Love the little engineering bits thrown in by James. The things that amaze/regale people like him are thing I really care to listen about. That's a lovely curve for sure!
I was surprised he wasn't aware of KTM's frame design. I believed the 'squashed' tube is to retain longitudinal rigidity while enabling more lateral flex.
@@MadChalet I for sure wasn't. I'm not sure how things work at a shop but I doubt they get all the engineering specs on every new bike model. I could be wrong though.
That power and torque curve is absolutely ridiculously beautifully smooth for a big V-twin. What manufacturers can do with 2020's tech despite all the EU emission strangling is true wizardry. KTM has truly earned the reputation of extracting the maximum fun out of a twin cylinder over the other brands.
@@jamsstar2010 Sure, it´s a big engine but any way you cut it 176 hp at the wheel is tremendous for the street. That torque curve is as flat as can be with almost 100 lb-ft of torque. Displacement aside, this thing is a beast.
That’s an impressive dynograph! I would speculate that that flattened tube is designed to provide increase chassis stiffness in vertical plane, and more chassis flex in the lateral plane.
For Mr Holland @6.50 ish "I had a Viva" 🤣My first was the HB followed by an HC, apparently the performance of the HC was much "improved" by the increase in capacity (or swept volume if Mr Holland is reading) from 1159 to 1256....I never noticed this back in 1978 where it struggled to shift us lardy bikers and our "molls" in the depths of a Scottish winter at anything over 60 MPH, just as well, back then the drivers cut-off point was roughly six pints.
Another engineering eye openner from James, I suspect the oval tubes as he says is to increase rigidity on the vertical plane and allow flex in the lateral plane. Like Rossi felt the first time he rode the Yamaha R1M and extended the engine bracing and made them narrower to allow flex in the frame under power.
That's bloody good going on a fully road legal V twin and that spread of torque.....Chopsy's right, that thing is going to be a serial killer with mods 😮 lbft torque = pounds acting at a distance of 1 foot....Imperial version of Nm.....not mN or ftlb..I blame the internet !
100% reminds me of the Suzuki B-king. Damn , the way you Brits talk is soooo funny. Love it ! 👍 Anyway, the engine is quite the piece of mechanical engineering !!! Can't wait to feel it rev up during fast, hard acceleration. Sublime, no doubt. Like the guy said, the engine revs smooth as an inline 4 cylinder.
i noticed as he was looking at the footpegs near the end, that it seems they've made it so you can increase the height of the footpegs from the frame too!
wondering how much this would make breathing freely with a full system flashed ecu 👀 considering it's restricted too with latest and greatest barriers.
@@Carado5150 Croydon is a place just south of London. It’s a shithole. The girls there are a special breed. The sort of girls who’ll put out on a first date and don’t really expect to see you again. In America you have Arby’s, and they say women over 30 kind of resemble Arby’s, down below. Well that’s what the headlight reminded me of. A well used girl from Croydon. You know the type, a certain part of their anatomy resembles the predator, and now they want to settle down. Obviously I have had too much social media in my life, and now I compare a headlight to a lady garden.
@@hexagonosaurus5848 typo, I meant to write I don’t think it needs more than 175 wheel HP. For track use maybe but for street I’d be a bragging number not a usable one
It does make quite a big difference to the drivability on the 1290 that I have. The tune that came with the full akra system made it feel like a lot more responsive - the way I describe it, is all the torque of a twin low down and then you still get the rush of an IL4 at the top. I tested the s1000rr and Aprilia, but this was the only bike that left me giggling. You do not need it on the road, but it does make it a lot of fun when you get the chance to open it up. @@ehiggins7476
I think you can see the cam shift a bit in the torque drop at about 5200 - to about 5400 rpm before it climbs slowly again till about 6500 that climbs again till about 8200 and starts to drop off imagine what it would be like if you could tune out the dip from 87 to 92 - 93.7 in curve on the torque 🤪🤪 I wonder if you could tune it out, 🤔 maybe with the full system as you said when riding that one one the test!! it felt like it went harder maybe its torque curve was like that on that bike 🤔🤔
You know I despise how it looks and sounds, but i dont hate that curve shame It'll blow a rod on the track lol knowing my luck with the orange machines.
Imagine what it would make on the Crescent Yamaha dyno. Everyone's still waiting for the R1 to be run on the JHS dyno to show Crap-scent Yamaha aren't completely fudging the numbers...
@@dawn-moon Go to the right dealer and they’ll fit it free. Obviously you have to buy the bike and exhaust from them at the same time. Ducati Chelmsford do that 😊
Link to the ladies 😜- www.apex66.co.uk/competitions/
If we win one of your budget bikes on apex66 is it free delivery ?
