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Originally Posted by Chris Canning
KTM
They have two problems,i think financially as a company they are sailing close to the wind,there is even talk of pulling the plug on the 125 GP effort,their other dilema is the V twin engine,in road trim it's 20hp behind Ducati,so they've got to find that before the other 50 at least to go racing,they have had their toe in the water with the Superstock championship and just got blown away.
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I was hot to try and maybe get eventually an RC8 then I test rode it at Indy this year. I liked everything about the bike, fit, weight, style, except the engine. Crude is the word that comes to mind and while the power (it was a short ride-20 minutes) felt reasonable, the more you got on it, the more "crude" it felt, kind of buzzy and noisy and somewhat "agricultural". I like what KTM has done so far and I hope they make it through this economic downturn but they maybe over reaching trying to address too many market segments. Kind of a tough marketing message to beat the drum saying "Race Ready" and then pull out or curtail racing efforts.