Superdukes are easy to set-up and easy to fuck up. When I got my 08 SDR the previous owner had made it unrideable; - with squared off tyres, suspension all outta whack, and he'd put bar-risers and a corbin seat on. The whole thing was a mess. ...He also had the steering damper on full. It was seriously awful, and if i hadn't owned a Superduke before I'd have thought they were all crap and not bought it.
Get the settings back to standard, make sure your tyres have the correct pressure and have a decent profile, check bar and lever position, and then have a play.
If you weigh less than 80kg dry then SDRs are a little firmly sprung and you may need help fiddling about to get the rider sag correct. The guys at HM racing transformed mine in an hour, and it's even better now I've just had a lighter front spring fitted, but you can also do a lot with changing fork oil and/or fork oil volume.
Personally I found the SDR much harder to turn-in than the standard SD - and I put this down to stiffer front end, as there was MUCH less fork compression on braking, which makes a big difference to steering head angle in corners. Now I have softer springs the SDR turns-in much quicker. (Also check the damper settings. I keep mine on zero)
You don't have to hack up the OEM tail to fit the RG Racing tail tidy. It just bolts on (I think).
I had a power commander on both my bikes. They're good because you get a bespoke tune on the bike, but in terms of value for money - or bhp:£££ - it's 90% as good to just buy some Akra cans and get the KTM/Akra map. If you change the filter, airbox or anything else, you may need the PC though - although lotsa guys (see
Super Duke 990) just try various KTM maps and see how things run, even with major mods.
Once all that is sorted, get used to short-shifting, riding elbows-up, set your attitude on E.V.I.L and you'll never look back.
