Earlier this month KTM announced a new look for the 890 Duke R ? is known as ?The Super Scalpel? ? for the new model year. Both the 2022 KTM 890 Duke R and 2022 KTM 1290 Super Duke R Evo are being offered in a new Atlantic Blue colorway inspired by the KTM RC16 GP racebike. Now our friends in Austria have announced the 2022 KTM 890 Duke GP.

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As the name implies, it too gets MotoGP-inspired livery, this time in an orange-and-black combo with KTM?s ?Ready to Race? motto just below the 3.7-gallon fuel tank. What makes the 890 Duke GP stand out is the orange bodywork replacing the normally all-black panels covering the subframe, which also includes logos for industry partners Motorex, Pankl, and WP.
There?s also a special orange passenger seat cover with special ?890 Duke GP? graphics. The orange treatment continues with orange powdercoated wheels and orange highlights on the front fender and headlight frame.

Beneath the GP-inspired livery, the rest of the 890 Duke GP is the same as the 890 Duke R. It features fully adjustable WP Apex suspension, a WP steering damper, Brembo Stylema monoblock front calipers, a Brembo MCS front master cylinder, a PASC slip/assist clutch, Michelin Power Cup tires, and a state-of-the-art electronics package that includes cornering ABS with Supermoto mode, lean-angle-sensitive Motorcycle Traction Control, and selectable ride modes (Sport, Street, and Rain). An optional Trac...