The little 390 engine only sips petrol, giving the Duke a theoretical 230-mile range on its 16-litre tank, so 300 miles between stops might not be out of the question on this Adventure model. The petrol tank is clearly an early aluminium prototype, but it appears to be much larger than the one fitted to a 690. The shock has been offset too, which allows for easier access while reducing its exposure to tyre-flung crud, and making room for a large collector box to sit beneath the swingarm, while the end pipe then snakes its way through the swingarm up to a small end can. The swingarm is beefier than the one fitted to the 690, but nowhere near as chunky at the one on the 1290 Super Adventure. Some of the most interesting suspension developments are taking place at the rear of the bike. The model in the photographs has a 19in front wheel and a 17in rear, rather than the 21/18 employed by the 690, indicating it has a heavier road bias. We're looking forward to the new year.MotoGP: Nicky Hayden back on Repsol Honda as Pedrosa replacement.The production bike is unlikely to share this level of spec, and we have seen this complete front end used on other test mules in the past, suggesting that it give the test team a known variable while developing chassis dynamics. The suspension appears to be the same WP forks as those used on the 690 Enduro and it also shares the same Brembo twin-piston caliper.
We expect this machine to have a similar cockpit to that seen on the 790 Adventure we revealed two weeks ago. This is from a 690 Rally Raid model and is unlikely to find its way onto the production bike.
The second segment is super sports cars that are road legal and in accordance with EU regulations.KTM are getting ready to attack the small-capacity adventure market with this 390cc offering.ĭon’t get too excited by the full car- bon fibre front subframe visible in the pictures though. One being for true race cars, which the KTM X-BOW GT4 provides success on an international scale since 2016. Wölfling explained that the company covers two segments with these four models.
These models include the KTM X-BOW R, KTM X-BOW RR, KTM X-BOW GT and the latest addition to the range, the KTM X-BOW GT4. So the requirements that we impose on our products, our vehicles, apply equally to the standards and the level of quality we expect from our production process!”īy 2017, KTM were offering four KTM X-BOW models, each built with the finest handiwork.
For the most part, we work to the standards of large-scale production, and of course we’re also ISO certified. Michael Wölfling, Executive Director at KTM Sportcar GmbH and site manager at Graz: “In our 65,000-square-foot space, we set up one of the world’s most modern car production facilities, if not the most modern, in practically no time. With these production numbers also came a new advanced manufacturing plant near Graz, Austria. KTM originally planned to produce 500 units per year but due to high demand, increased production to 1,000 units a year. This model had a more powerful Audi engine, one that was tuned to produce 224 kW and 400 Nm of torque. It has a claimed top speed of 217 km/h and a 0-100 km/h acceleration time in 3.9 seconds. It develops 177 kW at 5,500 r/min and 310 Nm of torque between 2,000 and 5,500 r/min. The 2008 X-BOW is powered by a turbocharged four-cylinder 2.0-litre Audi engine. However, in 2008, KTM displayed their first car at the Geneva Motor Show.ĭeveloped in collaboration with Audi, Dallara and Kiska Design, the X-BOW (pronounced crossbow) was revealed. KTM is more commonly known to most as the Austrian motorcycle manufacturer.