KTM 790 Duke // A Day Around The Lake District ✊ 

Thanks man! That means a lot! I've been riding myself for 10 years and motorcycles and riding are my life! Nice to show sometimes that we can be serious about it, rather than a lot of what you see on social media which is a chick in a helmet and bikini that doesnt ride!! Say tuned as I have some awesome plans for next week in store 😜 also, i think i need some new adjectives as spanking is overused after this vid 😂

Agree :)

Thank you. We are pleased to hear that. We as women can ride a motorcycle 😊 it is so much fun. I prefer it above car driving. Home-work is about 100 km's each day.

The memoriessss 😩

Post covid will be here soon. I just bought a new 790 duke today. I'm stoked to ride and explore Florida's back roads. God bless and stay safe.

I love the 390 duke, good shout 👏

Super smooth haha

EU Bike Dude still getting to grips with this editing malarkey 😂 cheers! 😊

Remember: Bike channels are watched by bikers, we prefer to hear the sound of the environment/bike than the dance music (in general!). :) How was the fuel economy BTW? So I know what to expect. Ta!

Yea but i cant win, some like it, some dont haha 😂 plus, you couldnt hear the sound of the bike for the bloody wind 🙈

Sorry missed the bit about the economy! I have no idea, I got giddy so that went out the window lol!

Well done. Music selection was good, +1 on cutting volume in half. The music adds to the character of the video, as does the sound of the engine. Also, if available, you might wanna invest in a wind sock for the camera microphone, they’re inexpensive and go a long way towards cutting down wind noise. Keep up the great work, you’re coming along.

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Thank you!!!

Such beautiful country side up there! To be honest, the video doesn't do it justice but you can actually see very clearly over the low walls hence why I followed her 😊 yea, the 790 is super light and flickable, I will certainly give it that! Thanks for the comment, ride safe 👍

Rocking Rodders thanks, i ADORE my 690 ❤

mac46rr well thats how a bike should be tested right?! Haha! I just need a mic set up now so i can talk as i ride. That would be ideal! Yea I am a massive fan of KTM. I love all their bikes and they are so fun like you say!!!

Thank you! I really appreciate that! Hope you're well!!!!

Ian Lawrie cheers Ian!

Haha I give it a whirl! When lockdown is over, we will have to go for a ride! 👍

Oh England 😢

Ant on a Slant thanks Ant! I appreciate it :)

Thank you so much!

Thank you 😊 ride safe!

Splendid Cookie trial and error my friend. New to this vlogging lark.

I actually love the tropical house music background. It works with the video.

i agree kiddie music, turn it off

Wind it up gal! I think you have to pay to have licenced music on your video....but Kubbi Ember would be good too...i will donate a cornish pasty

I love single cylinder SopfistiKate, , it was me that bought a Ducati 250 Mk 3 when they were £400-£250 on MCN market, I got one for £175, it had no twist throttle, only a lawnmower throttle, which didn't matter anyway as I just rode it on max...(as the strokers had hit the market in mid 80's, YAM RD 250's etc etc and tumbled the market for 4 strokes. , anyway, I had this 250 Single Duke it would pop fart / fire at every lampost it seemed, it was so small, easy to ride, top speed was only about 80 mph lol at a push , ok 75?, but you could almost go flatout even on those tyres of that era, everywhere out of town.) Sadly i sold that gorgeous bike due to lack of finances to move on up??? It was not a move up in hindsight, i had so much fun and so many smiles per mile on that beast...I .wish I had kept that bike now.....worth about £10k lol

Renegade haha! Yea it was glorious and thankfully incident free! 😂

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16 MEDIA Andre Ullmann aw nice! I used to sell KTMs myself :)

Marc Withersea cheers marc! Also I havent forgotten to reply, i have barely had a minute to myself :( hoping to answer your questions soon!

Hi Dave and I'm in the South Island and been looking for a while to get a 690r..... I think it is perfect for NZ

Buy it 🤪 she's for sale

@@UsernameKate I don't like used bikes anyways I'm waiting for the 790 to launch in india

NICE!!! Lemme know what you think to it!

yuki minamoto thanks 😊

JDMHero47 they are doing next year! Watch this space :P

Such a fun bike!!

690s up for sale. Think a street triple rs is on the cards next!

Henry Smith thanks! I might do a video on it. On my website www.usernamekate.com i have an article on all the mods! Might put it into video form! :)

can you guys explain to me how a bike can look smart? Sorry maybe its thing where you guys come from... But in the USA I don't see how you can put glasses on a bike or give it a gpa... lol

@@sirmasteryan4958 LOL it's a UK saying, if something looks smart, it looks good 😂

@@UsernameKate you look smart and I don't mean that in an intelligent way... ;) lol wtf

No way! They sound like some naughty upgrades 😍

@@UsernameKate I forgot to include the Rottweiler intake system also, its always had the 1st gen akrapovic exhausts along with akrapovic race map on the ecu

Thanks for the compliment of my 690! I appreciate that :) yeah I get what you're saying. I've seen lots of 790 that have had aftermarket bits on them and they look amazing!

