New ktm?

aledei wrote:

Last week I saw the new 450 prototype. They were there for testing the engine, BUT…The plastics are all different. The front part of the seat...

Last week I saw the new 450 prototype. They were there for testing the engine, BUT…The plastics are all different. The front part of the seat is completely different on the sides stretches over the conveyors. The exhaust will be bigger because the side plate had more space in the down side (even if this one had the Akrapovich) for Decibel and homologation reasons.

I was impressed because I thought they didn't change anything and instead it was a new bike. The test rider was positively impressed with the chassis for tight corners and the engine for delivery. Absorber linkage also different.
They politely asked , no pictures please

aledei wrote:

Last week I saw the new 450 prototype. They were there for testing the engine, BUT…The plastics are all different. The front part of the seat...

Last week I saw the new 450 prototype. They were there for testing the engine, BUT…The plastics are all different. The front part of the seat is completely different on the sides stretches over the conveyors. The exhaust will be bigger because the side plate had more space in the down side (even if this one had the Akrapovich) for Decibel and homologation reasons.

I was impressed because I thought they didn't change anything and instead it was a new bike. The test rider was positively impressed with the chassis for tight corners and the engine for delivery. Absorber linkage also different.
They politely asked , no pictures please

Money wrote:

This was where?

aledei wrote:

Last week I saw the new 450 prototype. They were there for testing the engine, BUT…The plastics are all different. The front part of the seat...

Last week I saw the new 450 prototype. They were there for testing the engine, BUT…The plastics are all different. The front part of the seat is completely different on the sides stretches over the conveyors. The exhaust will be bigger because the side plate had more space in the down side (even if this one had the Akrapovich) for Decibel and homologation reasons.

I was impressed because I thought they didn't change anything and instead it was a new bike. The test rider was positively impressed with the chassis for tight corners and the engine for delivery. Absorber linkage also different.
They politely asked , no pictures please

Cayden Thompson wrote:

Glad to see PMG continue to put in the R&D into the bikes despite the recent financial situation. 

onefiveight wrote:

Looks like it. That exhaust is grotesque 

holeshot413 wrote:

AP7 said he likes the pipe and it feels more brappish

Kyle978 wrote:

Kind of random but I’m curious if they’re going to start coming with Cone Valve forks and Trax shock. Looks like that’s what’s on the bike, wouldn’t...

Kind of random but I’m curious if they’re going to start coming with Cone Valve forks and Trax shock. 

Looks like that’s what’s on the bike, wouldn’t make sense for them to be testing the new chassis with those forks and shock if they’re not going to be equipped with them. Unless they’re just testing them for FE’s. 

Gravel wrote:

Which one is having the fading/failing problems? It’s mind blowing that the shock problem wasn’t solved in the first few months. Whatever’s wrong can’t be that technically...

Which one is having the fading/failing problems? 

It’s mind blowing that the shock problem wasn’t solved in the first few months. Whatever’s wrong can’t be that technically challenging to fix, and it’s gotta suck to head out on the track with low confidence in your bike..

Hope it’s good now

soggy wrote:

There was some info going around that Sexton was asking for the shock to be set up in a way that was outside of the capabilities...

There was some info going around that Sexton was asking for the shock to be set up in a way that was outside of the capabilities or parameters of the shock and that’s why he was having problems. 

might have heard it from REP. Can’t quite recall. 

Gravel wrote:

Which one is having the fading/failing problems? It’s mind blowing that the shock problem wasn’t solved in the first few months. Whatever’s wrong can’t be that technically...

Which one is having the fading/failing problems? 

It’s mind blowing that the shock problem wasn’t solved in the first few months. Whatever’s wrong can’t be that technically challenging to fix, and it’s gotta suck to head out on the track with low confidence in your bike..

Hope it’s good now

soggy wrote:

There was some info going around that Sexton was asking for the shock to be set up in a way that was outside of the capabilities...

There was some info going around that Sexton was asking for the shock to be set up in a way that was outside of the capabilities or parameters of the shock and that’s why he was having problems. 

might have heard it from REP. Can’t quite recall. 

Gravel wrote:

Which one is having the fading/failing problems? It’s mind blowing that the shock problem wasn’t solved in the first few months. Whatever’s wrong can’t be that technically...

Which one is having the fading/failing problems? 

It’s mind blowing that the shock problem wasn’t solved in the first few months. Whatever’s wrong can’t be that technically challenging to fix, and it’s gotta suck to head out on the track with low confidence in your bike..

Hope it’s good now

soggy wrote:

There was some info going around that Sexton was asking for the shock to be set up in a way that was outside of the capabilities...

There was some info going around that Sexton was asking for the shock to be set up in a way that was outside of the capabilities or parameters of the shock and that’s why he was having problems. 

might have heard it from REP. Can’t quite recall. 

Nutellalord wrote:

Tom was having a lot of issues too though

onefiveight wrote:

Looks like it. That exhaust is grotesque