2023 KTM models?

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Edited Date/Time 5/11/2022 5:13pm
Just seen these images pop up courtesy of LivingFortheWeekend.




What do you think?
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luke11 6/24/2021 4:46am
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Fucking ugly personally
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JMX82 6/24/2021 4:48am
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Looks like KTM's finally have some proper sized air vents for letting the engine breathe freely
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I had read/heard that the current WP Pro components aren't expected to work with the new bike. I'm curious what could be so different. I was going to buy a 22 with Cone Valves and Trax but am holding off until I can confirm that. I will be buying a 23 for sure and don't want to have components I cannot transfer over.
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36Wheeler 6/24/2021 4:56am
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luke11 wrote:
Fucking ugly personally
Have to agree, plastic looks like pointier version of the husky but uglier. Wonder if there's any new tech coming
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If they make that bike smaller than it already is, im out after 8 years of new KTM. Has to be a freaking midget to race it.
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Silas444 6/24/2021 5:41am
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aees wrote:
If they make that bike smaller than it already is, im out after 8 years of new KTM. Has to be a freaking midget to race...
If they make that bike smaller than it already is, im out after 8 years of new KTM. Has to be a freaking midget to race it.
Horses for courses, as they say. Some people want their bike to feel like a four-door SUV, and others (like me, for example), want it to feel like a sports car.
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Nowaiteracing 6/24/2021 5:47am
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WDSRCR wrote:
I had read/heard that the current WP Pro components aren't expected to work with the new bike. I'm curious what could be so different. I was...
I had read/heard that the current WP Pro components aren't expected to work with the new bike. I'm curious what could be so different. I was going to buy a 22 with Cone Valves and Trax but am holding off until I can confirm that. I will be buying a 23 for sure and don't want to have components I cannot transfer over.
The forks will transfer over but the shock will not.
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GD350 6/24/2021 5:49am
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Wish we could see the shock
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WDSRCR wrote:
I had read/heard that the current WP Pro components aren't expected to work with the new bike. I'm curious what could be so different. I was...
I had read/heard that the current WP Pro components aren't expected to work with the new bike. I'm curious what could be so different. I was going to buy a 22 with Cone Valves and Trax but am holding off until I can confirm that. I will be buying a 23 for sure and don't want to have components I cannot transfer over.
Could just be that they are shortening them, like Husky. I know a guy that had a Cone-valve/Trax set-up on his 18.5 RE and it wouldn't work on the 21 450 (supposedly.) So just throwing that out as a possibility?
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Fouled Plug 6/24/2021 6:58am
6/24/2021 6:58am
I believe that large bulge in the pipe is a sign from God that we should all go back to 2-strokes.
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Fouled Plug wrote:
I believe that large bulge in the pipe is a sign from God that we should all go back to 2-strokes.
+1. 22’ GasGas MC250 2stroke on its way
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soggy 6/24/2021 7:23am
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First pic is ugly, second looks ok. Needs graphics and what not before fully judging the looks
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TeamGreen 6/24/2021 7:25am
6/24/2021 7:25am Edited Date/Time 7/21/2021 3:00pm
aees wrote:
If they make that bike smaller than it already is, im out after 8 years of new KTM. Has to be a freaking midget to race...
If they make that bike smaller than it already is, im out after 8 years of new KTM. Has to be a freaking midget to race it.
Silas444 wrote:
Horses for courses, as they say. Some people want their bike to feel like a four-door SUV, and others (like me, for example), want it to...
Horses for courses, as they say. Some people want their bike to feel like a four-door SUV, and others (like me, for example), want it to feel like a sports car.
The new bike seems to fit Kurt Nicol just fine…& he’s not a small guy.

