EICMA is 110 years old. That’s a lot of motorcycles. A lot of people also. The event is widely recognised as the largest motorcycle show in the world. Last year, from November 9-12 2023, almost 600,000 scanned through the doors of the Fiera Milano in Italy setting a new record for attendance.

I’m rubbing my hands. I’ve just taken control of the 2024 KTM 990 DUKE for two weeks from KTM Spain, just outside of Barcelona, and my enthusiasm is as bright as the marginal orange trim for one simple reason: this might be the KTM DUKE for me.

KTM clinched a third AMA Supercross Championship with the KTM 250 SX-F in May 2024 and its first in almost ten years. Curiously, Tom Vialle achieved the feat and continued a run of solely European riders succeeding in the most American of 250cc motorcycle racing disciplines. The 23-year-old Frenchman talks a bit about the reasons behind the milestone…