2012 KTM 450 SXF Factory Edition

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 10:50am
KTM Announces 2012 450 SX-F Factory Edition
It is with great excitement that KTM announces the release of the brand new 2012 KTM 450 SX-F
Factory Edition. This is an entirely new model which showcases a brand new 450 SX engine and
chassis that that make this the bike of choice for Red Bull/KTM rider Ryan Dungey.
Power for the Factory Edition comes from the new generation 449.3cc fuel-injected, single-cam,
lightweight, four-stroke engine. In addition, the motorcycle features an entirely new chassis,
including a new frame design new triple clamps and a new swingarm all combined for a new level
of performance and handling.
If that wasn’t enough, the bike also comes equipped with new generation plastics, orange powder
coated frame, racing seat cover, orange anodized rear sprocket, black Excel rims, orange radiator
protectors, Dunlop MX51 tires, black anodized Renthal Fat Bar, and Factory Red Bull KTM SX
Team graphics.

Got this off dealernet this morning. Dealer orders to start in Jan with Feb delivery. MSRP $9599
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Sherwood 12/22/2011 10:52am
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New generation plastics..,
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jtiger12 12/22/2011 10:52am
12/22/2011 10:52am Edited Date/Time 12/22/2011 11:02am
9599!!!! Shocked

bought my 07 on leftover in spring of 2008 for 5300 OTD
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TeamGreen 12/22/2011 12:02pm
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Anyone want to have the Weight discussion, again?

I'm jus' sayin'...
therealemoney 12/22/2011 12:13pm
12/22/2011 12:13pm
TeamGreen wrote:
Anyone want to have the Weight discussion, again?

I'm jus' sayin'...
You mean it's not at the AMA weight limit?

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bigborefan 12/22/2011 12:16pm
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TeamGreen wrote:
Anyone want to have the Weight discussion, again?

I'm jus' sayin'...
Sure, whats it weigh?
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Flatliner 12/22/2011 12:17pm
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jtiger12 wrote:
9599!!!! Shocked

bought my 07 on leftover in spring of 2008 for 5300 OTD
Somebody has to pay for all that R&D.
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newmann 12/22/2011 12:47pm
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TeamGreen wrote:
Anyone want to have the Weight discussion, again?

I'm jus' sayin'...
Speak up dammit! I'd be willing to bet they even use actual grease on the linkage, swingarm and steering head bearings too. Powdercoated frame.....sweet.
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NeWskoolmxer 12/22/2011 12:51pm
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$9599.00 included for that price is a tube of this

And a limited warranty Sad
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newmann 12/22/2011 1:05pm
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Funny you mention warranty. KTM seems to take care of damn near every issue that comes up while Yamaha told the guy with the cracked frame to go pound sand the other day. Wonder what Kawasaki told the guy in the video with the 2012 KX450F engine explosion??? I'll hold off on any price comments till it hits and we see what's she's got compared to the lesser Japanese brands. But I will say that they are all overpriced in my opinion.
miedosoracing1 12/22/2011 1:07pm
12/22/2011 1:07pm Edited Date/Time 12/22/2011 1:08pm
Seems to me, you have the 2012 normal model for the average, I want a comparable price as all the other Jap bikes. Or you can get, really what the 2013 is. This all new model wouldn't even exist, had it not been for Dungey. So the price, to me, is like getting a year early model. JMHO
madmaxperformance 12/22/2011 1:09pm
12/22/2011 1:09pm
Going to try to get on in Canada. My dealers pretty awesome, so I hope he can snag me one. Now that Im old and slow, and can afford it, I thought it might be kind of a fun bike to own. Probably a little over priced, etc... but what the heck. Should be a pretty cool unit. Hopefully the suspension settings, etc are close. The 2012 thats already out is looking pretty decent. Looked at the new KX yesterday too..., looks very nice.
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Faceaz 12/22/2011 1:09pm
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I was hoping it would have the Akropovic Exhaust & maybe come with a hand-held tuner. Either way, I'm sure it will look & perform great.
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vusovich814 12/22/2011 1:39pm
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Cool, I just put my name on one. It will look very nice sitting next to my 2012 350SX-F Smile
steedmills 12/22/2011 1:44pm
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WhKnuckle 12/22/2011 1:55pm
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If I was going to spend that kind of money, I'd go to a KTM dealership and have them build up a 250SX with the factory 300 kit, Factory Connection suspension, Windham twinwall bars and Talon wheels. But that's just me.
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vusovich814 12/22/2011 1:55pm
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steedmills wrote:
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I believe those are Euro models only.
Charles Bronson 12/22/2011 2:01pm
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just imagine how bad ass the two strokes are going to look with those plastics.



yea, lets get that ball rolling.

