Thanks for all of the info. And great review. I just picked up the SMT as well. Ordered a tall screen and lower seat. Debating on heated grips or GPS mount next. :-) Again thanks so much. I really enjoyed the review!

Imagine a KTM SMT owner not liking wheelies… And I was really liking the video until that point lol

Hi Dean. I`m happy to find your channel especially you`re owner and not only few hours tester of the bike like in most of the yt videos. The main reason for me was to hear opinion about riding comfort and in above of all about a bumping effect on smooth road. Do you consider "bobbing" effect as kind of shaking or jumping of the front ? In my case its mainly perceptible on smooth road, in the range of 50 - 65 km/h when I feel this unpleasant effect. It`s very visible during the night when you see your light beam shaking. Above the mentionned speeds its dissepaering. I set the front for maximum confort and it`s better but still here and very uncomfortable. I also have other negative feelings on the engine vibration, when I push on above 5k rpms the vibration makes the view in the mirrors gets hazy, I hope its normal behaviour of this engine. Last not least is the front brakes: I`m a very sensitive person and during breaking with the first bites I feel something like oscillation on the breaking lever, it isn`t so smooth like I experienced on previousely owned duke 125 and 390. Generally I love this bike and I`m persuaded I`ll do dozens of thousands of kms but it looks It`s less perfect than I imagined or it`s presented in all those yt reviews.

Get the powerpart phds handlebar mounts completely transforms the bike I get zero vibes through the bars now. I've had my smt since July last year and love it . Good revue

Great mpg for a powerful engine 👍

Great review! Thank you. Wasn't sure we were going to get to hear it for a second there!

2:26 Talking price: At least over here in DE you should be getting AMAZING deals on these new and demo-bikes! I think the bike is a big success, but it's styling held back sales... I have a 701 and a Super Duke 3.0. Considering switching the Beast for SMT, since I love the 701's riding style so much... Can I ask: How do the gears feel? As crispy as they do on the sportier Bikes like the Super Duke? Or a little more doughy/vague? Thanks for the vid, much appreciated!

Hi. Where did you get the fork guard decals from ?

thanks for the review. just a question: where did you order the number sticker from? has it a special form fitting the 890 smt, or did you just cut is from adhesive film?

Dean have you taken a pillion? Does the bike cope? And did you need to retune the engine when you did the decat?

Hi, thanks for this vid! I’m considering this bike but i’m a short guy and wondering how you manage with the low seat and what your inside leg measurement is

Nice review, glad to see some non proffesional opinion, i hope ill have mine soon

Do you have a link to the windscreen?

how tall are you ? is it possible to ride on this bike if you have around 172cm ? is this screen not generating more noise on helmet ?

Any concerns re soft cams and wear? It's a bloody shame this European made motor didn't go into the Husky Svartpilen/Vitpilen.

would be cool if you redid this video with better audio quality. cant really hear with the wind

Is that the Givi windscreen? That’s the only one I know of available. Puig has one listed as “currently under development” but no ETA available when I asked

nice video mate thanks! bit hard to understand you sometimes with the windnoise other than that great review 🤝🏼

The camshafts are made of cheese. Inspect them after about 10,000km.

You don’t need much more……… how about another 30hp then? Thats not much.