I got a new bike...

[RCStylin']

Hey Everyone,

Haven't been on here in a while...used to lurk a few years ago. Been lurking and posting more recently and have been on a couple of rides with yous guize. Anyway, I just got a new bike and sold a couple. My new bike is a KTM 690 Duke III. It's a thumper (single cylinder) and is a sportbike through and through. It's like a motard with street suspension.

This thing totally rips. It came stock with top-notch suspension, marchesini wheels, fuel injection, and a slipper clutch (that I've already used a lot). Riding it is like using a scalpel to carve canyons.

Here are some pics...







See you out there!

[Cars-R-Coffins]

Sweet looking bike. I like the color scheme.

[King Nothing]

Jealousy. Total jealousy.

[Nick_Ninja]

Chris --- nice bike. I got your e-mail. I haven't got back to your buddy. Send him to Rocky Mountain Kawasaki and get the Connie 1400. He won't go wrong.

[Spinalhaven]

my buddy just got a yamaha Motard. glad to see more of these poping up.

man that duke looks amazing

[Tipys]

Jealousy. Total jealousy.

[Sean]

Yeah, when we went on that spin over lee hill this guy was on me like a fat kid on a cupcake. It just hugged the corners. Sweet bike fo sho.

[Matty]

looks good.

[PsychoMike]

and ive ridden it lol

[daemon]

and chasing you is still a pain in the arse....

even better looking up close.

[Aracheon]

Those things are effing SWEET.

[McVaaahhh]

Nice scoot!

[Slo]

Congrats and damn it's nice.

[GLOCKMAN]

That is a sick looking bike i like the headlight set up. How does that single cylinder thing work out for ya? I have hear mixed things about single cylinder engines.

[mtnairlover]

I just get all happy when I see that thing up close and personal...

[Sortarican]

Everyone loves a Duke:

[Mother Goose]

[RCStylin']

That is a sick looking bike i like the headlight set up. How does that single cylinder thing work out for ya? I have hear mixed things about single cylinder engines.

This singles have a lot more torque down low and a lot less top-end for similarly displaced twins or 4's. Most of the time, the umph for singles is in the middle of the powerband meaning that you have to quick shift for maximum acceleration. However, KTM has this thing mapped (it has FI) very, very linearly...giving about the same torque at all RPS. What does this mean for riding? I can nail it coming out of a corner at any speed and it stays glued to the pavement (not too much torque). This bike actually pulls like a sportbike, but the limiter kicks in around 10,000. It's not going to get anywhere near the top-speed of my old RC51, but that's not what I'm looking for anymore. I wanted a bike that I throw around in the corners and this is the one.

[Bueller]

Nice ride man, gonna miss the 51?

[RCStylin']

Nice ride man, gonna miss the 51?

Yeah...gonna miss it, but it was time for it to go. I'll have the Duke for twisties now and am planning on getting a larger bike for touring next summer so me and the wife can pack up and enjoy our summers off. Prolly get a BMW or KTM...one of those really big dirt bike things. Just saw you're getting out of supermoto?

[Bueller]

I'll have the KTM for SM when I get her fixed but I am done racing.

[Badhabit]

Mmmmmmmm....Duke.

[BigE]

VERY FRICKEN SWEEEEEETTT!!!!!!!!!!!

[biship660]

what a nice bike. where does one acquire one...