Also, the new shock looks entirely different. The forks “look” like the current fork; but, I don’t know if they’re dimensionally the same.
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yamaha450mx 6/24/2021 7:30am
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It looks smaller then the current bikes , I never understood having super pointy radiator shrouds I feel like the could cut you pretty good in a crash , and I noticed either its a bolt or a button at the front of the seat.
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TeamGreen 6/24/2021 7:35am
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Is the clutch-perch Watch/Heart Monitor a standard feature?
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aees wrote:
If they make that bike smaller than it already is, im out after 8 years of new KTM. Has to be a freaking midget to race...
If they make that bike smaller than it already is, im out after 8 years of new KTM. Has to be a freaking midget to race it.
😂Are you 7 feet tall?
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Fouled Plug 6/24/2021 7:44am
6/24/2021 7:44am
Fouled Plug wrote:
I believe that large bulge in the pipe is a sign from God that we should all go back to 2-strokes.
Superdave19 wrote:
+1. 22’ GasGas MC250 2stroke on its way
Great choice!
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jkoch249 6/24/2021 7:52am
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Remember when bikes had number plates? Back in the 80s/90s we used 8" numbers...lol
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Rejser 6/24/2021 8:15am
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Maybe more upright cyl/head?
Wonder what cc that is....low valve train as on the bigger bikes
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yamaha450mx wrote:
It looks smaller then the current bikes , I never understood having super pointy radiator shrouds I feel like the could cut you pretty good in...
It looks smaller then the current bikes , I never understood having super pointy radiator shrouds I feel like the could cut you pretty good in a crash , and I noticed either its a bolt or a button at the front of the seat.
I noticed that bolt also. It may slide forward like the Honda to remove it.
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Falcon 6/24/2021 8:27am
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The text on the crossbar pad reads "cry" in German. Maybe in context it means "describe" or "tell all." Don't hold back criticisms, in other words.
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Johnny Depp 6/24/2021 9:07am
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aees wrote:
If they make that bike smaller than it already is, im out after 8 years of new KTM. Has to be a freaking midget to race...
If they make that bike smaller than it already is, im out after 8 years of new KTM. Has to be a freaking midget to race it.
Silas444 wrote:
Horses for courses, as they say. Some people want their bike to feel like a four-door SUV, and others (like me, for example), want it to...
Horses for courses, as they say. Some people want their bike to feel like a four-door SUV, and others (like me, for example), want it to feel like a sports car.
TeamGreen wrote:
The new bike seems to fit Kurt Nicol just fine…& he’s not a small guy. Also, the new shock looks entirely different. The forks “look” like...
The new bike seems to fit Kurt Nicol just fine…& he’s not a small guy.

Also, the new shock looks entirely different. The forks “look” like the current fork; but, I don’t know if they’re dimensionally the same.
Let's assume that means you have seen Kurt on the proto's?
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TeamGreen 6/24/2021 9:25am
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Silas444 wrote:
Horses for courses, as they say. Some people want their bike to feel like a four-door SUV, and others (like me, for example), want it to...
Horses for courses, as they say. Some people want their bike to feel like a four-door SUV, and others (like me, for example), want it to feel like a sports car.
TeamGreen wrote:
The new bike seems to fit Kurt Nicol just fine…& he’s not a small guy. Also, the new shock looks entirely different. The forks “look” like...
The new bike seems to fit Kurt Nicol just fine…& he’s not a small guy.

Also, the new shock looks entirely different. The forks “look” like the current fork; but, I don’t know if they’re dimensionally the same.
Johnny Depp wrote:
Let's assume that means you have seen Kurt on the proto's?
Yup

They've got plenty of hours testing with him and playing w/ chassis set-up (Suspension)/chassis feel/motor mts and the like.
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Black Diesel Bomber 6/24/2021 9:38am
6/24/2021 9:38am
That bike is going to look great with graphics. Will the husky be an all new design in '23 as well?
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Dirty Points 6/24/2021 9:40am
6/24/2021 9:40am
JMX82 wrote:
Looks like KTM's finally have some proper sized air vents for letting the engine breathe freely
...And looks like a workable hand hold.
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Johnny Depp 6/24/2021 9:41am
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Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
That bike is going to look great with graphics. Will the husky be an all new design in '23 as well?
Sure, as in the past, likely Gas Gas too.
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Dirty Points 6/24/2021 9:47am
6/24/2021 9:47am Edited Date/Time 6/24/2021 9:48am
Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
That bike is going to look great with graphics. Will the husky be an all new design in '23 as well?
Johnny Depp wrote:
Sure, as in the past, likely Gas Gas too.
I could see where they could have had a production pipeline that pushed previous model parts and tooling to the cheaper Gas Gas, but given their production shortages for 20/21, that probably wouldn't be a workable business model for this cycle.
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Johnny Ringo 6/24/2021 10:56am
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aees wrote:
If they make that bike smaller than it already is, im out after 8 years of new KTM. Has to be a freaking midget to race...
If they make that bike smaller than it already is, im out after 8 years of new KTM. Has to be a freaking midget to race it.
Silas444 wrote:
Horses for courses, as they say. Some people want their bike to feel like a four-door SUV, and others (like me, for example), want it to...
Horses for courses, as they say. Some people want their bike to feel like a four-door SUV, and others (like me, for example), want it to feel like a sports car.
So ride a supermini
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JMX82 wrote:
Looks like KTM's finally have some proper sized air vents for letting the engine breathe freely
Dirty Points wrote:
...And looks like a workable hand hold.
Current bikes are east to grab by rear fender/side plate junction or by the muffler 🤷‍♂️
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Johnny Depp 6/24/2021 11:33am
6/24/2021 11:33am
JMX82 wrote:
Looks like KTM's finally have some proper sized air vents for letting the engine breathe freely
Dirty Points wrote:
...And looks like a workable hand hold.
soggy wrote:
Current bikes are east to grab by rear fender/side plate junction or by the muffler 🤷‍♂️
Perfect for seat grabs...
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