My gen 1 made 175 with full system, replacement airbox etc, etc. This will be 190 with full system and a tune 😎😎
Hi pops
Loves the family reunion 💓
@@dylanhedges5634 Yeah, like Josef Fritzl reunited with his daughter.
@@FortyFourTeeth 🥂
Needs 200 with all the bells and whistles to make me buy it tbh. Hopefully there are a lot of eu restrictions in it unlike the previous models
Love the little engineering bits thrown in by James. The things that amaze/regale people like him are thing I really care to listen about.
That's a lovely curve for sure!
I was surprised he wasn't aware of KTM's frame design. I believed the 'squashed' tube is to retain longitudinal rigidity while enabling more lateral flex.
@@MadChalet I for sure wasn't. I'm not sure how things work at a shop but I doubt they get all the engineering specs on every new bike model. I could be wrong though.
@@MadChalet I believe they did something similar with their MotoGP machine also. But I think they've moved on to a carbon fibre frame now.
I'm a simple guy. I see James and the words "dyno", I click.
Same
I love James. He warms the cockles of my heart.
That's a ton of power for a twin. A few years back that power would be wsb level. Here it is, euro 5 or whatever and a warranty. Unbelievable.
More from the jhs guys, always a pleasure seeing them on the channel.
Lovely to see James and the JHS gang again.
Jeeeez look at that pipe glow at 04:48
Cos they’re lean as fuck to get the cat hot so that it works properly. That way the EU turds are happy.
yeah ktm is known for super thin piping. my 890 will stock pipe glow bright red after about 1.5 minutes of idling lol.. especially on the right side
Its not unusual at all. My GSXR 750 will glow the pipes on a warm up at say 4k rpm, never mind full throttle on a dyno.
That is normal and nothing special tbh
Nothing special Brazilians do that all the time with their stolen bikes.
James mechanical and engineering skills are unreal... and his sense of humour makes me laugh and smile
Just picked up my brand new 2024 Duke 398.7cc Corner Rocket- blue-, with a few mods attached, "I`m nearly a big boy mummy"!!, I love kTm😁.
That power and torque curve is absolutely ridiculously beautifully smooth for a big V-twin. What manufacturers can do with 2020's tech despite all the EU emission strangling is true wizardry. KTM has truly earned the reputation of extracting the maximum fun out of a twin cylinder over the other brands.
KTM has gotta make a new RC8 with this engine
They don't have the balls unfortunately
With no traction control, no power modes, and a cable throttle? Challenge accepted.
The current RC8C is just a lil engine but its an animal. The LC8 in that bike would be Beast. It would shit on panigale.
@@popsproductions8547 V4R is a hard motor to beat. Unless you're referring to the V2.
What a beast. I love having my bikes set up on a dyno, even my MSX 125. Great video.
176 at the wheel is around 200 hp at the crank. Incredible stuff.
It says 176 at the engine on the computer screen?
It is a 1.4 though
@@jamsstar2010 Well, 1.35 if you want to be pedantic 😂
@@jamsstar2010 Sure, it´s a big engine but any way you cut it 176 hp at the wheel is tremendous for the street. That torque curve is as flat as can be with almost 100 lb-ft of torque. Displacement aside, this thing is a beast.
I wonder where it'll be with the powerparts full system and tune
It is a ridiculous bike but I’d still love one! My old 990 Superduke R is still a weapon for a 16 year old bike 🤙🏼
Got one too. Old 990R is a fantastic hooligan machine.
@@danhalford2884 The original hooligan, when men were real men & didn’t need traction control or ABS! 😅
You know when I see James, I watch!
That’s an impressive dynograph! I would speculate that that flattened tube is designed to provide increase chassis stiffness in vertical plane, and more chassis flex in the lateral plane.
For Mr Holland
@6.50 ish "I had a Viva" 🤣My first was the HB followed by an HC, apparently the performance of the HC was much "improved" by the increase in capacity (or swept volume if Mr Holland is reading) from 1159 to 1256....I never noticed this back in 1978 where it struggled to shift us lardy bikers and our "molls" in the depths of a Scottish winter at anything over 60 MPH, just as well, back then the drivers cut-off point was roughly six pints.
Another engineering eye openner from James, I suspect the oval tubes as he says is to increase rigidity on the vertical plane and allow flex in the lateral plane. Like Rossi felt the first time he rode the Yamaha R1M and extended the engine bracing and made them narrower to allow flex in the frame under power.
