New KTM 890 SMT
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New KTM 890 SMT
This has been launched today - maybe I'm just in a bad mood but I think it looks bloody hideous! It's like the duck-billed platypus of KTMs.
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Re: New KTM 890 SMT
An upright sm riding position 890. I'm all over it.
Looks, I'm not a huge fan I'll admit.
Looks, I'm not a huge fan I'll admit.
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Re: New KTM 890 SMT
I've still got an SMT990 on my want list.
That looking bloody ugly but I don't think that's its best angle.
I'll go and find some info on it..could be a good tourer / commuter without going down the ADV route.
Here you go: https://www.ktm.com/en-int/ktm-890-smt-presskit.html
That looking bloody ugly but I don't think that's its best angle.
I'll go and find some info on it..could be a good tourer / commuter without going down the ADV route.
Here you go: https://www.ktm.com/en-int/ktm-890-smt-presskit.html
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Re: New KTM 890 SMT
It's the return of Honda Dominator styling that nobody asked for, with added ugliness
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Re: New KTM 890 SMT
How on earth did they come up with that spilt bag of spanners! Bet its a cracking bike though...
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Re: New KTM 890 SMT
when you compare it against the 790 Adventure that appears to be the same light cluster, I think it's the beak mudguard and the height of the screen that's knocking it all off. I like the 790, the 890 SMT just looks all kinds of wrong
** Actually, not exactly the same light cluster on second look, but you get the gist
** Actually, not exactly the same light cluster on second look, but you get the gist
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Re: New KTM 890 SMT
Not seeing the hideosity tbh...it looks like many other bikes but with a beak. Looks OK to me.
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Re: New KTM 890 SMT
I wouldn't give that a second glance,never mind buy one.
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