In my hands the MCN award-winning 125 Duke has proved to be a reliable commuter, tourer and general muck-about bike. It has impressed me. But would it impress a half-decent rider? I handed the keys to MCN senior road tester and NW200 veteran Adam Child. After a quick blast, a few stoppies, a burn-out and valiant attempts at a wheelie, ...
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- First rides & tests
- 27 October 2011
Fitting luggage on a KTM 125 Duke might seem as pointless as putting race slicks on a Suzuki Burgman, but if you’re a teenager who has the touring bug, you need to know your options. Too low powered and dinky to cope with hard panniers or a topbox, the Duke is limited to soft bags and bungee straps. With this ...
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- First rides & tests
- 28 September 2011
This July I rode from Oundle (Cambridgeshire), to Interlaken (Switzerland) and back on my 125 Duke. The 2,000 mile, six-day route took me across country lanes, motorways, city streets, alpine passes and grassy fields, which the tiny KTM managed with aplomb. This – of course – is nothing new. Plenty of low-capacity bikes head off on high mileage odysseys every ...
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- First rides & tests
- 19 August 2011
This spy shot - snapped in Pune, India - shows a pre-production model of a KTM 200 Duke. The larger cousin to the upcoming 125 Duke is apparently an "India-only" model and will be priced at around £2,200. Aside from a retuned, or possibly rebored, engine there is no suggestion so far that it will differ from the European-bound 125cc ...
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- New bikes
- 10 February 2011
Austrian firm KTM is going global, with the opening of flagship stores in Dubai and Brazil. KTM Dubai - opened just a few days ago - is reportedly aimed at the burgeoning off-road market in the Middle Eastern nation, while KTM Brazil - which opened in Sao Paulo in December - is aimed at cracking South America's low-capacity market. KTM says the ...
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- 07 February 2011
