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Rock gardens are commonplace on every extreme enduro prologue and SuperEnduro course. The unpredictable sea of rocks with their many hidden dangers are designed to keep riders on their toes and are technically demanding to repeatedly get right.
Jonny Walker tackles the rocks in the 2020 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship. PC @Future7MediaThroughout his career, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jonny Walker has proven to be a master of rock garden riding both indoors, at
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More often than not, an enduro special test acts as the deciding factor in classic enduro events. Embodying the essence and purity of traditional enduro sport, they are a true test of a rider’s ability to deliver his best on a technical forest floor, under constant pressure from an ever-ticking timing clock. From rocks to tree roots, sand holes and rutted ground, an enduro rider must take it all in their stride and instinctively react to whatever obstacles lay in their path.
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19-year old Tom Vialle’s transition from middling European Championship racer to FIM World Championship leader in less than 18 months is one of the biggest stories in MXGP right now. How did the Frenchman make the jump?
Tom Vialle – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing PC @RayArcherIn the summer of 2018 Tom Vialle was known for being a small, occasionally fast rider in the EMX250 European Championship: the feeder series to the FIM Motocross World Championship and the MX2 class. In f
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Make light work of extreme enduro’s toughest hill climbs with Manuel Lettenbichler’s secret tips for reaching the top…
Manuel Lettenbichler – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing PC @KTMRed Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Manuel Lettenbichler has quickly established himself as one of the world’s best extreme enduro riders. Winning the 2019 Red Bull Romaniacs on route to clinching the WESS Enduro World Championship, Lettenbichler more often than not showed his competitors a clean set of he
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What a weekend at KTM’s home Grand Prix! Following on from that historic first MotoGP victory thanks to Brad Binder just two races ago, KTM made the headlines again for the Grand Prix of Styria at the Red Bull Ring in Austria at the weekend (21-23 August) with a multitude of achievements including a second race win!
Teamwork: KTM enjoys its second MotoGP success and first double podium PC @PolarityPhotoRed Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pol Espargaró, who has played a pivotal ro
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As 2020 MotoGP reaches the Red Bull Ring for the second time this season, Miguel Oliveira talks about existence at 340kmph plus.
In the depths of Styria, Austria the Red Bull Ring presents MotoGP with one of the fastest and most jaw-dropping outings of the season. 4.3km and 10 corners are taken in just over one minute and 20 seconds with a MotoGP machine. Average speeds hit more than 180kmph as the course winds up and down a 65m elevation change. The radar gun catches bikes
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A major milestone in KTM’s racing history has been reached. KTM can now class themselves as MotoGP race winners thanks to Brad Binder’s incredible victory in Brno, Czech Republic. Binder has smashed expectations and stamped himself firmly in the history books – this achievement is the Austrian manufacturer’s first win in the premier class, South Africa’s first MotoGP victory, and Binder took the top step of the podium in only his third race aboard the KTM RC16. Incredible, isn’
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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing gets a new MotoGP™ rider for 2021 and the team composition starts again. We asked Crew Chief Paul Trevathan about the challenge of molding the next Grand Prix star.
In the four years that Red Bull KTM Factory Racing have graced the MotoGP™ grid they have relied on the right hands of four different full-time riders. One of those has remained constant throughout and is responsible for the milestones of the fledgling KTM RC16 race bike so far. Pol E
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As seasons go, 2019 will always be one to remember for Germany’s Manuel Lettenbichler. Winning the WESS Enduro World Championship, the then privateer claimed his place as one of the leading riders in the sport.
Lettenbichler will race for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team when the 2020 season finally begins. PC @KTMCollectively proving himself a true enduro all-rounder, amongst many stand-out performances Mani took a podium at the high-speed Hawkstone Park Cross-Country
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Robbie Maddison is a freestyle motocross legend and a world record holder. He’s also a household name thanks to his many daredevil stunts such as riding the waves of Tahiti in his ‘Pipe Dream’ video, back-flipping over Tower Bridge in London, jumping his motorcycle off a ski jump, and jumping off the Arc de Triomphe in front of Paris Las Vegas. While Maddison himself has some incredible and gravity defying motorcycle skills two of his sons – Kruz and Jagger – are developing thei
There is a lot more thought and design that goes into a pair of motocross goggles than you think. Scott Sports shares some of their secrets…
PC @MitterbauerHGoggles have been stretched awkwardly across helmets, smashed remorselessly by roost, thrown away by motocross racers during motos but also lovingly prepared, washed and placed on shelves with old helmets for posterity. They are often an under-appreciated piece of riding kit but utterly essential for anyone who has followed a friend or c
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Are Naked bikes still the rage? Looking at KTM’s Street portfolio then you’d think so with at least two new models coming to showrooms this year in the forms of the KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE R and the KTM 890 DUKE R. We asked some key figures in orange – as well as ex-racers like Jeremy McWilliams and Chris Fillmore – if the genre remains vibrant and in-demand as the new decade begins…
We call them ‘Naked’ but, really, they are definitive motorcycles: the way bikes used to be and
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The recent lockdown has meant some quiet but busy days for the staff at the KTM Motohall. Work inside the stunning complex has not stopped so here are some key reasons to plan a visit and details of a fantastic competition for those that make it to Mattighofen before the end of June.