I never noticed how wide these are until James pointed it out. It’s almost as wide as a lass from Grimsby.
@6:32 its actually 1350cc, previous one was 1301cc so only a 49cc increase.
I wasn't going to correct James while he was mid-flow 😂
That's bloody good going on a fully road legal V twin and that spread of torque.....Chopsy's right, that thing is going to be a serial killer with mods 😮 lbft torque = pounds acting at a distance of 1 foot....Imperial version of Nm.....not mN or ftlb..I blame the internet !
James videos are never long enough
Wow! Awesome. Now it needs the full Akra.
Currently going through the process of my big bike test! 44 teeth is keeping me going in the meantime loving all of the uploads recently!
Good luck, did mine 4 years ago, best thing i ever did.
100% reminds me of the Suzuki B-king. Damn , the way you Brits talk is soooo funny. Love it ! 👍 Anyway, the engine is quite the piece of mechanical engineering !!! Can't wait to feel it rev up during fast, hard acceleration. Sublime, no doubt. Like the guy said, the engine revs smooth as an inline 4 cylinder.
i noticed as he was looking at the footpegs near the end, that it seems they've made it so you can increase the height of the footpegs from the frame too!
My gen 3 makes the same with full akrapovic. Wonder if these can push 200rwhp
What more could you want on a moist Thursday morning than a saucy little JTS Dyno vid! Thanks guys!
Wow spotted the same glass kit that’s on my SV650! (The orange one) in Australia. Awesome!
Absolutely loved my b-king!
Brilliant job by James as usual
wondering how much this would make breathing freely with a full system flashed ecu 👀 considering it's restricted too with latest and greatest barriers.
Just a excellent video. Hi from Brisbane Australia. KTM owner 👍
Incredible stuff! Dyno curve looks similar to big Ducati twins (1199 / 1299).
Except the ktm has low end torque.
Hell yes! Looks like KTM is killing it with this one.
Great stuff.
Not a fan of twins but ktm have done a great job on that bad boy .hope to see the jickster soon cheers.
Epic engine and chassis.
So far, tuned on pump gas the thing is making 180 hp and 109 ft-lb in the States (starting value 176/105).
I looked like the rear sets have 2 positions as lower hole elongated? I could be wrong.
I just can’t get over that headlight. Reminds me of a girl from Croydon.
@@markjohnson8352 No, Shaniqua.
I have no idea what that means (from the US) but I want to know
@@Carado5150 Croydon is a place just south of London. It’s a shithole. The girls there are a special breed. The sort of girls who’ll put out on a first date and don’t really expect to see you again. In America you have Arby’s, and they say women over 30 kind of resemble Arby’s, down below. Well that’s what the headlight reminded me of. A well used girl from Croydon. You know the type, a certain part of their anatomy resembles the predator, and now they want to settle down.
Obviously I have had too much social media in my life, and now I compare a headlight to a lady garden.
First time you twist the throttle you won’t give a crap about the headlight.
Riding a KTM tricks my brain into thinking it's a straight 4 because of how smooth it is. I had a hard time remembering to keep the revs lower..
Every time James is on it absolutely makes my day 😂😂😂
Always happy to see James in a video.
to be honest everytime I play around with my 890r I'm impressed with it's design and build
Lordy that’s rowdy out of box. cannot wait to see what tunes and intakes do em like the 1290s and 990s before. 👀
For bragging rights yes tune them to get more power but from a practical standpoint I do think it needs more power.
@@ehiggins7476 then buy an mt07 and shut up. No naked bike "needs" more than 100hp.
@@hexagonosaurus5848 typo, I meant to write I don’t think it needs more than 175 wheel HP. For track use maybe but for street I’d be a bragging number not a usable one
It does make quite a big difference to the drivability on the 1290 that I have. The tune that came with the full akra system made it feel like a lot more responsive - the way I describe it, is all the torque of a twin low down and then you still get the rush of an IL4 at the top. I tested the s1000rr and Aprilia, but this was the only bike that left me giggling. You do not need it on the road, but it does make it a lot of fun when you get the chance to open it up. @@ehiggins7476
just got smcr , very impressed. my speed triples been gathering dust
Any updates coming on the k1 gixxer you bought 🤔?
I think you can see the cam shift a bit in the torque drop at about 5200 - to about 5400 rpm before it climbs slowly again till about 6500 that climbs again till about 8200 and starts to drop off
imagine what it would be like if you could tune out the dip from 87 to 92 - 93.7 in curve on the torque 🤪🤪 I wonder if you could tune it out, 🤔
maybe with the full system as you said when riding that one one the test!! it felt like it went harder maybe its torque curve was like that on that bike 🤔🤔
That’s a great curve. I wonder what a pipe would do for it. I was very surprised by the hp.
