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FIRST RIDE: KTM’s 390 Adventure – a 2020 motorcycle for the masses, no matter what you want to do.
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We’ve got the first ride on the small Adventure. Insiders say the Austrians had been coaxing their friends in Pune, India to make a small-capacity ADV, something that tied in with all their Dakar wins, but partners at Bajaj weren’t sold on the idea. The one thing you cannot accuse Bajaj of is not having…
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Honda WINS the Dakar Rally for the first time since 1989 with Ricky Brabec ending KTM’s 18 year winning streak.
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Honda’s Ricky Brabec has triumphed at the 2020 Dakar Rally, taking the title for the Japanese factory for the first time since 1989. After 18 years of KTM dominance, Honda’s taken the top spot at this year’s Dakar Rally – and Brabec has become the first American to ever win the race. Speaking about the…
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KTM race boss Pit Beirer praises Dani Pedrosa’s work as a tester.
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KTM’s head of competition, Pit Beirer, has praised Dani Pedrosa’s work testing the RC16 ahead of this year’s MotoGP championship. Pit Beirer, head of competition for KTM continues to fall apart in praise about the work of Dani Pedrosa as a tester in the official team. Beirer’s not shy about dishing out compliments, and this…
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NOW ON SALE: Christini’s Two-Wheel-Drive kit for your KTM adventure motorcycle.
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Christini has now put its acclaimed two-wheel drive system for KTM’s Adventure line-up on sale to the general public – and you can get your hands on one for £3,500. Christini is pushing boundaries once again, releasing a production version of its innovative two-wheel drive system – we first showed you this back in May…
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VIDEO: The BEST film you’ll see for a while. Full Trail Fever – Retro KTM Enduro with a kick. Watch this, it’s AWESOME.
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We’re loving this video this morning, and we reckon you’ll love it too. AORC and ISDE winner Tom Mason (a man with a hugely impressive off-roading skill set) larking about in full-on 1980s mode with a 1981 KTM 250 Enduro bike. Look, it’s just a bit of a laugh and it’s done really well. Treat…
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Gas Gas to start building ROAD bikes as part of partnership with KTM. And there are THREE on the way for 2020.
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Leaked documents from a KTM management meeting have revealed that there will be three new road bikes in the Gas Gas range for 2020. Based around bikes from KTM’s current range, the presentation slide indicates we’ll see a 250cc and 800cc naked, as well as an 800cc adventure bike. Pretty cool. It’s more than likely…
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KTM joins forces with CFMoto and shifts part of production to China.
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KTM’s shifting a chunk of its production to China – and it’s building a new 2,300 square metre factory in partnership with CFMoto. KTM is moving the production of its 790 Duke and 790 Adventure from Mattighofen in Austria to Hangzhou in China (200 km south-west of Shanghai) – as part of a new joint…
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EICMA 2019: KTM launches the 2020 Super Duke R 1290, the 890 Duke R and the KTM 390 Adventure
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Taking the spotlight at Eicma in the first full day’s afternoon of the Italian show, KTM’s 1290 SUPER DUKE R has been what the company calls ‘re-Beasted’ with its most radical re-invention yet for 2020. A completely new chassis, styling and electronics mean the KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE R has trimmed weight across the board,…
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VIDEO: Here’s KTM’s 2020 1290 Super Duke R bike in ALL it’s glory
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Footage from the factory itself shows the bike in detail. And it’s small, man… like, really, really small… and those wings – well, they’re huge, man… really, really huge… Here’s what we’ve grabbed from the latest video from KTM for the 1290 Super Duke R that’s being officially unveiled at EICMA in Milan on November…
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KTM releases THIRD motorcycle teaser video for the 2020 Super Duke R bike
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Due to be shown at EICMA in Milan on November 5, the uprated and updated 2020 KTM Super Duke R is getting plenty of hype from the factory. Here’s the third teaser video (shot in Almeria, Spain, that keeps the actual image of the motorcycle under the usual tight wraps – but that’s OK because…
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