RIDE REVIEW I 2024 KRÄMER GP2 890 RR
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do it if you pull a triple clamp,
swap the insert, and drop it back
together. It has conical, self-center-
ing, tapered steering hindrance."
W H E E L S +
Dymag has again been tasked
with providing their beautiful UP7X
3.5-inch and six-inch front and rear
forged aluminum wheels wrapped
in 120/70-17 front and, for our test,
a 180/60-17 rear slick. However,
the 890 RR has been designed to
run Pirelli's World Supersport-spec
190/60-17 rear slick. "We did it
mainly because after working with
Pirelli and looking at the options,
the 180-60 is really a 190-ish tire,"
Karvonen says. "When you get into
the 190s, it's more like a 195, even
on a 5.5-inch rim. So, on a six-inch
rim, it can work on it just fine."
F O R K +
The fully adjustable WP Apex Pro
7543 closed-cartridge fork is out-
wardly the same but internally gets
a new piston and revised damping.
"On our older forks, the rebound leg
also had some function of compres-
sion just inherently in its design,"
says Karvonen. "So, we really
increased the fork's bypass capac-
ity and allowed it to have a broader
range of adjustability through the
clickers, where our other forks were
a little bit narrower in this regard."
S H O C K +
Like the fork, the WP Apex Pro
7746 shock utilizes different valv-
ing. The shock is fully adjustable
for high and low-speed compres-
sion and rebound damping, uses a
remote hydraulic preload adjuster,
and you can change ride height
via the adjustable suspension link-
age mounting point Krämer calls
flip shifts, just as on the 890 R.
New for the RR is the use of
the progressive rear suspension
link. "We did a lot with valving on
the 890 R, whereas now we went
to more of a linear valving and
progressive link," says Karvonen.
"We always ran a linear rate spring,
but we have more speed-sensitive
main primary valving. So, it's a
little bit different logic."
F R O N T B R A K E +
This remains unchanged in the
radial-mount four-piston Brembo
Stylema calipers, Moto Master
(Left) No wings on this bike, no sir. Fewer wings mean a higher top speed, which is the route Krämer has thankfully
gone. (Right) As always, the fuel tank, seat and subframe triple as one unit. This gives many advantages, including
better weight distribution and a more balanced chassis as the fuel load comes down over a race distance.
