2009 KTM Duke Specs, News and Review

2009 doesn�t bring a totally restyled 690 Duke so the bike works with the same longitudinally mounted streetfighter headlights integrated into an aggressive housing that looks like a pretty well made aftermarket piece even though it is a standard feature of the bike. The side plates and fenders look sharp too while the supermoto-style seat is positioned at 34.06" from the ground.
The 17-inch wheels, 320mm front disc brake and under engine exhaust all indicate that we�re dealing with a veritable sports bike while the supermoto-style handlebars works with the seat in order to get us pretty confused about the bike�s specific category, but even more interested to see what it�s up to when on the move.

Orange and White where the 2008 color schemes for this model and they carry on to 2009, but this year�s special color for the middleweight Duke is Black. If this would have only got an orange painted frame and upgraded engine, we would have talked about a very special 2009 KTM 690 Duke R, just as we did about the 2009 KTM 1190 RC8 R and 2009 KTM 990 Super Duke R models. These models are all related and it�s just too bad that the small Duke was excluded from the performance and visual upgrading process. DOWNLOAD manual of KTM Duke