Bike World Drag Race! | KTM Super Duke GT vs BMW S1000XR 

We'll post up the times soon!

Re-run this with new M1000XR & 1390GT when they're available 😃

As an SDGT owner for the last 3 years I can confirm all the findings of this test lol. For anyone like me who wasn't 100% ready to give up litre bikes, this is the perfect solution

The Super duke GT is one of the most fun bikes I've ever ridden. Its a shame it is so underrated.

Having owned both bikes here and both of were modified. I can say the KTM is one of the fatest accelerating factory bikes I've ever owned. The BMW is blazingly fast in its own right.

These drag races are Supercool. But I have one request for you BIKE WORLD guys. Please don't stop collaborating with CARWOW .

Such a cool category, can do it all with these machines.

Keep this up chaps - these are brilliant, bikes are meant to be fun and you're having lots of it 👍🙂

I still have a 2012 Ducati Multistrada 1200, I've also sat up out of the bubble, then realised I was doing 155mph with panniers on. Almost fell off the back 😂

I totally disagree with those saying this is a useless comparison. In fact these bikes are very quick and powerful and playful yet comfortable.

Everyone awaiting the M1000XR part 2 Drag Race like Revenge of The Sith

As a 2020 SDGT owner: KTM 6th gear is an overdrive. The real top gear is 5th I now have mines flashed abd dyno tuned. If you think its fast stock, the tuned version is totally insane

For those of you who keep complaining about this not being a fair comparison because of the CC difference, please do some research... these engines put out roughly the same power give or take, and are in the same bike class/category. Really not understanding all the confusion.

Great video as always. I have the Duke and it’s so much better with just 1 less tooth on the front sprocket.

The KTM would be the perfect sports tourer if it had a center stand.

Best motocycle channel

I've owned many bikes, my 19 SDGT is my favorite for sure.

Very good guys and I had no idea who would come out first on these 2.

Speed Triple 1200RR vs S1000RR, that's what the people want to see. By people obviously I mean me... 😁

The SDGT is the best bike i owned. 5200 km in europe this summer NO problem at all. The only negative is that it's chewing rear tire 😂

Good fun ! Looking forward to the bmw M model soon !

Haha pillions and luggage 🧳 definitely 😂

Both of them are glorious!

Can't wait for the M1000XR tests!

Two words. Simply Awesome!

Love this video. I have a 2016 XR. More down low torque than after 2020, but after 5000 rpm the newer bike just flies! Mine has been awsome and reliable. I do want to try the GT though.

For those days when you want to go touring in your full race leathers! 😂 Team Orange FTW 🍊

Been across Africa twice with my gt....had a blast...put some s22 tyres did a track day ..always got a smile..

Awesome, the ultimate real world A to B machines 🥰

Great little video boys As an owner of the gt and a gen 2 xr I can definitely say the results are spot on and would go further in saying the ktm is a great bike for touring and having fun taken mine to tt twice now Also if you have the track pack you get launch control and a quicker throttle response its an awesome bike . Allen biker brothers

Pikes peak v4 multi against ktm?

Please more like these videos, big bikes, Ducati multistrada v4, Kawasaki versys 1000, Honda Afrika twin, ktm Adventure 1290, Yamaha tracer 900gt, bmw gs 1250, bmw s1000xr

I got an option to get a 2021 super duke gt with 0km for 13.5k euros. Or i can get a multistrada 1260s used with that price. Which one should i get?

I'd love to see the V-4 Multi up against the KTM next. Peace.

Hı Chris, we'r expecting 1290 Advs VS Multistrada V4s, please!!

Good clean fun there lads!!

Lovely comparison, I drove and love both bikes. I did not expect the KTM to dominate though.

Yamaha was doing this 30 years ago, 850 TDM.. and the late 80s TDR250 which was a cross over from Road/Mx which never had the chance to continue an evolution of the bike.

