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KTM needs to go back to their core. Wasting tens of millions every year on motogp is insane. Drop the 50 state off road emissions models and Move their US facility out of Ca. Drop the chinese manufacturing of KTM. Why buy an orange chinese bike for 12k when you can buy something else for much less. KTM should shed WP. Pierre needs to step down as well as the board of directors. These dictators have run KTM into the ground. The US economy is going to take a few years to turn around. Hope the dealers can survive. And...

Every 450 (except suzuki) is over 10 grand out the door … it’s called inflation. The whole i used to buy a such and such motorcycle for 3 grand back in the day thing is getting so tired, when motorcycles were 3 grand minimum wage was 3.15 an hour and gas was 79 cents a gallon it took a long time to save for my first brand new 1989 CR125 and it was 2699 if i remember correctly! Things cost more these days, more specifically the past 3.5 years, and it doesn’t take PHD in economics to figure why

New 1992 model UFO frame plastic shields:

Small progress again..

Not being critical but a Honda CR85 shock bumper is typically better sized for the older shocks. It's also larger in diameter which gives better bottom out resistance. Best part is that they are around 10 bucks!