The Super Duke placed KTM’s LC8 V-twin in a compact, aggressive naked chassis, establishing a road-performance family separate from the Adventure line.
Why it matters. The model that made KTM a serious large-capacity naked-bike manufacturer.
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990 Super Duke
The Super Duke placed KTM’s LC8 V-twin in a compact, aggressive naked chassis, establishing a road-performance family separate from the Adventure line.
KTMmanufacturer
roadstercategory
999 ccengine capacity
Liquid-cooled V-twinengine
Museum plaque
Why this bike belongs here.
The model that made KTM a serious large-capacity naked-bike manufacturer.
Technical identity
The engineering at a glance.
This first expansion records museum-level specifications rather than pretending every year and market used one immutable specification.
EngineLiquid-cooled V-twin
Capacity999 cc
Production era2005–2013
CategoryRoadster
TransmissionAdd by variant/year
Final driveAdd by variant/year
Research starting point
Built to improve, not freeze.
Model-year specifications can vary. The museum keeps the stable historical interpretation here and leaves room to add exact variants, racing derivatives, engine codes and source-specific specifications later.
KTM source / heritage starting point
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