First Look: 2018 KTMs

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Edited Date/Time 5/4/2017 9:29am
How about an all-new 85, and first looks at all the SX models?

http://www.vitalmx.com/features/First-Look-2018-KTM-SX-Models,5312
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usafwx 5/2/2017 9:44am
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Nice. Anxiously awaiting the Hondas.
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Motofinne 5/2/2017 9:48am
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Man that 85 looks amazing. It's a good time to be a 85cc rider these days.

And this confirms that the 2018 Factory Edition 450 & 250 will be the bikes to look out for just like the 2015 Factory Editions.
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DA498 5/2/2017 9:50am
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Glad to see the orange frames back. Why do they go back and forth on this? I want to look factory, it's my only hope in this sport!
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Motofinne 5/2/2017 9:52am
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DA498 wrote:
Glad to see the orange frames back. Why do they go back and forth on this? I want to look factory, it's my only hope in...
Glad to see the orange frames back. Why do they go back and forth on this? I want to look factory, it's my only hope in this sport!
I'm not sure but we've seen this before.

The 2013 and 2014 had gray frames. The 2015 had an orange frame and that was the last bike of that generation.

The 2016 and 2017 had black frames. The 2018 has an orange frame and it will probably be the last of this generation.

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Mouse153 5/2/2017 10:02am
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Motofinne wrote:
Man that 85 looks amazing. It's a good time to be a 85cc rider these days. And this confirms that the 2018 Factory Edition 450 &...
Man that 85 looks amazing. It's a good time to be a 85cc rider these days.

And this confirms that the 2018 Factory Edition 450 & 250 will be the bikes to look out for just like the 2015 Factory Editions.
The first thing I thought of when I saw the pictures was, "I wish I could still ride 85s"!
Finnish_Flash_62 5/2/2017 10:05am
5/2/2017 10:05am
That 85 looks great! Love the orange frame.
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OldYZRider1 5/2/2017 10:10am
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43 mm AER forks! I want to put some of them on my Dorsoduro. Anyone know if they'll fit? The weight reduction should help me pop wheelies.
Dylanmx51 5/2/2017 10:14am
5/2/2017 10:14am
No more 350 in 2018 ?
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Dylanmx51 wrote:
No more 350 in 2018 ?
It's listed in the PR, there just isn't a photo in our post, but we listed it.
Harry Backmon 5/2/2017 10:21am
5/2/2017 10:21am
They are going to sell a boat load of those 85s! That 125 looks like it has "I AM FUN FUN FUN!!!!!!!!" written all over it.
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Flip109 5/2/2017 10:23am
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Beef up the suspension, and put some tall bars on that 85 and rip it! Haha
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PDiddy241 5/2/2017 10:30am
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Isn't 2018 244 days away?
YellowZonker 5/2/2017 10:32am
5/2/2017 10:32am
That 85 is awesome, except $7000 otd for it is ridiculous. I certainly wont be buying one for my son.
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newmann 5/2/2017 10:51am
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It is a thing of beauty. Sleek and minimalistic.

Harry Backmon 5/2/2017 10:59am
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newmann wrote:
It is a thing of beauty. Sleek and minimalistic. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/stories/2017/05/02/max_KTM_85_SX_MY2018_188472.jpg[/img]
It is a thing of beauty. Sleek and minimalistic.

Ah newmann...you silver tongued devil.

Agreed!
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JRT812 5/2/2017 11:07am
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Did I miss the part about EFI on the two strokes?
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Motofinne 5/2/2017 11:11am
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JRT812 wrote:
Did I miss the part about EFI on the two strokes?
There will be a 250 and a 300 offroad/enduro bike that will have EFI later this year.
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Tracktor 5/2/2017 11:12am
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newmann wrote:
It is a thing of beauty. Sleek and minimalistic. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/stories/2017/05/02/max_KTM_85_SX_MY2018_188472.jpg[/img]
It is a thing of beauty. Sleek and minimalistic.

Yeah, minimalistic until you get to the price tag...Oh wait 2-strokes are cheaper, right?......................

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JWACK 5/2/2017 11:15am
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newmann wrote:
It is a thing of beauty. Sleek and minimalistic. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/stories/2017/05/02/max_KTM_85_SX_MY2018_188472.jpg[/img]
It is a thing of beauty. Sleek and minimalistic.

Tracktor wrote:
Yeah, minimalistic until you get to the price tag...Oh wait 2-strokes are cheaper, right?......................
Then your wallet it sleek and minimalistic as well! Win win! Matching set.
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Question 5/2/2017 11:36am
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Ktm is gaining new fans years after years by bringing such nice superminis.
DimitrieSep 5/2/2017 11:40am
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I heard from a ktm factory test rider that the '18 sx250 will have the FI installed Blink
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fast willy 5/2/2017 11:46am
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Take my money. I need to add a 350 to sit next to my 300xc.
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TXDirt 5/2/2017 11:46am
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Love the black rims. Those are some good looking stock bikes!!
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Motofinne 5/2/2017 12:05pm
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DimitrieSep wrote:
I heard from a ktm factory test rider that the '18 sx250 will have the FI installed Blink
That would be very surprising! The press release that KTM put out earlier this year stated that it would be the 250 and 300 EXC that would have EFI.
Dylanmx51 5/2/2017 12:45pm
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Dylanmx51 wrote:
No more 350 in 2018 ?
ML512 wrote:
It's listed in the PR, there just isn't a photo in our post, but we listed it.
Thank you !
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Tracktor 5/2/2017 1:54pm
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Question wrote:
Ktm is gaining new fans years after years by bringing such nice superminis.
No really. By the time you are done with minis you usually hope to never see a KTM again, lol.........
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Motofinne wrote:
Man that 85 looks amazing. It's a good time to be a 85cc rider these days. And this confirms that the 2018 Factory Edition 450 &...
Man that 85 looks amazing. It's a good time to be a 85cc rider these days.

And this confirms that the 2018 Factory Edition 450 & 250 will be the bikes to look out for just like the 2015 Factory Editions.
Big Time! Wish we were still racing
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kevin204 5/2/2017 2:07pm
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Orange frame is back! Yes!
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1993 YZ80



2017 Bold New Plastic YZ85

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