KTM 125 Duke (2011 - present) review

It often takes a completely clean sheet to come up with something different. Surprise, surprise that's exactly what the radical orange people at KTM have done with the 125 Duke.

To make a 125 appealing the first box that must be ticked is affordability. KTM have adopted a David and Goliath approach utilising their manufacturing partnership with the world's fourth largest motorcycle producer, India's Bajaj. Design and development carried out in Austria, machined and bolted together in India. 

First impression? How on earth have KTM made that for £3695, a few hundred pounds more than a Vespa GTS125? 

Read more: http://www.visordown.com/features/ktm-duke-125-not-just-for-kidz/17674.html#ixzz2CmVnSAZW

It often takes a completely clean sheet to come up with something different. Surprise, surprise that's exactly what the radical orange people at KTM have done with the 125 Duke.

To make a 125 appealing the first box that must be ticked is affordability. KTM have adopted a David and Goliath approach utilising their manufacturing partnership with the world's fourth largest motorcycle producer, India's Bajaj. Design and development carried out in Austria, machined and bolted together in India. 

First impression? How on earth have KTM made that for £3695, a few hundred pounds more than a Vespa GTS125? 

Read more: http://www.visordown.com/features/ktm-duke-125-not-just-for-kidz/17674.html#ixzz2CmVnSAZW