Yamaha MT 09 vs KTM 890 Duke R - The Ultimate middleweight naked shootout | KNOX armour

In our biggest test of the year, we put 2 of the best middleweight naked bikes head to head. The 2021 KTM 890 Duke R currently wears the crown of the sharpest of the bunch available in our opinion, but are promises made by the all new 2021 Yamaha MT 09 enough to knock it off its podium. We spent 2 weeks trying to find out.

The KTM 890 Duke R is locked and loaded and defines KTM "ready to race" clearer than any other machine, its WP suspension clad chassis unmatched by another other bike in the market and is powered by the snappiest parallel twin ever to come out of Austria!

The 2021 Yamaha MT09sp takes another approach, the legendary CP3 triple, heavily revised for 2021 with electronics to match, represents the "Dark side of Japan" with a major speciality in back wheel antics! But for the MT09sp, its not all about hooliganism and performance, the bike proved itself all things to all people, with a flexible nature that few machines in the industry can match.

2 incredible machines, 2 polar opposite ways of getting there, and both very deserving of a place in your garage! They are testament to how good the naked motorcycle sector has become, and how lucky we are to be riding in 2021!

For all the details and spec of the Yamaha MT09sp, check out - [ Ссылка ]

For the details and spec of the KTM 890 Duke R, check out - [ Ссылка ]

On test, we wore the following from KNOX:
Olly was wearing:
Knox Urbane Pro Utility- [ Ссылка ]
Knox Urbane Pro Trousers - [ Ссылка ]
Handroid Pod MK4 - [ Ссылка ]
Knox T shirt - [ Ссылка ]
Knox Ryder Rucksack - [ Ссылка ]

Aaron was wearing:
Knox Urbane Pro Shirt - [ Ссылка ]
Knox Richmond Jean MK2 - [ Ссылка ]
Knox Orsa leather gloves - [ Ссылка ]
Knox T Shirt - [ Ссылка ]
Knox Trekker Rucksack - [ Ссылка ]

As part of this test, Devitt provided us some insurance quotes:
MT09 - £187.01*
890 Duke R - £322.05*

*Devitt Insurance Quote is based on Mr Average.

Mr Average is: Based on a 40 year old married Bank Clerk, living in LA13. Kept in a Garage, held full bike license since 2000. Bike has Biketrac and a Datatool S4 C1 Red security. No accidents or claims. Comp cover, 3000 miles, 5 years protected NCD and just SDP use Please see [ Ссылка ].

As you can probably imagine, we really enjoyed putting this piece together, from a riding and production point of view. It was fantastic to see how amazing these 2 bikes are and to put our own products to the test riding them.

Let us know what you think in the comments section and we’ll see you next time!

KNOX
www.planet-knox.com

0:00 Introduction to vs test
2:05 Drag Race
3:37 Drag race conclusion
4:52 Road based vs Test
14:20 Final thoughts after 2 weeks of riding

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