2023 KTM models?

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Pop Shmoke 11/27/2021 12:25pm
11/27/2021 12:25pm Edited Date/Time 11/27/2021 12:27pm
Not a fan imo. Idk about this look. Itll prob grow on me tho, I felt the same about the husky at first.
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crowe660 11/27/2021 12:42pm
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Those shrouds are a tragedy waiting to happen.
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#434 11/27/2021 1:40pm
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The plastics aren’t too bad.. but the graphics and the exhaust make it look weird.
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FUGLY like Buzz's girlfriend
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reded301 11/27/2021 2:28pm
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I don’t mind it, shrouds have a last gen 2st YZ look but I still think the 2016-2018 KTM/Husky’s were the best ever.
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Zesiger 112 11/27/2021 4:32pm
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Due to covid the team designing the shrouds and the team designing the number plates had to teleconference, that’s why they are completely different dimensions where the two meet. Same reason for the number plates crossing over the frame (waiting to snag a boot) . The team designing the front fender had to be let go due to down sizing so it’s carry over.
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Pac West Rider 11/27/2021 6:00pm
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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Due to covid the team designing the shrouds and the team designing the number plates had to teleconference, that’s why they are completely different dimensions where...
Due to covid the team designing the shrouds and the team designing the number plates had to teleconference, that’s why they are completely different dimensions where the two meet. Same reason for the number plates crossing over the frame (waiting to snag a boot) . The team designing the front fender had to be let go due to down sizing so it’s carry over.
Odd KTM would run the same front fender since the 2015.5 factory edition. Haven't seen a manufacturer keep any fender or number plate etc. for this many years with as a few model changes in between.
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reded301 11/27/2021 6:03pm
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Only thing I’m not on board with is the orange seat.
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It’s growing on me. They’ve done a ton of work to the frame in the foot peg area. Curious to hear what that is all about.
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JMX82 11/28/2021 6:54am
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Here I fixed it for you (excuse my poor photoshop with Windows Paint)


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nskerb 11/28/2021 8:18am
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Maybe if vital talks enough shit they will change it. Remember when rockstar husky had that god awful yellow rear fender for like 2 races and got tired of people saying how ugly it was and just switched back to white.
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soggy 11/28/2021 8:51am
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nskerb wrote:
Maybe if vital talks enough shit they will change it. Remember when rockstar husky had that god awful yellow rear fender for like 2 races and...
Maybe if vital talks enough shit they will change it. Remember when rockstar husky had that god awful yellow rear fender for like 2 races and got tired of people saying how ugly it was and just switched back to white.
That’s not why they switched it back but ok
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rubenkroon23 11/28/2021 9:19am
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tek14 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/11/27/520002/s1200_4A39ED5A_DBAA_470E_AC0D_63B7B9F8E69B.jpg[/img]

Boy thats an ugly bike and pipe.
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fullfloater 11/28/2021 10:32am
11/28/2021 10:32am
Orange seat looks terrible. Bike will probably look more like this:

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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Due to covid the team designing the shrouds and the team designing the number plates had to teleconference, that’s why they are completely different dimensions where...
Due to covid the team designing the shrouds and the team designing the number plates had to teleconference, that’s why they are completely different dimensions where the two meet. Same reason for the number plates crossing over the frame (waiting to snag a boot) . The team designing the front fender had to be let go due to down sizing so it’s carry over.
If they hire an entire TEAM to design the front plate and fender and another TEAM for various other plastics thats where they are going wrong,

Just get one designer give em the cad data for screw mount locations and let the brain develop it,

Literally could have gotten 6th graders to design a better looking shroud.

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viking174 11/28/2021 3:29pm
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My 18 not only rides like a old base ball glove fits but I still think it’s the best looking.
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VITAL: Whines for 10 years that Yamaha needs to update the looks of the YZ's. Yamaha releases updated plastic that looks worse than before - "Halleluiah!"

Also VITAL: KTM updates their bikes to look suspiciously like the updated YZ's. - "Looks like fuggin dog poop!"
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jonesaustin 11/29/2021 9:08am
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wish the shroud graphics emphasized the lower “shark fin” aspect. it cuts it off and makes it dark blue, so you don’t really see the new design very well.
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Pop Shmoke 11/29/2021 4:15pm
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This thing is butt fugly. It doesnt get any better the more I look at it.
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viking174 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/11/28/520204/s1200_44B24314_9EFD_425C_B0B5_43A599A81D1E.jpg[/img] My 18 not only rides like a old base ball glove fits but I still think it’s the best looking.

