Former AMA Superbike and Supermoto rider Chris Fillmore took the 2024 KTM 890 SMT on a Sardinian Mountain climb.

KTM has announced the reintroduction of the SMT line with the 2024 KTM 890 SMT. Last seen in the U.S. more than a decade with the KTM 990 Supermoto T, the platform blends the rowdy playfulness of a supermoto with the practicality of a sport-tourer. 

The 2024 KTM 890 SMT features an 889cc LC8c parallel-Twin with DOHC and dual balancer shafts, the same platform behind the KTM 890 Adventure R with a 20% increase in rotating mass over the KTM 790 platform. KTM calls the bike a ?purposeful model? between its adventure and street product ranges. The new SMT has 46 mm dual Dell?Orto throttle bodies, throttle-by-wire, a 6-speed gearbox, and a PASC slip/assist clutch. 
Related: 2021 KTM 890 Adventure R | Long-Term Ride Review 

The three standard ride modes ? Sport, Street, and Rain ? can be expanded by an optional Track setting that permits the rider to toggle different amounts of throttle modes and traction control through 10 levels. The SMT also has cornering Motorcycle Traction Control (MTC). Demo Mode allows sampling of the full electronic rider aids suite for the first 1,500 km.  

From an ergonomic and aerodynamic standpoint, the 4.2-gallon tank has been slimmed and designed specifically for the KTM 890 SMT. The form of the tank slides the rider even farther into the bike with a wide contact patch but still compact enoug...