The Beast! Has any one ridden one? KTM 1290R

**rocketman1** · 17th April 2015, 19:34

I would like to hear from anyone who has ridden the BEAST.
180hp motard type bike, must be a blast.

**Gremlin** · 17th April 2015, 20:39

I presume you mean the Superduke.

No, but I had a Supermoto 990SM (the previous engine) and with 300cc less it still pulled nice 3rd gear wheelies. Yeah, the bike was definitely shy of power and needed the extra 300

**carbonhed** · 21st April 2015, 16:17

Ocean1 has one1.

**Latte** · 21st April 2015, 16:28

Originally Posted by Gremlin

I presume you mean the Superduke.

No, but I had a Supermoto 990SM (the previous engine) and with 300cc less it still pulled nice 3rd gear wheelies. Yeah, the bike was definitely shy of power and needed the extra 300

I got to ride a superDuke last year , after hopping off the R1 it was relatively tame. Slower than my old RSV (seat of the pants dyno there) kept bouncing off the limiter in 1st and 2nd.