2018.5 Ktm 450sx FE

Fred_Kostenbader
Edited Date/Time 2/27/2018 4:53pm
Did anyone in the USA receive their Factory Edition 450 yet?
Thx Fred
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Fred_Kostenbader wrote:
Did anyone in the USA receive their Factory Edition 450 yet?
Thx Fred
I was told early march by our local dealers for both the SXF450 Factory Edition and the FC450 Rockstar Edition.
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Fred...didn’t you call Austria already?
Dirty Points 2/7/2018 9:44am
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Garrett314 wrote:
I was told early march by our local dealers for both the SXF450 Factory Edition and the FC450 Rockstar Edition.
Homologation rules require 200 be available through dealers by 3/1, right?

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Garrett314 wrote:
I was told early march by our local dealers for both the SXF450 Factory Edition and the FC450 Rockstar Edition.
Dirty Points wrote:
Homologation rules require 200 be available through dealers by 3/1, right?
I think it's May.
sgrimmxdad 2/7/2018 10:54am
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I "heard" a rumor it will be mid-March, we were really hoping to get sooner as LLQ's are starting....
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Tim507 2/7/2018 11:44am
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Was at Oakland SX. KTM had a display with the 18.5 FE there. Nice bike! Quizzed the NAT SM about release dates. from his comments early March is more than likelySad Cool Dry
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I received a call from Morgantown Powersports the other day saying it would be April, this was after I was originally told March.
mxrider118 2/7/2018 1:14pm
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why is it so hard for the dealer to give out a date, don't they just call a ktm sales rep and ask for a date...sorry just excited to get my FE
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Steadman 2/7/2018 1:53pm
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mxrider118 wrote:
why is it so hard for the dealer to give out a date, don't they just call a ktm sales rep and ask for a date...sorry...
why is it so hard for the dealer to give out a date, don't they just call a ktm sales rep and ask for a date...sorry just excited to get my FE
Often because they themselves don't get concrete answers from the manufacturer reps. Simple as that. It seems as it's always speculation until units have actually landed. From there units are allotted and more precise dates can be offered. I feel your pain!
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they are making their way to Amherst Ohio distribution as we speak.
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They will be released Feb 28th for shipping..
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mattexplore 2/7/2018 10:53pm
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The KTM sales rep just told my dealer "March" which is vague but better than April.
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Just spoke to 2 dealers in the UK and we aren’t getting them until 2019 Sad
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moto#52 wrote:
Just spoke to 2 dealers in the UK and we aren’t getting them until 2019 Sad
The 2019s will be out before that.
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moto#52 wrote:
Just spoke to 2 dealers in the UK and we aren’t getting them until 2019 Sad
Wondering who you spoke to? As i can't see that being completely true, definitely a bad move by KTM/Husqvarna if true though.
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moto#52 2/9/2018 11:32am
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moto#52 wrote:
Just spoke to 2 dealers in the UK and we aren’t getting them until 2019 Sad
DoubleA wrote:
Wondering who you spoke to? As i can't see that being completely true, definitely a bad move by KTM/Husqvarna if true though.
Trevor pope Ktm and triple D Ktm, there’s only 400 2018.5 FE being produced for the USA market apparently. And yes the 2019 bike will be out around July/August as normal then the factory edition 2019 bike the start of next year
mxrider118 2/9/2018 11:41am
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In Canada was told March

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moto#52 wrote:
Just spoke to 2 dealers in the UK and we aren’t getting them until 2019 Sad
DoubleA wrote:
Wondering who you spoke to? As i can't see that being completely true, definitely a bad move by KTM/Husqvarna if true though.
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for the standard production batch, in this case it'll be the 19s.
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ML512 wrote:
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for...
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for the standard production batch, in this case it'll be the 19s.
Where did you get that information from?
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moto#52 wrote:
Just spoke to 2 dealers in the UK and we aren’t getting them until 2019 Sad
DoubleA wrote:
Wondering who you spoke to? As i can't see that being completely true, definitely a bad move by KTM/Husqvarna if true though.
ML512 wrote:
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for...
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for the standard production batch, in this case it'll be the 19s.
There has been a number of factory editions in Europe over the last few years? I know a bunch of people who currently own or have had one.

Edit: Spelling error.
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A few always came to New Zealand, but none this year.
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ML512 wrote:
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for...
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for the standard production batch, in this case it'll be the 19s.
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Where did you get that information from?
That's what the US press side tells us every year. Laughing
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DoubleA wrote:
Wondering who you spoke to? As i can't see that being completely true, definitely a bad move by KTM/Husqvarna if true though.
ML512 wrote:
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for...
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for the standard production batch, in this case it'll be the 19s.
Lynch wrote:
There has been a number of factory editions in Europe over the last few years? I know a bunch of people who currently own or have...
There has been a number of factory editions in Europe over the last few years? I know a bunch of people who currently own or have had one.

Edit: Spelling error.
There is no official delivery outside US. Certain dealers and former top riders has been able to get single units. Some other has bought in US, and had them shipped to Europe.
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Back a few years ago Europe had the Cairoli FE 350, was that an aftermarket thing or did it come out of the factory?
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Brent wrote:
Back a few years ago Europe had the Cairoli FE 350, was that an aftermarket thing or did it come out of the factory?
Factory. There's been a few editions trough the years...Except from the Cairoli we also had the Nagl, Rattray, Roczen and Musquin edition
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ML512 wrote:
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for...
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for the standard production batch, in this case it'll be the 19s.
Lynch wrote:
There has been a number of factory editions in Europe over the last few years? I know a bunch of people who currently own or have...
There has been a number of factory editions in Europe over the last few years? I know a bunch of people who currently own or have had one.

Edit: Spelling error.
aees wrote:
There is no official delivery outside US. Certain dealers and former top riders has been able to get single units. Some other has bought in US...
There is no official delivery outside US. Certain dealers and former top riders has been able to get single units. Some other has bought in US, and had them shipped to Europe.
Yes there is, New Zealand always got 8 or 10, not sure if exact number. These came directly from Austria to KTM NZ.
I have friends with them.
They are not coming this year I had one ordered and got the bad news before Christmas.
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moto#52 wrote:
Just spoke to 2 dealers in the UK and we aren’t getting them until 2019 Sad
DoubleA wrote:
Wondering who you spoke to? As i can't see that being completely true, definitely a bad move by KTM/Husqvarna if true though.
ML512 wrote:
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for...
The Factory Edition has always been produced for US/Canada only, there won't be any in Europe and there never has been. They have to wait for the standard production batch, in this case it'll be the 19s.
We normally get the factory editions every year
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DoubleA 2/10/2018 12:02am
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Yeah normally over here we have been able to get them but they must be actually sticking to their word this year which is a shame really.
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ML512 wrote:
That's what the US press side tells us every year. Laughing
Well, at least they did sell a couple of FE's here in Catalonia, I have one hahah

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