PostPixel
-
Very nice indeed… some great close-up shots from Derestricted Blog - the EJC KTM 690 Duke race bike. Looks fairly ‘crashable’ with the extra protection around the front of the frame/engine, not that one should necessarily rate that as a major factor… but it is worth considering for a track bike.
(Source: blog.derestricted.com)
-
KTM 690 Duke in EJC (European Junior Cup) spec. A bunch of KTM go-fast goodies, 140kg and 79hp. Looks interesting… gotta keep an eye on this series in 2012…
-
Hoon. *sigh*
-
-
KTM 690 Single Racer
Wow. This looks fairly neat. Don’t be fooled, it’s not an RC8 - but a KTM 690 single. KTM already make the RC8, so why bother with a single cylinder racer you ask?
The special feature is the pairing of a high capacity single cylinder 4 stroke engine with a compact Superbike chassis. Major advantages of this approach are extremely low weight, excellent handling and low acquisition and maintenance costs compared to a superbike.
They’re some fairly compelling reasons…
I have been thinking about a smaller capacity bike, the thoughts of a more nimble and lighter bike with lower running costs are all well and good - but of course speed costs money. And so it just all depends how fast you want to go…
No, I don’t think I could give up a 1000cc sportsbike. (Or at least not until I’m scratching the bottom of the piggy bank to pay for new tyres and brake pads!)
loading…
