2027 KTM in the wild

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I love that KTM does these public test rides with a ‘camouflage’ bike. Reminds me when you see a car manufacturer testing their new model out in public. 

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aeffertz wrote:
I love that KTM does these public test rides with a ‘camouflage’ bike. Reminds me when you see a car manufacturer testing their new model out...

I love that KTM does these public test rides with a ‘camouflage’ bike. Reminds me when you see a car manufacturer testing their new model out in public. 

Ryan Morais on a crazy camo KTM, definitely not going to pay attention to that 😂😂😂

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1/14/2026 7:59pm Edited Date/Time 1/14/2026 8:05pm

Looks good in those pictures. Especially the black hubs. I’m sure they are just random hard parts tho. 

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Any word on 27 Ktm’s?? Anyone seen or heard anything?

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aeffertz wrote:
I love that KTM does these public test rides with a ‘camouflage’ bike. Reminds me when you see a car manufacturer testing their new model out...

I love that KTM does these public test rides with a ‘camouflage’ bike. Reminds me when you see a car manufacturer testing their new model out in public. 

ohh_454 wrote:

Ryan Morais on a crazy camo KTM, definitely not going to pay attention to that 😂😂😂

Remember Dubach testing the yzf 250 out in the open.   Nobody even paid attention.

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aeffertz wrote:
I love that KTM does these public test rides with a ‘camouflage’ bike. Reminds me when you see a car manufacturer testing their new model out...

I love that KTM does these public test rides with a ‘camouflage’ bike. Reminds me when you see a car manufacturer testing their new model out in public. 

ohh_454 wrote:

Ryan Morais on a crazy camo KTM, definitely not going to pay attention to that 😂😂😂

Flatliner wrote:

Remember Dubach testing the yzf 250 out in the open.   Nobody even paid attention.

No sure don’t let’s hear about it. Heard stories about Yamaha testing the 2014 model 250 at glen helen then pc showed up to there sx track on the hill and then Yamaha packing up and leaving. 

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4/16/2026 6:30pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2026 6:30pm

Any word on 27 Ktm’s?? Anyone seen or heard anything?

2027.5 and 2028 will be a new bike, not the 2027. Keefer mentioned it and i believe MXA?

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Any word on 27 Ktm’s?? Anyone seen or heard anything?

crmx105 wrote:

2027.5 and 2028 will be a new bike, not the 2027. Keefer mentioned it and i believe MXA?

Seen a bunch of people riding them at gh today 

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Ew. It looks like they modelled after the minis that use the motor as the frame.

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crmx105 wrote:

2027.5 and 2028 will be a new bike, not the 2027. Keefer mentioned it and i believe MXA?

Yep I saw/heard the same thing. I assume 2027 will get orange frames and maybe the airbox and muffler changes the Gasgas got for 2026. I think Keefer said the FE models should start getting advertised in Nov/Dec. He also said something about suspension changes on the 2027s which made me think maybe the CC forks will go across the line but then I just read in MXA that the next factory edition might have air forks again because the CV forks were a one time thing. I have heard from another source that the CV/Traxx FE models were only released this year to burn up old stock of CV/Traxx. I would think putting CC forks on the SX models would kill the CV and 6500 market for both new and used. There was also Husky TC250/125 ad copy released for 2026 models that said they had CC forks not aer, but that may have just been a typo from someone cut/pasting from the off-road model ad copy.

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The bodywork makes the bike look pretty light. I like it.

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Motofinne wrote:

The bodywork makes the bike look pretty light. I like it.

I was thinking the same thing, almost looks like an 85

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ohh_454 wrote:

Ryan Morais on a crazy camo KTM, definitely not going to pay attention to that 😂😂😂

Flatliner wrote:

Remember Dubach testing the yzf 250 out in the open.   Nobody even paid attention.

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No sure don’t let’s hear about it. Heard stories about Yamaha testing the 2014 model 250 at glen helen then pc showed up to there sx...

No sure don’t let’s hear about it. Heard stories about Yamaha testing the 2014 model 250 at glen helen then pc showed up to there sx track on the hill and then Yamaha packing up and leaving. 

When Yamaha were developing the first YZ250F (and nobody ever thought there would be a 250 four stroke) Doug Dubach tested it by racing it in plain view at GH every week with ‘400’ (426?) stickers on it. Nobody knew it was a 250…

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wow check out that pipe sensor! Is that just for testing and going to be removed for production? Looks about the size of the 2 stroke snowmobile sensors lol

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