The Privateer’s Long-Range Rally Raider… The Dakar Rally is widely regarded as the toughest off-road race on the planet — a brutal test of endurance, navigation, speed, and resilience. Spanning thousands of miles across deserts, […]
Tag: KTM
The Feral Princess: KTM 690 Enduro R Scrambler
Home Sweet Home: David Nast Cole’s Adventure Rig… In 2009, KTM introduced the 690 Enduro R, a more aggressive off-road version of the company’s 690 adventure bike. At its core, the Enduro R is a […]
Wildly Addictive: KTM 990 Super Tourer
KTM 990 Super Duke Special from Roman Juriš… In 2005, the original KTM 990 Super Duke hit the motorcycling world like a two-wheeled bolt of lightning. Here was a naked bike with a chromoly […]
Urban Play Bike: KTM 400 “Street Tiger”
KTM 400 EXC Scrambler from Loko Dream Factory… Introduced in 2000, the KTM 400 EXC was closely based on the 400cc factory racer that Italian rider Giovanni Sala rode to victory in the 1999 World […]
“The Ideal Big Single” – KTM 690 Duke
Super Single: KTM 690 Duke “Road Sport” by 46works… In 1969, a Norton Manx piloted by Godfrey Nash was the last single-cylinder machine to win a 500cc Grand Prix. Even as multi-cylinder machines came to […]
Kato Vinduro: KTM 500 Retromod
Dan Mickan’s KTM 500 EXC “Vinduro”… For more than a decade, the KTM 500 EXC has reigned as one of the ultimate street-legal dirt bikes ever produced. Until the bike Kato hit the market, dirt […]
Swedish Super Duke: KTM 990 Tracker
Super Tracker: A Swedish Champion’s Thunderbike… In 2005, KTM unleashed the 990 Super Duke, a 999cc V-twin naked bike nothing short of ferocious. With 120 horsepower and razor-sharp handling, it was a fire-breathing, tire-burning, wheelie-making […]
Duke 2.0: KTM 640 Street Tracker
A Killer Kato from Dubstyle Designs… When the KTM 640 Duke II arrived at the cusp of the 2000s, it was a pure hooligan dream machine — a big-bore thumper with supermoto roots and […]
Erzberg Hammer: KTM 890 SX-F Dirt Bike!
From JZ Handmade: 120-hp / 290-lb Duke-Powered Dirt Bike… In 2019, we featured the KTM 1290 “Super Enduro R” of legendary Czech off-road racer Jiří Heiník — a 180-bhp off-road monster built to compete in […]
Mud Ripper: KTM 390 Scrambler!
Ormotors builds KTM 390 Adventure Scrambler… In 2013, the KTM 390 Duke hit the market as a welterweight version of the beloved Duke, packing a 44-hp single-cylinder engine and WP suspension. There was nothing else […]




