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the driver to brake later, be faster in the midcorner, and have less weight to move when the throttle was reapplied on corner exits. Markus Krämer's company follows the same thinking. Using a chromoly (25CrMo4) steel-trellis frame, curb weight is a claimed 313 pounds before 4.2 gallons of gas is drained into the tank/seat. We didn't get a fully wet, ready-to-race weight of the GP2-990R, but expect somewhere around the 335- to 340-pound mark—significantly lighter than the minimum weight limit for the MotoAmerica Supersport generic class baseline of 354.9 pounds. For refer- ence, a 2026 KTM 990 Duke R has a claimed wet weight of 394.6 pounds. Oddly, Krämer doesn't provide a seat- height measurement for the GP2-990R, but whatever it is, you can adjust it by up to 10mm via the eccentric bolt lo- cated at the front of the seat unit. When you first hop on, the 990R is tall, skinny and purposeful. As you're sitting on the gas tank in much the same fashion you P102 RIDE REVIEW I 2027 KRÄMER MOTORCYCLES GP2-990R KTM is and has always been the powerplant supplier to Krämer, so when the 990 Duke came out last year, the bespoke manufacturer located in Munich was first on the list to get it in one of their race chassis. This new 990R runs the engine you'll get in a KTM Duke 990 R: a parallel- twin pumping out a claimed 135 horsepower at 10,000 rpm and 77 lb-ft of torque at 7000 rpm. Those numbers are crankshaft-measured, so in real- ity you're looking somewhere around 120 horsepower and 70 lb-ft at the tire. Don't laugh at those numbers; they are more than plenty for the job at hand. The engine, however, is not the main attraction. The great Colin Chapman of Lotus Formula One fame was famous for many things, but one of his legendary one-liners was, "Simplify, then add lightness." Chapman rightly believed an increase in horsepower only ben- efited the machine in a straight line; taking weight away made it easier for A wolf in wolf's clothing: the new 990R takes much of the 890RR and fits it with more torque via the new 947cc motor. Much of the chassis running ware is identical.