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KTM X-Bow GTX arrives suited for GT2 racing

2,200 pounds and more than 600 horsepower from an Audi five-cylinder

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KTM finally ready to sell complete X-Bow racers in America

Up until now, the trackday special has only been available as a kit.

A couple years back we wrote about KTM's intent to sell the mad, mad X-Bow trackday special as a complete vehicle in the United States. The X-Bow has been available in the U.S. since 2011, but buying them has been a two-part affair: first you'd buy the car, and then the engine, and you'd have to combine them yourself instead of KTM handing them over together as a functioning car. That arrangement was there because the X-Bow hasn't met federal crash standards. Finally that step can be skipped, bu

Motorsports
Carlos Sainz clinches Dakar victory for Peugeot

Austrian Matthias Walkner won the motorcycle category on a KTM.

"We managed to do it," said Sainz. "They (Peugeot) have already won two times, but I think I deserved this victory because we have put lot of effort into this car.

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Bosch connected motorcycle technology: innovative or unnecessary?

Let the debate begin.

Are connected motorcycle technologies a boon for safety or nothing more than a distraction?

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2017 KTM 390 Duke First Ride

A naked bike suitable for beginners yet enjoyable for skilled riders.

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You'll be able to buy a complete KTM X-Bow in the US soon

No more having to stick the engine in yourself.

The track special has been available here as a kit car for about five years.

Motorsports
2016 Dakar concludes with winners old and new

The 2016 edition of the Dakar Rally has come and gone, and the overall victory went to KTM pilot Toby Price. Price is the first Australian to win at Dakar, and he did so in convincing fashion.

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KTM-powered BikeBoat catches fire, creators ask for money

An Indiegogo campaign is hoping to fund the BikeBoat, a KTM-based watercraft. However, the first caught fire and sank to the bottom of the English Channel.

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KTM X-BOW GTR racing onto the GT4 grid

KTM and Reiter Engineering team up to reveal new X-Bow GTR racer, set to commence testing before joining GT4 grids around the world.

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Husqvarna to put 401 Concept motorcycles into production

Husqvarna has announced that the 401 Svartpilen and 401 Vitpilen motorcycle concepts it showed off at EICMA last year are going into production as 2017 models. The bikes, based on the KTM 390, are meant to show what modern Husky design simplicity looks like, as well as how the tiny Swedish brand will differentiate itself from KTM.

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KTM renders 320-hp X-Bow GT4

About a month ago KTM announced the development of a new racecar in conjunction with Reiter Engineering, which we know mostly from its Lamborghini FIA GT racers. Based on the X-Bow, the renderings so far show the ext

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KTM might not make E-Speed scooter after all

Then Again, It Might

Scooter lust is as improbable a condition as it sounds. Yet, when we turn our gaze to the KTM E-Speed, we can't help but fall fast into an urban-riding reverie. A fantasy in which city-center congestion is carved into asphalt ribbons with cuts left and right, made quick with easy flicks of this two-wheeled blade. It is a dream, however, that may never happen.

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KTM officially launches battery-powered Freeride E [w/video]

Only In Europe, For Now

It's official. KTM will be the first legacy brand to sell an electric motorcycle to the public. The Freeride E, a motocross-flavored machine available in both off-road (E-SX) and street (E-XC) versions, will be found at European dealers in just a few short weeks. As with so many cool things, don't look for it to come to the US any time soon.

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Caterham 620R vs KTM 1290 Super Duke R in wet track frenzy

Auto Express wanted to put the Caterham Seven 620R in a hot-lap battle against a KTM X-Bow at Blyton Park. Unable to procure an X-Bow, they substituted another open-air KTM: the Super Duke R 1290, a streetfighter that the company nicknamed "The Beast." That set up a 310-horsepower, 1,100-pound four-wheeler up against a 180-horsepower, 416-pound two-wheeler... and English weather.

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Lotus C-01 motorcycle shows its carbon-fiber face

Well, this isn't exactly what we were expecting. The images you see above

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Is this the world's first two-wheel-drive motorcycle burnout?

There are motorcycle burnouts, and there are two-wheel-drive motorcycle burnouts – the latter of which don't happen too often. All-wheel-drive motorcycle maker Christini also makes frame kits to convert certain KTM and Honda motorcycles into two-wheel-drive monsters, and this converted Austrian adventure bike could be the first motorcycle to perform a two-wh

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Watch one man drive a KTM X-Bow at the track, then get the girl

C'etait un Rendezvous is a legendary film with a very simple premise – a man drives very quickly to be with the woman he loves, careening through the streets of Paris with a blatant disregard for things like road signs, speed limits and pigeons. This film, from South African director Seagram Pearce, has a similar

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Ronnie Renner races KTM Electric Bike prototype through Austria

Pro FMX Rider Ronnie Renner recently had a realization that happens to a lot of people who ride an electric bike – it may use an electric motor and not an internal combustion engine, but the torque and horsepower sure are exceptional. Oh, and it's a lot of fun to ride.

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KTM E-Speed brings slice-and-dice sexy to electric scooters

Quick. If we say, "electric scooter," what springs to mind? A retro-styled off-brand offering from China? A plush maxi-sized conveyance for mature riders? Anything except, we imagine, the E-Speed concept from KTM that was just revealed at the Tokyo Motorcycle Show.

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