Not Kate but I'd say go for it. You must've mastered that 150cc a very long time ago already including the essentials such as throttle control and counter-steering.

Truth is she didn't want to be on the video! So I did well to get this video together haha!

toorest trikie no Emma has a full licence but at the time of this video the shop only had the 790 and 390 to ride on demo :)

It would certainly make it look quite brash! 🙈

I wouldn't buy it, I've test rode the street triple 765 rs since this video and that's what I'd go for! 😊

UsernameKate Motovlogs Cool. Thanks for letting me know.

wait for the 790R then, i am sure there will be one soon enough

I will do a fully comprehensive comparison on my website. I'll comment on here once it's complete :)

I was going to ask the same question. Looked at the 790 at bike show in Nov as I has street triple r but didn't gel with it. Left field a got a desert sled instead.

Not the street triple not gel I meant the 790 duhh

kris reynolds 😂😂

Kate: the 790's shift assistant may be smoother than those of the competition, but is still not as smooth as a perfectly executed manual change. To be honest, I rarely use it. I guess I would have to be riding at least a gear lower on average, and much higher in the rev band. In fact, sometimes it can be a minor nuisance: If my left foot is a little too forward on the peg, and the bike hits a bump, the result can be an unintended upshift.

Christopher Lamb i didnt have a problem with it at all, i really really surprised with the autoblipper, it was honestly really smooth. Although the only other thing I have ridden with an autoblipper was a superduke so same tech. But for how I ride, I just got on with it :)

Kate: I don't have a problem with the shift assistant at all, I just don't think the 790 needs one - at least with my riding style.

Christopher Lamb thats fair enough :)

I hadn't ridden that road before but I ride a 690 and I know that bike better than I know myself, the two feel very similar in lightness. I don't ride out of my comfort zone so I was pretty comfortable filming this. I love twisties, you can ride fast without breaking speed limits as they're usually 60s lol sorry I'm not quite sure what those capital letters stand for... 🙈 what would you like to know about the process? I've just got a vlogging Mic for my camera so I can talk on the move now! :)

@@UsernameKate Your lines are nice, and like you I like twisties; in oz we have 'advisory' signs that are actually very good - so you have a speed limit sign, which may be 80Km/H and advisory signs that might indicate the curve of the road and a speed - say 40Km/H, so I play doublesy - triplesy - by either doubling or tripling the advisory... it's fun and relatively safe for roads I do not know, and even those that I do - Thunderbolts Run is my favourite. The rock walls and blind lefties (with snotty dribbles on the off cambers) of your video give me the willies... You did seem to handle them with ease though. Nice. As far as process goes, it is nice to do the zen waft through the slings and arrows of outrageous roads, silently, but it is also nice to wax the occasional loquacious and describe what you are feeling in the moment - how is the quick shifter / blipper responding to your inputs, how you feel tipping in and basting out of a turn. How the brakes bite. Little bit of a stream of conscious, in the moment, narrative...

dry509 i found the suspension firm, which is nice when youre tabking along. Yes, street mode made it fine on the tight twisties! It doesnt bother me tbh! I like new tech and models and like you say there is a warranty. But some people like to wait incase there are changes, like i suspect they will bring out a 790 R with adjustable suspension and an akrapovic as standard.

Kate Ralph Thanks for the feedback.

Colin Colborn i did it the other day! lol. I put a youtube video on 😊

Kate Ralph nice one, I’ll check it out when I get a chance. It’s a bit of a beast isn’t it?

Colin Colborn it is but like you say, cameras dont do it justice 🙈

Frugaltail Alpinestars C1 windstoppers 😂 but do make excellent gardening gloves also!

Sorry for the late reply! I'm having a 790 for a week so hopefully I will be able to properly compare! 😊

Khubaib Shaikh it depends on what you want out of the bike!!! :) if you want adjustable suspension which i guess will come on the R, then i'd wait if i were you :)

Kate Ralph thank you for your suggestion. I will surely think about it.

Thank you! :)

I wouldn't know, this was a days demo lol

Soupdragon i 100% dont think you can make a bad choice with that line up! 👌

Test rode them all immediately ordered the 790 what a fantastic machine pity i have to wait until end of june to get the akropvic as not out yet.

I'm having a 790 for a week soon so I'll be able to compare. It's weird because if you asked me if my brakes were good when I was riding my 690 all the time, I'd have said excellent, now I'm testing lots of bikes, I'd say they're barely adequate in comparison 😂 haha yea I took a 1290 superduke out and around country lanes, I felt like it was riding me not the other way around LOL

lol yes the 1290 is crazy :)