Comments on: 2023 Motorcycle of the Year https://ridermagazine.com/2023/09/08/2023-motorcycle-of-the-year/ Rider Magazine features the latest motorcycle reviews, news, and videos. This is Motorcycling at its Best. Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:23:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3 By: Rider Magazine https://ridermagazine.com/2023/09/08/2023-motorcycle-of-the-year/#comment-1453403 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:30:07 +0000 https://ridermagazine.com/?p=74932#comment-1453403 In reply to RQ.

We selected the R 18 Roctane as a finalist, but the KTM 1290 Super Duke GT was picked as MOTY.

]]> By: RQ https://ridermagazine.com/2023/09/08/2023-motorcycle-of-the-year/#comment-1453350 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 07:11:25 +0000 https://ridermagazine.com/?p=74932#comment-1453350 Probably this will be the only magazine picking the R18 as the best motorcycle of the year. I still haven’t seen one on the street.

]]> By: Jarvis Hofhines https://ridermagazine.com/2023/09/08/2023-motorcycle-of-the-year/#comment-1453335 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:13:47 +0000 https://ridermagazine.com/?p=74932#comment-1453335 Am I a KTM fan boy?…. not really… do I currently own and have I owned more than 8 either KTMs or Huskys…. yep., including a ’17 and ’20 SD GT. Have they all had various model issues like fork seals, or clutch slave cylinder failures, various gd electronic suspension or lost flash memory features, or key fob issues…. yes.
But I’ve also had a Concourse 14, a ZX 14R, various Ducatis, a Yamaha FJR…. I think I’ve owned about every brand except a Harley… and you guys got it right as far as sporty sport tourers…. I love the SD GT for 400 mile days. The back cylinder roasts your back side on 80+ deg days, but it roasts the twisties too, and puts one heck of smile on my face while doing it… and leaves me feeling well enough at the end of a 400+ mile day to bust out my AARP membership for a hotel for the night. There’s a lot of really great bikes out there…. this one is in the top for sure!!

]]> By: Oscar Peterson https://ridermagazine.com/2023/09/08/2023-motorcycle-of-the-year/#comment-1453082 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 00:46:56 +0000 https://ridermagazine.com/?p=74932#comment-1453082 The Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello was officially introduced more than a year ago, but it was first available in the US in December 2022, which definitely within the past year. Are we really DQ’ing it based on its official intro date in Europe? The real world experience of riders here in the US is that it is a new bike this year. C’mon, Rider.

]]> By: steve taylor https://ridermagazine.com/2023/09/08/2023-motorcycle-of-the-year/#comment-1453013 Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:23:38 +0000 https://ridermagazine.com/?p=74932#comment-1453013 I am surprised that test rides are not generally available in the US. Test rides are widely available in the UK for most models.

]]> By: Phil Randall https://ridermagazine.com/2023/09/08/2023-motorcycle-of-the-year/#comment-1452939 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 22:28:57 +0000 https://ridermagazine.com/?p=74932#comment-1452939 Great article rider magazine.
I must come clean and say up front that I am a big fan of the KTM range, especially at the big H/P end of the range ha ha. I currently ride a 2017 1290 SDR (with 50,000 km’s on it) which I have had since new and every time I look at the latest offerings on the motorcycle market, I can’t find another all-round bike I would rather have, except perhaps the GT.

]]> By: Gregory Pelsery https://ridermagazine.com/2023/09/08/2023-motorcycle-of-the-year/#comment-1452933 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 21:56:18 +0000 https://ridermagazine.com/?p=74932#comment-1452933 In reply to Justin Ellery.

I agree with you and even though I only like modern motorcycles and especially the water cooled ones, here I will make a concession for the mandello V100 and Stone V7 are both very beautiful and with the characteristic sound they make, yes here I would like to buy both of them I mean what I say.
By the way congratulations to the winner KTM for lifting our community and all the readers of the page here where you all voted and won the title of the year!

]]> By: Justin Ellery https://ridermagazine.com/2023/09/08/2023-motorcycle-of-the-year/#comment-1452890 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 14:46:01 +0000 https://ridermagazine.com/?p=74932#comment-1452890 Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello a superb bike, not mentioned and the winner one that has had electrical gremlins and reliability issues – search any forum. I guess each to their own opinions.

]]> By: Christopher Johnson https://ridermagazine.com/2023/09/08/2023-motorcycle-of-the-year/#comment-1452888 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 14:31:45 +0000 https://ridermagazine.com/?p=74932#comment-1452888 Two KTMs in my garage (790 ADV R and 350 EXC-F) but your choice for MOTY leaves me unmoved. IMNSHO, MOTY should represent not only a quality riding experience, but also a significant play to strengthen the industry and get more people riding. To that purpose there are only three bikes on your finalist list that meet the spec: the CFMOTO Ibex 800 T, the Honda SLC500, and the Suzuki V-Strom 800DE. From there, the choice gets a little tougher. The CFMOTO is an unknown in most of the country, but it brings a trusted KTM design, lots of features, and a beginner-friendly price. The Suzuki adds stalwart engineering for a little more money. The Honda promises to be the pick of the litter, most likely to bring new riders to the sport, with a super-attractive MSRP and at least the pretense of fire road capability. It’s up to Honda to promote the bike properly – the company that set the world on fire in the 70s has in the SLC500 to machine that will create the next generation of motorcycle enthusiasts.

]]> By: Rick Woodland https://ridermagazine.com/2023/09/08/2023-motorcycle-of-the-year/#comment-1452884 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:59:10 +0000 https://ridermagazine.com/?p=74932#comment-1452884 KTM? Hmmm. I’ve never rode one, so they might be a great bike to ride … but I’ve chatted with maybe a dozen KTM owners over the years, and every one of them complained about their reliability and maintenance, not to mention parts availability and cost.

I dunno. Maybe in the last couple of years they’ve improved.

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