My 18 not only rides like a old base ball glove fits but I still think it’s the best looking.
Yep... Love the 18 Huskies. My favourite looking bike since the 04 YZ and 05 RM series. Just such a nice shape, clean, modern, no weird angles and shit.
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Kelz87 11/29/2021 5:34pm
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The bike will probably look fine once we’re used to it, as other people have mentioned.

The RedBull KTM graphics are pretty tacky to me tho. Too many colors IMO - red, yellow, blue, white, orange, green, black
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Ob917 11/30/2021 8:29am
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Now that everybody knows what the KTMs will look like and IMOP it’s not that exciting (orange team seat is bad), I can’t wait to see the front of the Huskys. Looks are kinda important because I’m sure all Austrian bikes will work awesome.
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duboiz 11/30/2021 8:43am
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Ob917 wrote:
Now that everybody knows what the KTMs will look like and IMOP it’s not that exciting (orange team seat is bad), I can’t wait to see...
Now that everybody knows what the KTMs will look like and IMOP it’s not that exciting (orange team seat is bad), I can’t wait to see the front of the Huskys. Looks are kinda important because I’m sure all Austrian bikes will work awesome.
just a guess
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twotwosix 11/30/2021 8:47am
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viking174 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/11/28/520204/s1200_44B24314_9EFD_425C_B0B5_43A599A81D1E.jpg[/img] My 18 not only rides like a old base ball glove fits but I still think it’s the best looking.

My 18 not only rides like a old base ball glove fits but I still think it’s the best looking.
Crush wrote:
Yep... Love the 18 Huskies. My favourite looking bike since the 04 YZ and 05 RM series. Just such a nice shape, clean, modern, no weird...
Yep... Love the 18 Huskies. My favourite looking bike since the 04 YZ and 05 RM series. Just such a nice shape, clean, modern, no weird angles and shit.
Huh? They have one of the ugliest side panel designs ever... This pic above is of the better side.
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GrapeApe 11/30/2021 9:18am
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viking174 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/11/28/520204/s1200_44B24314_9EFD_425C_B0B5_43A599A81D1E.jpg[/img] My 18 not only rides like a old base ball glove fits but I still think it’s the best looking.

My 18 not only rides like a old base ball glove fits but I still think it’s the best looking.
Crush wrote:
Yep... Love the 18 Huskies. My favourite looking bike since the 04 YZ and 05 RM series. Just such a nice shape, clean, modern, no weird...
Yep... Love the 18 Huskies. My favourite looking bike since the 04 YZ and 05 RM series. Just such a nice shape, clean, modern, no weird angles and shit.
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Huh? They have one of the ugliest side panel designs ever... This pic above is of the better side.
You are the first person I've ever heard say anything negative about the '16-'18 Huskys. You sure you're not thinking of the '19?
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Ob917 wrote:
Now that everybody knows what the KTMs will look like and IMOP it’s not that exciting (orange team seat is bad), I can’t wait to see...
Now that everybody knows what the KTMs will look like and IMOP it’s not that exciting (orange team seat is bad), I can’t wait to see the front of the Huskys. Looks are kinda important because I’m sure all Austrian bikes will work awesome.
duboiz wrote:
just a guess [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/11/30/520461/s1200_husqvarna_renders.jpg[/img]
just a guess
Haha! Maybe
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AH387 11/30/2021 9:57am
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Kelz87 wrote:
The bike will probably look fine once we’re used to it, as other people have mentioned. The RedBull KTM graphics are pretty tacky to me tho...
The bike will probably look fine once we’re used to it, as other people have mentioned.

The RedBull KTM graphics are pretty tacky to me tho. Too many colors IMO - red, yellow, blue, white, orange, green, black
That theory didn't work for me with the '19-22 Huskys. Terrible-looking bike. I'm intrigued by the spy photos of the 22.5 Husky, based on that pic in the thread. Regardless, looks are only part of it, as I'm sure the bikes will work great. But I don't love the 22.5 KTM looks so far (loved the 16-18 and 19-22 though) and hope the Husky looks better (16-18 were awesome, 19-22 not so much.)
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-MAVERICK- 11/30/2021 10:05am
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Shitty pic, but here's the 2023 Husky.

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