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Updated 2024 KTM Enduro Range Revealed
KTM has updated its enduro range for 2024, including both two-stroke and four-stroke models and the U.S. street legal 350 EXC-F and 500 EXC-F. The entire lineup has been revamped, with KTM claiming 95% of the components are new, including the frame, suspension, and bodywork.
Ryan and Brent's Excellent Dual-Sport Adventure
The first thought that went through my head when our former bro, Brent Jaswinski, was assigned to attend the Honda CRF450L launch was, “Damn, that’s going to be a fun one.” The new Honda dual-sport was a much-anticipated model with promises of real trail bike performance in a plated package. Did it live up to the hype? Well, I couldn’t wait for Brent to write his review. So, I shot him a text, “How was it?” To be honest, I’m pretty sure I texted him while he was still at the launch for the bike. I was curious, as was the rest of the world, about whether this new model would be a thrilling performance-driven machine, or yet another soft polite dual-sport with street bike mentality. I don’t remember exactly, but I’m pretty sure he responded with something along the lines of, “It rips!” It was at that moment I couldn’t wait to start planning a comparison of the Honda CRF450L against the time-tested king of dual-sports the KTM 500 EXC-F.
2019 Honda CRF450L Review – First Ride
*Insert record scratching here* “Why couldn’t you have compared it to the 450 EXC-F?” I know it’s coming, particularly from the Honda fanboys. Because KTM didn’t have one available. But don’t worry! All will be considered in the following saga of Ryan and Brent’s Excellent Dual-Sport Adventure.
KTM Announces Fuel Injected Two-Stroke Engine for 2018
KTM is introducing a new two-stroke engine with a fuel injection system to its 2018 EXC enduro lineup. KTM calls the new technology “Transfer Port Injection” or TPI, with a new 250 EXC TPI and 300 EXC TPI arriving in European showrooms this summer while North Americans will have to wait until late fall for the 250 XC-W TPI.
“This is an incredibly exciting development for KTM. We have been developing two-stroke fuel injection for some time, and our goal was to create competitive motorcycles with all the benefits of fuel injection, while fitting into our READY TO RACE mantra,” says Joachim Sauer, KTM Product Marketing Manager.
The mantra may already be truth as KTM riders Andreas Lettenbichler and Lars Enockl are rumored to have raced on pre-production fuel injected 300 models in the Roof of Africa race in Lesotho late last year.
