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Ktm duke 690

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KTM 690 Duke R carries the largest single cylinder engine in the company's lineup. It is good for 73.75 BHP at 8000 rpm and 74 Nm at 6500 rpm. 

2023 KTM Duke 690 R is expected to be priced around Rs 4.50 lakh in India (ex-showroom).

The engine comes mated to a 6-speed gearbox while claimed top speed for the Duke R is 196 kmph.

the mileage of KTM Duke 690--                                                                  The bore of this bike is 105 mm and stroke 80 mm, due to which there is no reduction in the performance of the bike, in the KTM Duke 690 BS6 you get a top speed of 194 km / h and the mileage of 10-25 km / l in the bike. There is a 14 l fuel tank in the bike, which does not need to be filled again and again.

KTM 690 Duke  standing quarter mile in 11.97 seconds

Acceleration is the Duke 690’s thing. It really does fly for a single-cylinder motorcycle. The hardest part is keeping the front wheel down as it will willingly lift the front wheel with only a small handful of throttle.

This is in large part due to the punchy 70 horsepower engine, low gearing and especially the light weight of the 690 Duke.

If you can control the wheelies effectively from a dig the KTM 690 Duke will thump hard from 0-60 mph which is dispatched in only 3.40 seconds and 0-100 km/h in 3.55 seconds.

With all motorcycles, the 60 ft time is imperative with drag races being won or lost but especially so on lower power motorcycles as they do not have the power to make up time. It’s quite easy to launch gentle when you think you are launching hard add 1 to 1.5 seconds to your 0-60 mph time and end up with times between 4 and 5 seconds.

If you perch all of your weight over the front and dump the clutch aggressively and ensure that the front wheel hovers a few centimetres from the ground – from the off until you change up to second, the Duke 690 can put out great 0-60 mph times, but it is challenging as it just wants to flip.

Most big singles are quick off the line and then kind of hit a wall and lose some of their zest accelerating from 60 mph onward. The 690 Duke on the other hand is eating up gears in a flurry of noise and revs.

Amazingly the 690 Duke cracks the sprint from 0-100 mph in only 8.60 seconds. If the 690 was not such a brick aerodynamically it could go quicker.

From 100 mph it is not over as the KTM 690 Duke is still charging hard in fourth gear as it crosses the quarter-mile sprint in 11.97 seconds with a terminal speed of 109 mph.

Driping into the 11s on the strip is a remarkable accomplishment for a single-cylinder motorcycle though the thumping KTM has a little more to go and ends up achieving a top speed of 120 mph.

For the best ETs as observed by the thrust curve, you should be changing up each gear right at the limiter.

The Duke 690 does make you work for it though with a tall seat of 835 mm that pitches you close to the handlebars in typical Motard fashion ensuring that an efficient tuck is not on the menu so it is hard to shield yourself out of the wind.Despite the Motard aerodynamics and not ideal seating position for top speed, I reckon that the KTM 690 Duke has more in it, perhaps a 125+ mph top end.

You can achieve the 690s top speed in fifth gear, but it won’t rev out to 9000 rpm. And once you hook sixth the rpm’s don’t move much. Perhaps KTM retarded full throttle a touch from 8000 rpm in fifth gear and sixth gear which is nothing an ECU flash could not remedy.KTM 690 Duke top speed is 120 mph

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