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// WORLD LAUNCH TEST<br />
BEAST<br />
KTM have added some more bite to their already angry beast - the 1290<br />
SuperDuke R. Here is the world launch test. Words: Arthur Coldwells Pics: Ultimate Motorcycling & KTM<br />
KTM’s tagline of “Ready To Race” is not just PR<br />
hype—KTM is the most committed manufacturer<br />
to Dorna’s MotoGP series. In 2017, the Austrian<br />
manufacturer begins a five-year contract to contest the<br />
premier class, and the Red Bull KTM Ajo Motorsport<br />
team will compete in Moto2 and Moto3. Also, for years<br />
KTM has provided the 250cc bikes for the Red Bull<br />
MotoGP Rookies Cup feeder series.<br />
An all-new racing department headquarters in<br />
Austria is already home to some 400 employees, and it<br />
will be complemented by the brand new headquarters<br />
in Mattighofen due to open in 2018. KTM is now<br />
producing over 200,000 motorcycles a year and they<br />
sell all of them, with several models quite difficult to find.<br />
To say the company is on a roll would be a bit of an<br />
understatement.<br />
RIDEFAST MAGAZINE JANUARY 2017 23
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