New KTM Duke 125 – Great bike, doomed to fail.

April 10, 2011 at 7:33 pm | Posted in New Bikes | 1 Comment

Here is the recently released KTM Duke. It’s obviously very cool and very well made.

Trouble is, it’s £3495 (at least) and the Main London dealer is in Croydon. I think my next closest dealer is in Oxford. Not really any good then no matter how good the bike might be. And I gather this bike is set to appeal to the urban youth. How many of them will have three and a half grand burning a hole in their pockets?

No, this bike will be bought by or for the offspring of a few Surrey stockbroker types and then disappear into esoteric anonymity. It is not a game changer. I still reckon the Honda CBR125/CBR250/CBF600 collection is hugely more relevant.