Dirt and Trail July 2018 issue 2

Get Lost! That’s the reply when we asked the orange manufacturer
for a long (Long) term 790 Duke. “But we’ll make you a deal! Come
and join us for a ride on all of our four-stroke dirtbikes.”
By Glenn Foley. Pics by ZC marketing and Kyle Lawrenson.
Talk about last minute dot
comm. That message was on
Sunday evening . Meet us at
ADA near Harties on Monday
morning. Ummm. Ok – no need
to twist our rubber arms now.
We shuffled through bright
and breezy to the venue and
were greeted by a sea of orange
– and 3 gleaming brand new
bikes. We know the ADA venue
– and were not really expecting
a huge amount of riding fun –
but as they say – I have a friend
who has a friend…
We got chatting to the guys.
KTM has put so much focus on
their TPI two strokes this year
– that they needed to remind
everyone that they also have
an awesome range (8 in total),
Ok PLUS the six days, of four
stroke enduro machines.
Let’s put that into context.
8 different four-stroke enduro
bikes. Think Japanese – maybe
2 per manufacturer, other
European brands – 3 and
maybe 4. How’s this giant of a
brand?
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