2009 KTM 990 Supermoto-R

[bmrider]

This will most likely be my next bike

Bill,

As you know this bike is the K 1200R Sport. From what I've been told the Sport is EoL (End of Lifed) this year as it was not extremely popular. BMW is still producing the K 1200 R...

[OreoGaborio]

I never said my bike was perfect, it's just better than a stock Gixxah

Someone has a vastly inflated ego about their bike... you do realize that your bikes exhaust stinks the same as the rest of ours, right?

That KTM 990 however... is P I M P.

[vfr99999]

This will most likely be my next bike

KTM Duke R or Aprilia Tuono are the bomb compared to that fat long wheel based BMW. It is a naked ST. Reliable? have you seen the problems listed on the BMW sites? The old r bikes were anvils not the new K bikes

[BCT748]

Someone has a vastly inflated ego about their bike... you do realize that your bikes exhaust stinks the same as the rest of ours, right?

That KTM 990 however... is P I M P.

My exhaust smells like ice cream and puppies

[OreoGaborio]

My pedo van smells like ice cream and puppies

fixed

[BCT748]

fixed

That's the last time I take you on my rounds

[slowrider]

Not to hijack this thread too much, but I think the half fairing on the K1200R Sport should actually do a decent job. I've only got a short demo ride on one, but the wind protection felt similar to my old R1100S. I did over 10K miles on that bike and wind protection was never an issue for me.

To my eye, I think they tried to mimic the fairing of the R1200S, and lots of people feel that's a great sport tourer.

As a sport tourer, I don't think you'd be too disappointed with the K12RSport. Some of the other warts (reliability: EWS failure, possible final drive issues, jerky throttle response) definitely exist.

That said I'm still pretty happy with my K1200S. I've heard the '07-'08s improved the throttle response (smoother), and that's my biggest gripe with the bike.

Also, as someone else said, they only made the R Sport for one year. The basic bike (K1200R) is still being made though, so that limited/discontinued production wouldnt bother me. I don't know if a new unit is to be found, but I see lots of low mileage R Sports at MAX's.

The wheelbase is a beast though...good on fast sweepers, but tough on anything really tight.