You can meet demand, or you can create demand. On April 24, 2023, KTM officially unveiled the 2023 890 SMT as the ruler of “the Supermoto touring segment.” To back up that statement, Team Orange tapped former AMA Superbike and Supermoto ace Chris Fillmore to flog the new Ready to Race machine up a Sardinian Mountain climb.
There’s one thing that “supermoto touring” and the “Sardinian Mountain climb” have in common, though—they’re both fabrications of KTM’s marketing department. Artifice aside, the 2023 890 SMT crashes the touring class as a one-of-a-kind offering. Fully leaning into the brand’s supermoto niche, the fleet-footed tourer melds corner-carving fun with mile-munching function. The relaunched model does so with a little help from its relative, the 890 Adventure R.
