KTM MotoGP Bike

WVMotoGP99 · Oct 30, 2015

A little good news among all the depressing .... of late....

First Photos of the KTM RC16 MotoGP Race Bike

Iowegian · Oct 30, 2015

I hope they have a good bike right out the gate. I will be curious if Aki and co will have anything to do with this.

Harryjones05 · Oct 30, 2015

Those shifts sounded quick! Fairplay to them!!

johnnyvvc · Oct 30, 2015

Finally something actually worth talking to peeps about!

littlesparrows · Oct 30, 2015

that sound & that view....fuckkkkk.

JPSLotus · Oct 30, 2015

littlesparrows said:
that sound & that view....fuckkkkk.

Told you Austria was nice and worth going to for a race.

JPSLotus · Oct 30, 2015

On topic:

Bike sounds wicked.

What is going to be interesting is to see how much backing Red Bull gives to KTM.

Mateschitz is willing to dump an ungodly sum of money into F1, so I think he would be willing to do the same with KTM's MotoGP effort. Well maybe not the same as if the team were owned by Red Bull...but hopefully the collaboration is significant since he can bankroll acquisition of talented engineers.

The Austrians tend to be thicker than thieves, and I would say the KTM/Red Bull collaboration represents the best opportunity for another factory to stop the Yamaha/Honda dominance, which isn't good for MotoGP at large IMO.

While I think KTM's road bikes are overpriced as .... and I would never waste money on one --the RC390 is a nice looking bike, but overpriced as hell for where it slots in against other similar bikes-- I hope they do well in MotoGP.

#22 · Oct 30, 2015

Thanks for posting!

If that thing goes even as good as it sounds, it'll be a winner.

High Side · Oct 30, 2015

I'm so pumped for the next few years!

Suzuki, Aprilia, KTM all hopefully going to get stronger. Plenty of quality riders to ride them.. cant wait till next year already!!!!

JPSLotus · Oct 30, 2015

Sucks that Suzuki will probably lose Vinales to Repsol Honda it seems.

I think the GSXR-R has a lot of potential to be gotten from it if they can develop it.

High Side · Oct 30, 2015

JPSLotus said:
Sucks that Suzuki will probably lose Vinales to Repsol Honda it seems.

I think the GSXR-R has a lot of potential to be gotten from it if they can develop it.

Really, where did you hear that? Iv'e herd small rumors but nothing that made a lot of sense to me.

I think the Suzuki has a ton of potential as well. The frame apparently allows for stable and fast corner speeds. The bike is lacking when it come to power down the straight. I think Vianles and Espagro can develop that bike to be very competitive with the other factory boys.

I hope they both stay!

JPSLotus · Oct 30, 2015

High Side said:
Really, where did you hear that? Iv'e herd small rumors but nothing that made a lot of sense to me.

I think the Suzuki has a ton of potential as well. The frame apparently allows for stable and fast corner speeds. The bike is lacking when it come to power down the straight. I think Vianles and Espagro can develop that bike to be very competitive with the other factory boys.

I hope they both stay!

HRC has already inquired to Maverick's agent about possibly getting out of the Suzuki contract for 2017. I think we see the end of Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda once 2016 closes out. Repsol probably would like to see two Spanish riders on the bikes. Not sure who else could be paired next to MM since he is going nowhere.

WVMotoGP99 · Oct 30, 2015

Silly season after 2016 might be crazy silly. Dani and Rossi's contracts both end after 2016. Two PRIME rides needing arses in them.

One of the articles from Krop had some real good info on it.

2017 should be real exciting!!!

High Side · Oct 30, 2015

JPSLotus said:
HRC has already inquired to Maverick's agent about possibly getting out of the Suzuki contract for 2017. I think we see the end of Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda once 2016 closes out. Repsol probably would like to see two Spanish riders on the bikes. Not sure who else could be paired next to MM since he is going nowhere.

I think it depends on how Dani does next year. His form is unbelievable right now. I know its Dani but if he can keep this form into next year I can see him FINALLY competing for the championship. If he does that he wont go anywhere... if he turns back into the Dani we all know then I agree that he will finally move on. I would not mind seeing Dani on the LCR Honda.

It will be interesting to see the shuffling of Pol, Smith, Rins, Vinales, Redding and a few others over the next 2 years. Especially with so many factory bikes coming back into the fold.

Maybe one day Moto GP will be as competitive as Moto 3.... one can only hope at least

Nobody can deny that the Pillip Island race was one of the best ever. More of that please!!

Harryjones05 · Oct 30, 2015

Hopefully in time the KTM will be right there! With Red Bull on side you'd think funds won't be an issue! Could get really exciting!!!

Willski · Oct 30, 2015

I take it KTM is an abbreviation of Kick The Marquez ???

Harryjones05 · Oct 30, 2015

Willski said:
I take it KTM is an abbreviation of Kick The Marquez ???

Even this thread can't get away from this stupid Rossi hating!! I'd love KTM to get this bike competitive, 5+ manufacturers all competitive would be so good for the Championship!!!

Keshav · Oct 30, 2015

Here's hoping it's a serious contender. Always been a big fan of KTM.

WVMotoGP99 · Oct 30, 2015

littlesparrows said:
that sound & that view....fuckkkkk.

Gives me wood!

Mick D · Oct 30, 2015

JPSLotus said:
...I would say the KTM/Red Bull collaboration represents the best opportunity for another factory to stop the Yamaha/Honda dominance, which isn't good for MotoGP at large IMO.

Why would another competitive factory team NOT be good for MGP at large?

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