RIDE REVIEW I 2024 KRÄMER GP2 890 RR
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Limited to 125 units worldwide,
the $39,995 Krämer GP2 890 RR
is not a diluted, mass-produced
tool. The Krämer GP2 890 RR is
a motorcycle designed for one
thing and one thing only—going
fast around a racetrack.
I need to remind myself of the
GP2 890 RR's ability during the
press launch race (yes, you read
that correctly) at the recent Bar
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ber Vintage Festival, where the
Krämer was allowed
to compete
against the big twins of Ducati,
EBR and KTM.
Charging down the short
front straight, I brake as late as
I dare, get ready to lean into the
off-camber turn one, and get
spooked as my teammate Chris
Fillmore slides underneath me
in the most perfect two-wheeled
drift I've seen in many a year.
This motorcycle can do this. And
so much more. I wish I could
download the footage from my
brain and overlay Mozart's Re
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quiem in D Minor. Glorious.
The Krämer is
so light, so
nimble, and so razor sharp that
it makes a production bike feel
like a bit of a pig. A ready-to-
race weight of 313 pounds will
do that, especially when coupled
with a heavily breathed-upon
KTM 890 Duke motor pumping
out a claimed 138 horsepower
at the 190-section rear Pirelli
slick tire.
This is far from my first foray
with Krämer. I've ridden each of
the company's products before,
having completed a five-hour
endurance race on the single-
cylinder HKR EVO2 R and a few
races on the first GP2 890 R at
the turn of the decade. Each
time, I left impressed at the
company's persistence in mak
-
ing the best track machine this
side of
a Grand Prix paddock
mere mortals could buy and
disappointed I didn't have the
money to buy one.
The big change in electronics is the addition of the Mectronik MKE7
ECU with a six-axis Inertial Measurement Unit.
