KTM is no stranger to leveraging its MotoGP project for special-edition releases. In April, 2021, Team Orange launched a France-exclusive 890 Duke modeled after the Tech3 KTM team livery. A few months later, in July, KTM went one step further, introducing the 890 Duke-derived and MotoGP-inspired RC 8C sportbike.
When the Mattighofen brand declared February as the “month of middleweight nakeds” and teased the 890 Duke GP, many critics and fans expected KTM to drop an even sharper Super Scalpel. Unfortunately, the firm had other ideas, basing the new Grand Prix-inspired naked on the base model 890 Duke and not the up-spec 890 Duke R.
