB

Very good review! Thank you! My favourite is the red-silver as well. I ordered mine about 2 weeks ago and it should arrive in February 2021.

Thank you for your review! It's really great hearing from someone that actually owns the motorcycle and not someone that has a press bike for a couple of days! I'm really set on the 790 Duke because it really suits my current riding needs and sounds like heaps of fun! I was considering the 890R first but the 890 is really out of my league price wise. Ride safe and have fun!

I work at a Ktm dealership and I’m actually thinking about getting this bike, there are only 3-4 problems but they get fixed under warranty so ima probably just pull the trigger

To the point covering all of them, thank you and we'll donw