PC @KTM1. New racebikes, new bikes, new builds
Riders and customers tempted by a 2020 KTM can finally get back into authorized KTM dealers but for those wanting a look – and even a ‘gr
JONNY WALKER – MY 10 YEARS OF RED BULL ERZBERGRODEO
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From unassuming privateer to one of the world’s best enduro riders, Jonny Walker has experienced a lot during the last decade. Nowhere have those experiences been more rewarding, and in some cases agonising, than at the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo.
Jonny Walker – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. PC @Future7Media
If extreme enduro riders are like gladiators, then Erzbergrodeo is their colosseum. An event with a fabled histo
JOSEP GARCIA – UP FOR A CHALLENGE
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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Josep Garcia is not one to shy away from a challenge. With wide-ranging childhood dreams, he’s grown from mini-moto racer and Red Bull Rookie rider to an Enduro World Champion and two-time Red Bull Erzbergrodeo finisher.
Josep Garcia – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. PC @Future7Media
Along the way he’s also claimed three victories in the WESS Enduro World Championship, while becoming the first rider in 33 years t
READY TO #ADVENTUREMORE: 6 WAYS TO FURTHER ENHANCE YOUR KTM 390 ADVENTURE
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The KTM 390 ADVENTURE is an exciting intro to light off-roading but there are six items in the KTM PowerParts catalog that will allow every rider to personalize their own machine ahead of their upcoming summer explorations. Read on and dare to resist temptation!
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Commuting, kicking up dust for the first time or simply enjoying the rally-derived ergonomics and
NATHAN WATSON: MR. DO-IT-ALL
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In a world of specialists, a racer like Nathan Watson has become the exception to the norm. From motocross to enduro, hard enduro and back to beach racing, he’s achieved success every step of the way. He’s taken on the best in the world and more often than not he’s beaten them.
Nathan Watson – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. PC @PascalHaudiquert
Last year was arguably the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing star’s most fruitful, and busiest, seas
AND SUDDENLY THERE WERE NO RACES ANYMORE…
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What has the COVID-19 virus outbreak meant for elite-level MXGP racers? Three Red Bull KTM Factory Racing stars share their worries, experiences and plans.
Few motorcycle disciplines require a higher level of fitness and saddle time than motocross. It is not only the volume of races (20 MXGPs, several pre-season Internationals which are used as ‘tests’, and national fixtures that often mean a 30 weekend calendar) but the incessant tra
MOTOGP™️ IN LOCKDOWN! THE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
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What about the bikes, the re-organization, a skeleton crew for closed-doors GPs, the lack of testing, the future? KTM’s MotoGP™️ Technical Co-ordinator Sebastian Risse tackles some of the big current question marks over the sport.
While the clock ticks down towards news of 2020 MotoGP™️ the Red Bull KTM race teams have been left in limbo due to the absence of a calendar and a routine that normally steers much of their lives and en
KAILUB RUSSELL: TIME FOR CHANGE BUT NOT BEFORE ONE MORE GNCC TITLE
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GNCC Racing legend Kailub Russell is determined to earn an eighth straight title in 2020 but is equally set on moving forward with plans for the future, when this season is over. What is next for the woods racing champion, what’s the secret to winning and which of his many winning KTMs is his favorite?
Announcing that 2020 will be his last season of GNCC Racing doesn’t mean seven-time champion Kailub
4 BIG ‘W’S OF THE NEW KTM 890 DUKE R
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There is a degree of intrigue about the 2020 KTM 890 DUKE R: a fresh, rasping entrant to the manufacturer’s virulent Naked bike portfolio. So, we enlisted the help of Street Product Manager Adriaan Sinke to explain some of the ‘reasons for being’.
After an enticing unveil at the 2019 EICMA show last November, the fanfare surrounding the official presentation of the 2020 KTM 890 DUKE R was then mostly digital. Europe’s spring ‘shutdown’ mean
MAKING A MOTOGP CONTENDER
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KTM have sliced the better part of two seconds away to the front of the MotoGP field since their premier class debut at the beginning of 2017. Technical Co-ordinator Sebastian Risse explains a little about how they made that happen in double-time.
Sebastian Risse – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MotoGP Technical Co-ordinator. PC @SebasRomero
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing finished 16th and 17th at the 2017 Grand Prix of Qatar – their first event
THE GREATEST EVER: IS KTM’S 2020 MXGP LINE-UP THE BENCHMARK?
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Cairoli, Herlings, Prado: Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s MXGP riders for the 2020 season with a combined total of 15 FIM World Championships in the two categories. Has there been a more decorated, potent and lethal collection of athletes in Grand Prix history?
With 15 FIM World titles between them the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MXGP line-up is a force to be reckoned with. PC @RayArcher
An over-simplification w
THE SPAWN OF SPORN: THE KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE R CREATOR TALKS
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Herman Sporn is the father of the KTM SUPER DUKE; an innovator, engineer and a damn fast rider. Here he talks about his work with the 2020 KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE R and THE BEAST 3.0 concept, how it compares to the first 990, how KTM has changed and how the ‘ultimate’ Naked bike can still get better…
45 year old Hermann Sporn lights another cigarette. The lofty, grinning Austrian has just stepped off the productio
FILTERING RACE EXPERIENCE INTO ADVENTURE EXCELLENCE
How legendary Enduro and Rally racer Giovanni Sala used the feedback collected from thousands of racing miles to help chisel a lineage that stretches through the latest KTM ADVENTURE production machines.
Giovanni Sala’s years of racing experience are incorporated in the KTM ADVENTURE models. PC @KTM
Whether it’s the power of the KTM 1290 SUPER ADVENTURE range, the versatility of the KTM 790 ADVENTURE line-up or the nimble agility of the
