Dirt and Trail MARCH 2021

How to build a National
MX Race Bike
We visited KTM Headquarters and interfered while the guys
assembled MX1 Champ Tristan Purdons 2021 450SX…
The idea behind this feature is twofold:
First to show you what goes in to assembling a bike from a crate
before it makes its way onto the dealers showroom floor – and
secondly to showcase what extra stuff goes in to the SA champs
bike for the 2021 season….
Simply put, there is nothing quite as cool as uncrating a brand
new bike. We can wax lyrical about it – the promise of days and
years of excitement behind the bars and an escape from our every
day mundane existence. And, quite frankly - it’s cool.
There is nothing better than a fresh, brand new bike. Full stop.
Every month, we harass the importers for stuff that we can feature in
the magazine. It’s often a challenge to find new, fresh content – and
importers are beholden to what they have in stock at the time – and
who is on the receiving end of our emails and requests.
This month, KTM came up with a great suggestion. They are in the
throes of assembling and preparing bikes for the 2021 race season.
They smelt a bit of free labour and invited us along to come and assist
with the assembly of this machine.