KTM tests

The 2024 KTM 450SXF is a thing of beauty. It has a luscious powerband, and even though it makes almost 60 horsepower, it is super manageable and handles like a dream. No oversteer, no understeer; it is super accurate in all situations.
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We sent our new mini test rider, Nixyn D'Errico, to Mammoth with a full-blown 65cc race bike. His Dad, Ryan D'Errico gives us the low down on this mini race bike
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Come with us on the journey back to 2011 to see what we thought of the first-ever KTM 350SXF ... you'll be surprised!
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We don’t think the new 2001 engine was motocross ready. If the 2000 KTM 250SX came with the 1999 engine and right-side-up forks, it would have been a runaway hit
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Take your pick from an incfredibly wide range of 2024 racing machines
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You read that engine size right! In 2001 KTM experimented with a lighter bike and smaller engine to go up against the big bikes on a tighter track
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Daryl takes KTM's inexpensive RC390 Sport Bike to a road race track to test it and himself
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Based all-new 2024 KTM 300XC-W as a baseline, the KTM 300XC-W HardEnduro model is engineered to challenge the most extreme terrain.n
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The best thing about the 2023 version of the KTM 450SXF engine is that it delivers a broad, long, churning, usable locomotive style of power
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MXA was of the opinion that KTM had sandbagged the first 350SXF. If the 2011 KTM 350SXF had run as well as the 2013 350SXF, there would be a lot more 350cc bikes on the racetracks today
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Take your pick! Two are fuel injected and two are carbureted—and one is by far the best in the 2023 125 class. Everything you need to know
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The 2023 KTM 125SX comes with two maps, but you should avoid the green map at all costs
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Everything you need to know about the 450 class of 2023 is right here. After you read MXA's 450 shootout, you'll know everything you need to know about the best bikes in the 450 class
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GasGas MC250 vs. Honda CRF250 vs. Kawasaki KX250 vs. Husqvarna FC250 vs. KTM 250SXF vs. Yamaha YZ250f vs. Suzuki RM-Z250
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KTM is the first to introduce their 2024 lineup
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Check out what is new for the 2024 off-road KTM lineup
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All the rage since the amazing success of the original KTM 450SXF Factory Edition in 2012 (often called the Ryan Dungey Replica), today there are KTM, Husqvarna, GasGas, Kawasaki and Honda versions—often in both 250 and 450 versions
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We take you back to the days of the last of mid-size two-strokes, more specifically, the 2000 KTM 380SX
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No carburetor, no main jets, no needles, no clips and no pilot jets are joined by the acronyms EFI, ECU, EMS, CDI, TPS, TPI and TBI. This isn't you granddad's two-stroke
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Thinking about switching to a smoker? The market for two-strokes is flush with race bikes built for riders as young as 4 years old all the way up to senior citizens
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Building three hot-rod 150s: Pasha versus Varner versus Twisted versus Haeseker versus MXA
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The 2023 KTM 350SXF runs great. It delivers the best of both worlds. It picks up quickly down low, pulls steady through the middle and revs to an amazing 13,400-rpm rev limiter
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Did the YZ400 have anything to fear from the 2000 KTM 520SX? You bet. This bike had an incredible powerband
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At 7-years old Mike Alessi was already the dominant rider on the amateur circuit, thanks in no small part to the Dean Dickenson-tuned KTM 50 Pee-Wee. We look back at this incredible little machine
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