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KTM's financial woes

Discussion in 'General' started by Senna, Oct 22, 2024.

  1. Vrba848

    Vrba848 Well-Known Member

    I did a regular enduro on a KTM 200 XC-W and thought I was going to die lol. (Little Brown Jug Enduro in SC)
     
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  2. onesixsix

    onesixsix Mmm... trash!

  3. onesixsix

    onesixsix Mmm... trash!

    It's like Enduro, but one notch harder.


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  4. TurboBlew

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  5. Vrba848

    Vrba848 Well-Known Member

    I am in the minority I am sure, but I owned a Street Triple 765 RS and was thoroughly unimpressed to be honest. I had a Duke 790 for a short while and it was 10x more fun.
     
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  6. prospected

    prospected Well-Known Member

    Sea To Sky is a good one. Romaniacs is probably the hardest due to the length of the race over a week. Erzberg is probably the hardest individual track.
     
  7. cpettit

    cpettit Well-Known Member

    The add some crash protection and maybe a tooth on the rear sprocket. They have been doing the special editions for a few years now. They’re cool IMO. Skip through the video. Too much to watch.
     
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  8. TurboBlew

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    To watch someone like Carson Brown get gassed on an older non counterbalanced KTM really magnifies how physically & mentally demanding Romaniacs and events like it, are. Motorbike gymnists!
     
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  9. Rising

    Rising Well-Known Member

    Hard enduro just seems like a good way to destroy a motorcycle.
     
  10. MELK-MAN

    MELK-MAN The Dude abides...

    the LBJ and other south east/FL enduros are long, often hot, and demanding events. Worse if you aren't in darn good riding shape, and have a bike that has suspension that is plusher than a bike set up for MX .. but most of us wouldn't make it a lap of a real hard endruo (i know i wouldn't and do pretty good in typical enduros). google "Erzberg" or "Tennessee Knockout"..
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  11. MELK-MAN

    MELK-MAN The Dude abides...

    Didn't he race an old Kawi KDX 2 stroke at TN knockout this year ? saw a youtube on that recently. maybe it was last year.
     
  12. TurboBlew

    TurboBlew Registers Abusers

    Roadracing isnt any different. The bikes are tools not investment mediums.
     
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  13. TurboBlew

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    yes... all of those guys near the top make riding seem easy.
    OEMs love showing someone like Pol Tarres launching a Tenere up a vertical climb or Graham Jarvis sending a full sized dirtbike over his yard shed or a riding the top of a barricade for 20 yards. Im convinced they have sold alot of bikes with those viral type vids.
    Carson Brown can ride a DRz or XRL like its setup for SX.
     
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  14. Rising

    Rising Well-Known Member

    Roadracing doesn't require launching the bike over obstacles.
     
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  15. prospected

    prospected Well-Known Member

    The skill needed to win the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship rivals GP in competitiveness. 99.9% of good competitive dirt riders would be lucky to even qualify for those events.
     
  16. TurboBlew

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    no but when you're at the pointy end of a roadrace grid you are pushing the limits of traction that could result in the bike being launched, catapulted, or coming back to your pit in a tractor bucket or on a recovery trailer.
     
  17. Rising

    Rising Well-Known Member

    True, but in roadracing most of the bikes finish unscathed. From what I've seen of HE the opposite is true.
     
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  18. Past Glory

    Past Glory I still have several AVON calendars from the 90's

    No picture of MM93 yet?
     
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  19. onesixsix

    onesixsix Mmm... trash!

    "The hell did you just say?"

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    :p
     
  20. rohorn

    rohorn Well-Known Member

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