I am not a KTM fan, and not a fan of the insane transformer look, but even that excites me... wild. I would be in trouble with that bike.
I owned a B-King...absolutely loved it.
Can't wait to see it on the dyno with full exhaust, intake and tune. Then race it against some 1000s and v4s
Bt put it on the dyno n got 175 so this must be already tuned , yeah?
Pleeeease make a follow-up video with the full evo kit (or whatever KTM call it nowadays). "The new KTM 1390 super Duke EVO evo, the super-BEAST"
100whp at 6k rpms, it's a lot for a road bike. You'll be short shifting at 3k all the time like a cruiser.
No where on legal roads you can use that power.
How many Ks on it, she could probably loosen up a bit and shed another couple of ponies yet??
I must say I was never a fan of KTM apart of rc8 but this bike I’d love to have despite the veggie lights.
James nailed it there, right at the last bit. *-- PREDATOR --*
Predator should mean ugly lol
@@johnadams3038
It does. This bike IS Ugly, with a capital U
Forget the KTM ,i want that little TY80 that's propped up in the corner. (My first bike)❤❤❤
Been good to see overlay with 1290
everyone should have a mate like James
Torque is pretty low for a 1390cc bike. Short stroke engine?
I may just go off the edge on one of them bikes-why so much power? I both admire it and fear it. My 790 Duke is good for now.
21st Century B-King. SOLD!
absolute torque monster
without heated grips 178 hp easy 😂. Greetings from Bavaria ✌️
If we win one of your budget bikes on apex66 is it free delivery ?
Casey Stoners all round 😍
You know I despise how it looks and sounds, but i dont hate that curve shame It'll blow a rod on the track lol knowing my luck with the orange machines.
Is it to personal to ask what happened to Bono at JHS , kind of miss him.
Is that the mandatory JHS haircut?
No, he had an accident with a lathe.
Hahaha
Is it bad that I want to stick it in that headlight????
You mean stick IT in... hahaha only if I can in the pipe
Nice video md what happened to James? Really looking younger and healthy
175bhp in 4th or 5th?
You like coming in through the back door “giggles”
Imagine what it would make on the Crescent Yamaha dyno.
Everyone's still waiting for the R1 to be run on the JHS dyno to show Crap-scent Yamaha aren't completely fudging the numbers...
I’m drawn to this thing, can’t make my mind up, if it’s a bee to honey or a fly to 💩
Nice one Nige 👌🏼 what you done to the GSXR ?
Cheers Nige. Finishing off this week!
@@FortyFourTeeth brilliant, keep up the great work..
JHS is the best!!!
Any RD350 LC YAMAHA GOING I'D BE INTERESTED
44Teeth + JHS Never fails 👌
175.68 hp Original or Tuned?
Happy days back in J.H.S
Would it lose 15bhp throughout the transmission?
Its not only the tranny that will lose power, also the chain, sprocket etc...everything that moves until you come to the contact patch of the wheel
From the front it looks like the you’ve had a front end smash!
Just like your mom?
I'm French, I love your accent...!
Definitely a great bike over engineered!
Imagine with Full Exhaust, Vp, Air Filter and a New Map, has to ne close to 200hp
My gen 3 is doing 185hp with a slip on and a tune
That there is gonna be one fast road bike.
Low rev ability wont really notice on the road either.
James is a gem.
Full Akrapovic evo dyno please :)
I don't think anyone is ready for the audio porn. Or the price 😂
@@FortyFourTeeth can't be more expensive than what Ducati is charging for an Akra + at least 8 hours of labor :)
@@FortyFourTeeth Please do it! that way we know if the full system Akrapovic + akra map is worth it
@@dawn-moon Go to the right dealer and they’ll fit it free. Obviously you have to buy the bike and exhaust from them at the same time. Ducati Chelmsford do that 😊
@@flamintasty maybe, but majority of buyers will still have to pay the labor of fitting the exhaust
Love these
Imagine with a good exhaust, filter and a flash 😮
Good evening gentlemen…..👍👌🇮🇲⭐️
Good evening Andrew
foot pound, pound foot... we gonna start this?!
Now I’ve seen this I’m definitely going to buy one (a chocolate cake)
thats such an absurdly flat torque curve, i guess "rev-range" means "wherever you feel like shifting" with that thing.