On paper, the R 1300 GS is slightly down on horsepower as compared to the 1290 Super Adventure R. At the same time, it has nine more peak pound-feet of torque on tap than the 1290. The fact that KTM doesn't list the revs for either its peak horsepower or torque figures is also not terribly helpful. Last year’s touring-based 1290 Super Adventure was comfortably quicker than any of its rivals, and KTM’s emphasis on outright performance hasn’t been lost. But in Off-Road mode, at 100bhp (coincidentally, same as the full output of KTM’s first V-twin 950 Adventure in 2003), and even with a softer throttle response, the 1290 R could The KTM 1290 Super Duke R is a 1301 cc 75° V-twin engine, naked motorcycle from the Austrian manufacturer KTM. With the update in 2017 the motor is the most powerful LC8 engine ever built by KTM. With the update in 2017 the motor is the most powerful LC8 engine ever built by KTM. We ran the 1290 Super Duke R Evo on our in-house Dynojet 250i dynamometer as a key step in our first ride review of the updated model. The KTM produced an impressive peak horsepower of 161.12 at W5WJ5LB.

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