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smrscott 12/22/2011 2:44pm
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They can easily put a nice price tag on this bike -

Remember they will probably only bring in 500 of these bikes this year - of which probably 10-12 will be used for the racing dept, testing dept and media/marketing

That is not a lot of bikes spread across the country - if you are lucky maybe dealers might get one bike. Selling one bike for $10K is probably not going to be difficult - I bet customers might even get into a bidding war and the price will go up
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vusovich814 12/22/2011 3:28pm
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smrscott wrote:
They can easily put a nice price tag on this bike - Remember they will probably only bring in 500 of these bikes this year -...
They can easily put a nice price tag on this bike -

Remember they will probably only bring in 500 of these bikes this year - of which probably 10-12 will be used for the racing dept, testing dept and media/marketing

That is not a lot of bikes spread across the country - if you are lucky maybe dealers might get one bike. Selling one bike for $10K is probably not going to be difficult - I bet customers might even get into a bidding war and the price will go up
This is what I'm banking on. I'm ordering as many as I can get my hands on.
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dcg141 12/22/2011 3:34pm
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smrscott wrote:
They can easily put a nice price tag on this bike - Remember they will probably only bring in 500 of these bikes this year -...
They can easily put a nice price tag on this bike -

Remember they will probably only bring in 500 of these bikes this year - of which probably 10-12 will be used for the racing dept, testing dept and media/marketing

That is not a lot of bikes spread across the country - if you are lucky maybe dealers might get one bike. Selling one bike for $10K is probably not going to be difficult - I bet customers might even get into a bidding war and the price will go up
vusovich814 wrote:
This is what I'm banking on. I'm ordering as many as I can get my hands on.
I was going to order 2 but I had them spoken for today so I will try to get 4.
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mxb2 12/22/2011 4:52pm
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Pics for the usa version, what exhaust?
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steedmills wrote:
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This isn't the typical Jap replica stickered bike. It has lots of goodies on it.


In detail: KTM 350 SX-F and KTM 250 SX-F Factory Edition
- Exclusive Red Bull Factory graphics of both World Champions
- Akrapovic Factory titanium exhaust manifold and silencer
- Motor 250 SX-F with performance kit
- Machined factory clutch cover
- Orange central double-cradle tubular frame from 25CrMo4-Steel
- Motor protection from high-strength aluminum
- Black EXCEL-Wheels front and back
- Front brake disc protection
- Factory Triple Clamps, orange anodized
- Black Renthal handlebar 827 + Renthal soft grips
- KTM Design hand guards
- Factory start system
- Hour counter
- SXS seat
- Stickers individually numbered between 1 and 500
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with fuel or without?
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I'm liking the new pumpkins more and more every time I see one.
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Factoryphoto 12/22/2011 5:42pm
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Its actually not that bad of a price.. I mean stock the bike is close to $9k.. If you were to pull apart your bike and powder coat the frame your looking at $400-$500 bucks (unless you do it all yourself), black excels are another couple hundred, orange sprocket $50, seat cover, bars ,sticker kit and whatever else might come on it.It should have an Akrapovic slip on at least but when you add it up its not that bad if you were going to do some bling on a stock one. Being this is built at the factory it will attract those buyers. Definitely wont be something people are breaking the doors down to buy but once I read this earlier told a buddy he called the dealer and has 3 on order depending on how many this dealer gets. One with my name on it but im on the fence because I like the 350 a lot. I wish they had some kind of 350 replica in the US im sorta over 450's but this is going to be one sick bike.
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jeffro503 12/22/2011 5:49pm
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Sooo.....is there an actual picture of this bike? The link Steedmills posted is of the 250 and 350......should we expect the 450 to look just like these bikes?

Never really gave KTM a second thought , but after reading what is involved in that bike.....it's got me curious. Sure would like to see one in person! Screw that!......I'd like to ride one of them bitches!

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