2026 KTM 990 RCR

Meet the 2026 KTM 990 RC R, the Austrian brand’s entry into the evolving supersport category. The highly anticipated fully faired follow-up to the naked 990 Duke sportbike, KTM made its intention to build a road-legal race-replica clear with the 990 RC R prototype in late Spring 2024. However, financial issues and production stoppages have delayed the project until now — the 990 RC R is set to go into production starting this November, with arrival in dealers shortly after, according to KTM. With a fresh batch of KTM sportbikes ready to roll off the assembly line, the brand has also announced additional technical details and its $13,949 base price.
The KTM 990 RC R represents a return to the large fully faired street-legal segment, one that the brand has been absent from since the 1,195cc V-Twin-powered RC8 R was discontinued in 2015. During that time, KTM filled the supersport void by teaming up with Kramer Motorcycles to produce the limited-run and track-only RC 8C, which was based on the Kramer GP-2 890R and Kramer GP2-890RR platforms. At long last, we’re going to see fully faired KTMs on track again, and not just in MotoGP!