The first road bike that really made us sit up and take notice of KTM was the original 2005 950 SM supermoto. The wacky Austrian dirtbike maker was a niche operator on the tarmac up until then, but this pile of orange nonsense was a cracker. It had a lovely carburetted 942cc 75° V-twin engine - the first KTM engine that wasn’t a thumping single - borrowed from the KTM 950 Adventure released a couple of years earlier, steel trellis frame, long-travel suspension, and sporty wheels, tyres and brakes. A few years later they bumped up the engine to a 999cc and called it the 990 SM, before adding pannier fittings to make the hilarious 990 SMT. Bonkers, barmy, brilliant for bringing beer home from the
2023 KTM 890 SMT RELEASED
May 08, 2023
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