We’ve reviewed and enjoyed the ‘short’ version before which was released to eager buyers in 2018. The funky-styled nature combined with a highly impressive off-road ability was the attraction, and was evident when you look at the huge amount of sales achieved throughout South Africa.
Let me start off with apologies for ‘stealing’ the iconic name of the Lokota Indian Chief, who passed away in 1877, after causing some serious disruption to the despicable advancement of the ‘white folk’, during that time – but that’s another story.
There’s no denying that this latest version of KTM’s 390 Duke is a very attractive motorcycle indeed. A statement confirmed by everyone, and I mean everyone, who cast his or her eyes across this bright orange (or Electric Orange says KTM), funky, new lightweight naked bike.
The Suzuki V-Strom platform first appeared in 2002 and since then Suzuki has sold well over 400,000 of them around the World, a success story of note! Its versatile nature, conquering everything from touring to off-road excursions was the attraction, and still is. It’s 2024 and we still have Suzuki's DL650 (born in 2004), the new version of the DL1050 and, of course, ‘our’ 2023 Bike of the Year, the superb R59k V-Strom DS250 SX. But now there’s a new one sitting right in the middle, the all-new DL800 DE.
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