The laughter from both journalists already confirmed which is more fun to ride . 😂

I had both, kept the XR cause it's much more comfy with similar performance. But still love the KTM, it's bonkers

Fun video! I own the GT Gen2 however they are both good bikes. From personal experience BMW look after their customers much better.

KTM super duke GT ❤🤩🔥

I wonder how the XR goes against the 1290 SAS, cracking video

YES! Next time with pillions and luggage!

I always admire the ktm , since I currently own one, But now I need the SD .1290. After this video ,I'm sold

Nobody seems to realize the S1KXR engine was cold at firsts pulls, so it protect itself by removing power (see the red zone from 3k rpm) the lasts pulls were more representative. Good race!

Please make more of these motorcycles drag races all super sport bikes too

Getting these two to drag race was silly. Still fun to watch, maybe not for the XR owners. 🤣

Currently KTM ruling the world with lite weight and too much of torque and power.

Anybody know what that rst jacket is?

That's a Sport Touring. Same category of Ninja 1000SX.

Please do a ducati Streetfighter v4 road review

Having owned both of these (currently the GT), 6th gear is an overdrive on the GT. It's not happy pulling 6th until 80 mph. Motorways, in 5th, sub 80 mph, you can easily get 50-55 MPG out of the Duke.

Love it! Nice presentation. Is the SDGT geared the same as the SDR?

wow that orange swan, the torque stay alive with any condition ❤

Having owned the XR, I now see the beast that KTM is… wow!

I decatted my Gen2 SDGT by emptying the standard exhaust box and drilling out the standard baffles in the end can. . Another step up again in power and smoothness.

As it turns out, I *am* that type of person. 🙃I enjoy that mix of comfort, and stupidity. 😋

"Ready to Race" 😎

From your honest opinion, which one should I buy

I tested the XR a while ago and instantly loved it. I then went and did the NC500 On my Monster 1200 (still loved) but was thinking i would love to do it again on the XR. Maybe the Superduke GT might be the way forward now.

What do expect when there’s an extra 295cm3 with the KTM? Nearly 300cm3 is a lot in the bike world.

I want this GT so bad, but I'm 50y now and dk if the SAS would be a better option

I love it ♥️

I have been riding my SDGT for the last 4 years, I could not be happier with the KTM after owning 3 BMW's.

It’s crazy how fast they are for what they are. I can attest to the XR personally. We were out for a large group ride a couple months ago and it was a very fast paced ride. We were on a long boring straight section and I started horsing around with a guy on a brand new XR (it was identical to the one in the test down to the red color even) and when he romped on it he absolutely just stomped a hole in my poor little Street Triple 765. 😂

That KTM is fast. The first 2 pulls the XR was cold, the red screen was screaming "not yet, not yet" good job KTM! What is the difference in price?

Both are great, but I really like the XR after riding both.

Now that the Super Duke GT "Gen2" has pretty much the exact same engine that the Super Duke R has, the top register in the higher revs has more power than the gen 1 engine had, the gen 1 engine was somewhat downtuned from the R engine. So for a V-twin the Super duke engine is very strong in the top compared to most other V-twin engines. So those extra horsepower combined with a lot more torque and even some kgs lighter than the S1000XR makes the Super Duke GT Gen 2 a faster bike than the BMW. Also the S1000XR even though better than before it still has those vibrations in motorway speed where you do not want them. It has become less obvious since they have added a lot more rubber mounting in the bars and pegs but it is still there and you do not have that in the same way with the Super Duke GT. Also the riding position on the GT is a slightly more aggressive which I like a lot more, less weight on your a$s and less windblast since you are leaning slightly more forward into the wind which is much more comfortable when touring. The only thing I think BMW does better than KTM is reliability, even though BMW still is a euro brand and does not have that awesome reliability of the Japanese bikes it is still somewhat better than KTM. I would feel more "safe" riding a BMW around Europe on a long trip than on a KTM that is just how it is, there is more problems on a KTM if you look on statistics than BMW. I think BMW is a bit more expensive on services than KTM though but I could be wrong about service costs between the two ? Personally I have had much more problems with KTM than on BMW, my friends as well. KTM for me, is more fun to ride on though PM. The 6th gear on the Super duke engine has always been kind of an overdrive gear, it is for very high speed cruising. Many times when going 60-70 mph (100-120km/h) I have found that the 6th gear on the Super Duke is useless, it runs better at that speed on 5th gear weirdly enough. So the 6th gear is not that strong if you are not going crazy speeds, autobahn cruising.

