KTM gave us an early look at its next 990 RC R sportbike. This is everything that KTM is willing to tell us about the soon to be released machine. Would you buy a new KTM sportbike?
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00:00Welcome to Portugal, welcome to Porto Meio and welcome to something very very
00:05different and although this is a prototype the N-bike will go in
00:10production this is KTM's new 990 RCR a bike in many ways that people like me
00:16have been screaming out for because we've got great 600s and great 200
00:19horsepower bikes but kind of nothing in the middle but Stefano because this bike
00:24is so exclusive and you only showed us it last night at dinner please tell us a
00:28little bit more so let's let's start with the engine so that's the new 990 that
00:32we see in the Duke is that correct yeah it's a rehash of that engine it's our
00:35950 cc platform that we started developing in KTM and now it's finalized
00:40but with this bike we increase the power and ended up at 128 horsepower so 5
00:44horsepower more than the 990 Duke cool and then in terms of torque torque we keep
00:50the value that we have so 103 newton meter of torque and that's the
00:54combination that we find out that on the racetrack and the street that works in
00:59the perfect way it's the right match that the customer is looking for as you
01:03said before Adam between this thousand cc motorbike and the lower level and in
01:08terms of chassis obviously because it's KTM it's gonna have WP for the
01:12adjustable front for the adjustable rear high and low speed compression or
01:16exactly yeah high and low speed compression on the shock as you mentioned
01:19fully adjustable for the shock WP our technology apex and also WP in the
01:25front with the compression rebound and preload adjuster in terms of electronics
01:29in terms of electronics we are not displaying in the bike now but we will
01:33have a new dashboard complete as you know yeah a new product for KTM that will
01:37be quite a landscape point of view between seven eight and eight inch of
01:42dimension and there you will have the customer will have a complete new
01:45experience in terms of immersion into the street and the truck oriented and in
01:51terms of styling and bodywork is this pretty I mean it's gonna be a 25 bike is
01:55that correct so this is pretty close to yeah let's say we try to hide a bit the
02:00shapes but the part that is really interesting is the tank area yeah as we
02:04mentioned we have different holding points specifically six that we will go
02:07through later but basically the tank shape want to help the rider in
02:12supporting him during the higher maneuver so basically it's not just the
02:16design part it's not completely routed yeah yeah but want really to support the
02:19rider during the action cool and unlike the the 890 that was like Kramer
02:26partnership that was just a race bike that was limited numbers correct this is
02:31going to be a production road bike made in Austria exactly and they'll be
02:35alongside it assist the race version that correct exactly exactly that's
02:39logic the 990 RCR is a street homologated program for a product that run out
02:43non-limited numbers just go to showroom they directly serial production and
02:47then on the side of the 990 RCR street homologated we have the 990 RCR track
02:52model that also for that motorbike it will be produced with no pre-order and no
02:59specific partnership but just KTM 100% production in maximum cool cool and then
03:04the racing program the we touched on a little bit last night regarding World
03:10Supersport is that correct when when when can we see it actually in action
03:15against all the bikes in this class yeah World Supersport is not planned yet we are
03:19developing let's say according to the specification that we have in different
03:22championship but basically the logic is that we are still developing the bike the
03:26bike is not finalized yet and you will see the bike in them let's say next month
03:30between VSB IDM some European Championship again because we are still
03:34taking the best out of it the bike has to be tested on the racetrack for us to
03:39perform perfectly it's not enough just to take the standard testing inside KTM
03:44okay and finally I'm probably the most important question when do I get to ride
03:49it sooner sooner sooner yeah I'm I'm blown away I mean I think it looks stunning
03:56after riding the a 90 I know the track performance of that bike and if this is
04:01that again then I can't wait to ride it but can we keep this paintwork I like
04:06that you see the G variant that for our bike okay thanks for your time mate I
04:10really appreciate it cheers mate and don't forget give me the ring when you need
04:14the test rider but Williams is too old now just get rid of it will you thank you
04:18thank you