KTM is a mess. Despite insolvency proceedings supposedly going well—according to KTM, I'll add—the company's CEO and Co-CEO have switched titles for some reason, production is still not happening, and having more than a year's worth of unsold motorcycles sitting on lots, there are enough rumors of the brand's demise to fill a large bathtub.
MotoGP is, supposedly, still going on. But if the brand itself, or the team, doesn't find a new patron, it too is dead by their own admission. And the roll-out of some of its most successful models has been, well, a complete and utter cluster. I'm looking at you, 390s.
So color me skeptical when I read the letter that KTM corporate sent out to its North American dealerships talking about the timeline for when they'd get a physical motorcycle of the hottest KTM in recent memory, i.e. the upcoming 990 RC R superbike. While KTM states the 990 RC R will begin production in Q4 of 2025, that's a long way out for a company that's this up a creek.
