2024 KTM 125 Duke: The New Face of Entry-Level Performance | More Power, More Style, More Fun
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The 125 Duke was KTM’s
The 125 Duke was KTM’s first shot at a small Duke and the 2023 machine is largely unaltered from the design that debuted a dozen years ago in 2011. It’s all change for 2024, though, with a completely new small-capacity Duke range that starts with the comprehensively redesigned 125.
As before, the 125 Duke shares its central structure with the larger 390 Duke, but there are visual clues to pick out the smaller machine. Slightly slimmer side panels jut forward from the sides of the tank, for instance, and the 125 Duke’s new LED headlight, while sharing the revamped family look of the 2024 390 Duke, is shorn of the glitzy DRL strips on the nose panels that flank it.
Beyond that, there’s little clue that you’re riding the learner-legal 125 instead of its much more powerful sister model, and while it can’t match the 390’s performance the smaller bike has a nearly identical chassis promising class-leading handling.
The engine is essentially a completely new design, sharing its platform and ‘LC4c’ name with the new 399cc single used in the 2024 390 Duke, but with less capacity and a completely different cylinder head.
While the old 125 Duke and even the new 390 Duke feature dual overhead camshafts, the 2024 125 Duke swaps to a more compact SOHC layout. That cuts weight, size and component count, and since KTM already has plenty of experience with high performance, single-cam engines its 450 motocross bikes also use SOHC heads despite their high state of tune there’s no reason to see it as a downgrade.
Since the 125 Duke is aimed squarely at the learner market, its power is pegged at 15hp, which arrives at 10000rpm. The torque is also essentially unchanged at 8.5lb-ft and 7750rpm.
The new engine also gets ride-by-wire and an assist/slipper clutch. An up/down quick shifter can be added as an extra-cost option, too.
The new 125 Duke’s frame is identical to that of the 2024 390 Duke, which means it’s a completely redesigned steel trellis chassis with a cast aluminium seat subframe. It’s lighter than before but also boasts improved torsional rigidity.
At the back there’s the same curved swingarm that’s used on the 390 Duke, giving clearance for the neat, underbelly exhaust and providing a mount for the offset rear shock. Like the 390, that shock is a WP APEX unit, although it lacks the 390’s adjustable rebound damping.
The forks are again visually like the larger 390’s, again being WP APEX 43mm upside-downers.
Newly designed, lightweight wheels are again common to both the 125 and 390 Dukes, reducing unspring and rotating mass to boost both handling and performance thanks to fewer spokes and an open hub design.
Speaking of brakes, they’re identical to those of the 390 Duke, with a four-pot, radial-mount ByBre caliper at the front acting on a super-slim 320mm diameter disc, aided by a two-piston rear and 240mm disc.
Until we’ve ridden the 125 Duke it’s impossible to comment on its comfort, but KTM says the seat is lower than the previous model and the uprated suspension certainly promises to be an improvement.
The 125 Duke might not have the showy LED running lights of the 390 Duke, but its headlight is the same LED unit with the latest evolution of KTM’s family look. LEDs also appear in the taillights and indicators, the latter being the first on a 125 Duke to feature self-cancelling they turn off after you’ve travelled 150 meters or after 10 minutes, whichever comes first.
On board, the 125 Duke gets the same new 5-inch TFT dash that appears on the 2024 390 Duke, with a bonded glass display and a lap timer as standard. There’s also a speed limiter function useful if there are speed cameras about and phone connectivity via KTM’s app.
KTM hasn’t announced the 2024 125 Duke’s price yet, the 2023 model lists at £4799, so it won’t be a surprise if the 2024 machine ticks past the £5000 mark.
Photographer: Rudi Schedl
Photographer: KISKA GmbH
Website: https://media.ktm.com/
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As before, the 125 Duke shares its central structure with the larger 390 Duke, but there are visual clues to pick out the smaller machine. Slightly slimmer side panels jut forward from the sides of the tank, for instance, and the 125 Duke’s new LED headlight, while sharing the revamped family look of the 2024 390 Duke, is shorn of the glitzy DRL strips on the nose panels that flank it.
Beyond that, there’s little clue that you’re riding the learner-legal 125 instead of its much more powerful sister model, and while it can’t match the 390’s performance the smaller bike has a nearly identical chassis promising class-leading handling.
The engine is essentially a completely new design, sharing its platform and ‘LC4c’ name with the new 399cc single used in the 2024 390 Duke, but with less capacity and a completely different cylinder head.
While the old 125 Duke and even the new 390 Duke feature dual overhead camshafts, the 2024 125 Duke swaps to a more compact SOHC layout. That cuts weight, size and component count, and since KTM already has plenty of experience with high performance, single-cam engines its 450 motocross bikes also use SOHC heads despite their high state of tune there’s no reason to see it as a downgrade.
Since the 125 Duke is aimed squarely at the learner market, its power is pegged at 15hp, which arrives at 10000rpm. The torque is also essentially unchanged at 8.5lb-ft and 7750rpm.
The new engine also gets ride-by-wire and an assist/slipper clutch. An up/down quick shifter can be added as an extra-cost option, too.
The new 125 Duke’s frame is identical to that of the 2024 390 Duke, which means it’s a completely redesigned steel trellis chassis with a cast aluminium seat subframe. It’s lighter than before but also boasts improved torsional rigidity.
At the back there’s the same curved swingarm that’s used on the 390 Duke, giving clearance for the neat, underbelly exhaust and providing a mount for the offset rear shock. Like the 390, that shock is a WP APEX unit, although it lacks the 390’s adjustable rebound damping.
The forks are again visually like the larger 390’s, again being WP APEX 43mm upside-downers.
Newly designed, lightweight wheels are again common to both the 125 and 390 Dukes, reducing unspring and rotating mass to boost both handling and performance thanks to fewer spokes and an open hub design.
Speaking of brakes, they’re identical to those of the 390 Duke, with a four-pot, radial-mount ByBre caliper at the front acting on a super-slim 320mm diameter disc, aided by a two-piston rear and 240mm disc.
Until we’ve ridden the 125 Duke it’s impossible to comment on its comfort, but KTM says the seat is lower than the previous model and the uprated suspension certainly promises to be an improvement.
The 125 Duke might not have the showy LED running lights of the 390 Duke, but its headlight is the same LED unit with the latest evolution of KTM’s family look. LEDs also appear in the taillights and indicators, the latter being the first on a 125 Duke to feature self-cancelling they turn off after you’ve travelled 150 meters or after 10 minutes, whichever comes first.
On board, the 125 Duke gets the same new 5-inch TFT dash that appears on the 2024 390 Duke, with a bonded glass display and a lap timer as standard. There’s also a speed limiter function useful if there are speed cameras about and phone connectivity via KTM’s app.
KTM hasn’t announced the 2024 125 Duke’s price yet, the 2023 model lists at £4799, so it won’t be a surprise if the 2024 machine ticks past the £5000 mark.
Photographer: Rudi Schedl
Photographer: KISKA GmbH
Website: https://media.ktm.com/
#motorcycle #motorcyclereview #bikelife #motorcyclelife #motobike #bikelovers #ktm #ktmlover #ktmduke #ktm125duke2024 #ktm125duke
#duke125 #bike #supermoto #nakedbike #beginnerbike #performancebike #affordablebike #funbike
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