Armed with the Duke 990's £12,999 price tag, you have a lot of middleweight naked bike options available, with even some higher-spec models falling within this budget.
If you like the all-new MT-09 but desire slightly sharper handling, the MT-09 SP costs £11,806, which is only £1700 more than the stocker for an Öhlins shock, uprated forks, Brembo brakes and Icon Performance paint. Triumph's Street Triple RS costs £11,795; as well as packing more power than the stock bike it wears an Öhlins shock, uprated forks, a TFT dash and tricker electronics. Kawasaki have the Z900 for £9871 with the £11,401 Z900 SE adding (yep, you guessed it) an Öhlins shock, Brembo brakes and uprated forks. Both bikes are available in Performance spec with an Akrapovic can and more for…