Motors: NEW DUKE LETS YOU CRUISE IN COMFORT; A genuine alternative to sportsbikes ROAD TEST KTM Super Duke.(Features)

From: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) | Date: January 27, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: By Andy Feeley

KTM have their roots firmly embedded in the off road scene, but for a while now they have been dipping a mud-encrusted toe into the road market.

The Duke was an attempt to entice the punters into the delights of single cylinder ownership and although a few were sold following its launch in the mid-nineties, the majority of sales still came from the off-road market.

Now we have a major ...

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