Cologne Bike Show: New 125 Duke heads 2011 KTMs

KTM’s eagerly-awaited learner roadster, the 125 Duke, has just been unveiled at the Cologne Show.

The new 125 – KTM’s first road-legal 125 – was is being shown in public for the first time alongside other new 2011 KTMs – an ABS-equipped 990 SM-T and a track-only version of the RC8.

The 125’s powered by an all-new, four-stroke, single producing a learner-legal 15bhp with a tubular steel trellis frame and top notch brakes and suspension.

KTM also unveiled its new, ABS-equipped 990SM-T and a new track-ready version of its RC8R called the ‘RC8R Track’ aimed at Superstock racers or track day devotees which sees road trappings such as lights, mirrors, number plate hanger etc replaced with race rear sets, folding levers, bodywork and so on.

For the full story see MCN tomorrow (Wednesday).