This is my bike... i love it❤

Owned a Gen 1 XR, ridden a Gen 2, own a Gen 2 SDGT, hell yes. No other bikes necessary. KTM is definitely quicker all around and higher performance when it comes to "sports" the XR is a little better balanced. Either way, no better bikes for sport touring. 7:05 the KTM has the potential to gap the XR even more but the fact it already gaps it with stock gearing is impressive, the KTM is geared insanely high, the XR 6th gear, red line is 175 mph, the KTM is 193 mph, according to gearing commander. If the KTM was on more even footing with +4 teeth on the rear I'm sure it'd have it even more.

There had been a used 1290 gt by me a few years ago, still wish i had bought it

S1000xr owner, 18000 miles in 12 months.... of fast road, track day and two up fun. "With panniers too"....

The LC8 is unbeatable

And it sounds better too! RELASE THE BEAST!

The KTM has pretty wide ratio gearing. You can be doing 90-100 mph and in 6th gear, the big twin is just singing calm baritone.

Please try an H2 SX SE against this class of bikes, I'd like to see how it compares to other sport-tourers like these two and the MS Pikes Peak

Need some real ride time out in the streets on these beasts, I’m wondering which is smoother long distance, does one or the other cook your legs at a stop, does the bum start hurting after an hour or 4 hours etc

BEMOTO insurance for the SDGT ? NAH I WAS with Be Moto, but they weren't competitive this year

Can't wait for the 1390GT.

Ive got a 17 gt. Floats front wheel in 4th gear. Cant wait for chainto go, will be putting in larger front sproket. Gearing is too tall

I think this class of tarmac only adventurey, sporty, bikes should be called GT bikes as a class. Like GT cars they're usually based on faster, lighter, significantly more hardcore models with concessions made for comfort and range while still being very capable performance machines

The GT isn"t a naked SDR ,but it's the dressed version of the beast it changes everything

Wait, STOP! No wheelie down the straight? You are not feeling well, mate?

ktm & Ducati they always fast😊 though I'm Kawasaki fan boy, so much respect for them😊❤

Matt of Car WOW to be the pillion! 😊

A biker with riding gears,racing suits always looks cool, awesome and fabulous, this is why bikers are always stunning

Can you do another one of these and throw a Multistrada V4 Pikes peak in there as well….😊

Do you thing the Super Adventure ia a fast as the GT?

tuono 1100 gt would be good to compare and multistrada v4 rs

I really wanted a SDGT, but the ADV ergonomics, for me personally, are just too good to give up that I just had to pick the Super Adventure instead. Oh no, I only get 160hp and extra torque for my STREET sport touring fun machine, what shame. haha Love these bikes.

Please please do the middle weights 750 Hornet GSX8S KTM790 TRIUMPH TRIDENT etc al Come guys we need bragging rights at the pub

Sport bikes made comfortable if one wish to ride longer distance!! Upright seating position with wide handlebar!!

Any plans on the current Hayabusa Vs H2SX ?

Ktm gt meu sonho ❤

We want to see Ducati multistrada race

i just prefer the sound of the bmw over the ktm- even if the duke is a bit faster. probably can’t go wrong either way though!

Can we get S1000XR Vs GSX1000GX please

ktm is serious racing make good bikes i love ktm always ktm

❤️‍🔥 that KTM