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The KTM 390 Adventure is split into two variants and receives upgrades for 2025. The 390 Adventure R is the off-road-focused model with larger...

2025 KTM 390 Enduro R Preview

Just one week after announcing the new 2025 KTM 390 SMC R supermoto, KTM has released details on another model using the same LC4c...

2025 KTM 390 SMC R Preview

The new 2025 KTM 390 SMC R supermoto is added to the lineup, using the LC4c engine found in the 390 Duke and a...

2025 KTM 790 Duke Preview

The KTM 790 Duke, referred to by KTM as “the Scalpel,” returns for 2025 with minor updates to its TFT instrumentation and handlebar switches...

KTM Stacyc 12eDrive Electric Balance Bike Review

Soon after reaching out to my cousin about getting her youngest son, 3-year-old Boden, on a KTM Stacyc 12eDrive electric balance bike, we discovered...

2025 KTM 890 Adventure R Preview

The KTM 890 Adventure R returns to the lineup with minor upgrades for 2025, including a new connectivity unit, updated graphics, and an extended...

2025 KTM 790 Adventure Preview

The KTM 790 Adventure received several updates for the 2024 model year, and KTM has added a couple more changes to the midsized ADV...

2025 KTM 990 Duke R Preview

The 2025 KTM 990 Duke R is an up-spec version of the KTM 990 Duke, which we tested in its latest update earlier this...

2024 Motorcycle of the Year

In Rider Rewind, a special section in 2024 issues that celebrates moments in Rider’s 50-year history, we showcased Motorcycles of the Year for 1990-2006...

2024 KTM 790 Duke Review

What a rider wants from a new motorcycle isn’t always what’s needed. I want a Mustang, but I drive an Accord. I want a...

2024 KTM 890 SMT Review

In the year 10 B.C. (Before Covid), KTM brought to the U.S. two versions of its 999cc V-Twin Supermoto platform – an R model...

2025 KTM 450 SMR Preview

The track-only KTM 450 SMR, built on the platform of the KTM 450 SX-F, has been updated for 2025, with improvements to the frame,...

2025 Motorcycle Buyers Guide: New Street Models

This 2025 motorcycle buyers guide highlights new or significantly updated street-legal models available in the U.S. As with previous buyers guides, we will also...

KTM Adventure Rider Rally to Take Place Oct. 10-13

The KTM Adventure Rider Rally invites ADV riders of any brand to come to Deadwood, South Dakota, for four days of adventure riding and...

2025 KTM 990 RC R Prototype Announced

In KTM’s current lineup, the only street-legal, track-focused sportbike is the RC 390. The RC 8C is a track-only, homologation special limited to 100...

2024 KTM 1390 Super Duke R Evo Review | First Ride

KTM is celebrating “30 Years of Duke” this year, and we’ve already reviewed two updated models, the 390 Duke and 990 Duke. We’ve saved...

2024 KTM 990 Duke Review | First Ride

What’s the magic number? When the first Duke debuted 30 years ago, it was 602cc, which was packed into a single-cylinder engine that made...

10 Most Significant Motorcycles of the Last 50 Years

The following feature on the 10 most significant motorcycles of the last 50 years first appeared in the March issue of Rider as part...

2024 KTM Street Demo Tour Announces Dates

Continuing on the success of previous years' Ride Orange Street Demo Tours – and this year marking "30 Years of Duke" – KTM has...

2024 KTM 390 Duke Review | First Ride

This is a year of milestones. The AMA is celebrating its 100th anniversary, Rider is celebrating its 50th, and KTM is celebrating “30 Years...

21 Cool New Motorcycles at AIMExpo 2024

We're at the 2024 American International Motorcycle Exposition (AIMExpo) in Las Vegas, where nearly 200 vendors from around the world are displaying the latest...

2024 KTM 1390 Super Duke R Evo Preview

In celebration of 30 years of the Duke, KTM has announced an upgrade to the KTM 1390 Super Duke R Evo. For 2024, “The...

2024 KTM 790 Adventure Review | First Look

Adding to KTM’s list of recent announcements, including the reintroduction of the SMT line with the 2024 KTM 890 SMT and a new generation...

2024 KTM 890 SMT Preview

KTM has announced the reintroduction of the SMT line with the 2024 KTM 890 SMT. Last seen in the U.S. a decade ago with...

2024 KTM 1290 Super Adventure S and Super Adventure R Review | First Look

KTM has announced the return of the KTM 1290 Super Adventure S and Super Adventure R for 2024, high-performance ADV bikes tailored to the...

2024 KTM 390 Duke and 250 Duke Preview

KTM has announced two small-displacement naked-bike models – the 390 Duke and 250 Duke – that brings what the company says is “more punching...

2024 KTM 990 Duke Preview

KTM has significantly upgraded its popular middleweight naked bike for 2024. Replacing the 2023 890 Duke R is the 2024 KTM 990 Duke, with...

2024 KTM 890 Adventure R Rally Review | First Look

Since its class-disrupting debut in 2019, which earned Rider’s Motorcycle of the Year award for the 790 Adventure and 790 Adventure R, KTM’s middleweight...

2023 Motorcycle of the Year

If Rider’s Motorcycle of the Year, now in its 34th year, were a person, it would have graduated from college or completed military service,...

2024 Motorcycle Buyers Guide: New Street Models

This 2024 motorcycle buyers guide highlights new or significantly updated street-legal models available in the U.S. We will continually update this guide as new...

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