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Originally Posted by JMo (& piglet)
I can't believe KTM had anything to do with these stills - it's pathetic...
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Neither do I, but as a PR stunt the link to KTM Racing with certain "photo-jumps" are quite revealing about to which length they're going:
http://ktm.com/100087.0.html?nodeID=...ash=dd14096c74
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Originally Posted by JMo (& piglet)
Mind you, they've been dressing up LC4s for years as 'Rally Replicas' and selling them 'ready to race'... ahem.
Jx
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Correct. They'll do races "out-of-the-box" all right, but my "Joe Doe" 654ccm, 72hp 690RR won't be a true contender - even with Marc Coma piloting. You get a decent start-package and that's about it. You'll certainly have to fine-tune suspension, make it 700ccm - 85hp+ and safety-wire all relevant bolts and parts additionally. Like Pal Anders & Thomas Berglund did last year with their 690RR's to race for top 10.
Not to mention arm-wrestle a lot with KTM Racing to get your spare engines and mortgage your house to get some spares.
