The old one was always a proper weapon on the road, and if the hype surrounding the new model was anything to go by, it was to be even faster, even lighter and even smarter.
Three bikes, three styles, endless smiles; we pit the KTM690 SMC R against the MT-09 and the ZX-6R! The September edition of Fast Bikes magazines is a must-have!
For a few years now, and despite an Irish bloke called Jonathan Rea annihilating the rest of the WSBK field for four years on the bounce, many folk have been a little uninspired by Kawasaki’s flagship superbike.