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"TWO-STROKE ROADRACE BIKES ARE BACK!
KTM launched a very important race bike at Sachsenring. The RC4R will be used in a new road-to-MotoGP series – the Northern Talent Cup – and is important because it’s so basic.
The RC4R essentially uses a KTM 250 SX-F motocross engine, frame and swingarm. The engine is four-stroke but KTM is planning two-stroke versions. The idea is to drive down the cost of getting into racing, both for aspiring world champions and for those who simply want to race at club level.
“We need to make cheaper race bikes,” said KTM motor sport director Pit Beirer. “We want to try putting two-stroke engines in this chassis, because for sure they are cheaper to run. This is not only for riders who are trying to make it to the top, it’s also riders who race for fun. “We want to reignite this part of the sport.”
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/motogp/vi-ales-ascent-rossi-s-descent-more-motogp-german-grand-prix
KTM launched a very important race bike at Sachsenring. The RC4R will be used in a new road-to-MotoGP series – the Northern Talent Cup – and is important because it’s so basic.
The RC4R essentially uses a KTM 250 SX-F motocross engine, frame and swingarm. The engine is four-stroke but KTM is planning two-stroke versions. The idea is to drive down the cost of getting into racing, both for aspiring world champions and for those who simply want to race at club level.
“We need to make cheaper race bikes,” said KTM motor sport director Pit Beirer. “We want to try putting two-stroke engines in this chassis, because for sure they are cheaper to run. This is not only for riders who are trying to make it to the top, it’s also riders who race for fun. “We want to reignite this part of the sport.”
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/motogp/vi-ales-ascent-rossi-s-descent-more-motogp-german-grand-prix
This is sick, I want one!!
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KTM $9899
Honda $9299
Kawasaki $9299
Yamaha $9299
Suzuki $8949
The difference between $9999 and $8949 is 11.083%.....Not quite 20% there big guy.
The difference between $9999 and $9299 is 7.2546%....
You can choke your flute over this "news" but KTM already made RC390 (or whatever was it called) that was already eligible racing WorldSSP300 class that run by World SBK class.
With the 300cc off-road engine in the TX or XC, that bike would be a lot of fun!
On fourfourone's point: "How so?" I think it's crazy that people think KTM/Husky comes better equipped.
The brakes are better, but I'll give up the better brakes for good suspension every single time.
KTM (WP) forks are 140% worse.
An upgrade oversized rotor kit is under $200.
Aftermarket forks or spring/damper inserts are over $1500.
Tons of pluses to them.
An oversized rotor kit on a jap bike still wont be in the same ball park brakes wise as a ktm.
How much titanium will it take a crf250r to weigh even what a ktm 450 weighs let alone a ktm 250... Alot more than the cost of a revalve lol.
You act like they are leaps and bounds better but in all reality its not that much better.
I like that a manufacturer is flexible in its product line and is addressing the cost of entry level racing with serious objectives.
Plus, two strokes RR bikes sound wonderful, even singles. If the closest thing you've heard to a two stroke road racer is your buds banshee, you've missed something.
Pit Row
My 18 rmz450 after maybe 20 hrs the steering stem worked its way loose. Not the top nut but the one under the top clamp. Bizaare.
I don’t want to add to the Japanese or KTM/Husky hate fest that is building here but most KTM owners usually drop another $5k + after purchase on new bars, chains, gearing, wheel sets, tires, graphics and new suspension. Nothing wrong with that and I hope they keep doing it for the industries sake but the fact that KTM’s come with some high end parts is kind of irrelevant.
Did anyone ever turn even a tenth faster laptime due to grips or an aluminum throttle tube? The marketing guys did their job.
Id like to know how you gather your info? Do you even ride? Do you buy new bikes? You seem pretty confident knowing how the bike market works.
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