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the new<br />
pocket Rocket<br />
R I D E R S R I D E - 2 0 1 7 K T M 1 5 0 X C - W<br />
Calvin Hume Silver class winner Motul Roof Of Africa on the new KTM 150XC-W…<br />
we asked him his impressions on the brand new bike from KTM…<br />
“KTM’s 2017 150 XC-W was built with<br />
the serious off-road enthusiast in mind.<br />
144cc of power, a 96.52 cm seat height,<br />
and a price of R89.999 differentiate<br />
this KTM in what has become a highly<br />
competitive segment of the motorcycle<br />
market. Built in Austria but ridden the<br />
world over, the 150 XC-W was designed<br />
to be taken straight off the showroom<br />
floor and ridden away from your bakkie<br />
and into the elements. A nine and a half<br />
litre tank provides fuel for the journey.<br />
Of course, a wide variety of mods for<br />
the 150 XC-W are available through a<br />
number of aftermarket companies in<br />
order to help you fine-tune this KTM to<br />
your exact liking, although some of these<br />
changes may render it a competition-only<br />
machine.”<br />
Calvin has raced the 200 XC-W for two<br />
years and won the national high school<br />
class, as well as the KZN WFO series and<br />
the X-country series. When KTM Durban<br />
asked him to race the 2017 150 for the<br />
Roof, Calvin was worried that the bike<br />
would not deliver with low down torque<br />
and power range...<br />
As they say that’s now history. One<br />
cannot compare the two bikes as the<br />
new 150 is new technology against old.<br />
Calvins first impression from the bike<br />
was how easy it was to ride it feels lighter<br />
than the 200. But it really had a problem<br />
and we felt this at the launch earlier this<br />
year - at low revs it would bog and run<br />
very rich. With that said, Wayne from<br />
20 DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE JANUARY 2017
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