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Sorted? Depends on your intended use. As a street bike, it is phenomenally fun. It does shockingly well on dirt roads if you know how to ride dirt. I feel like a supermoto hero on mine (similar, but not the same). It is supremely easy to back this bike in to any corner approaching 90 degrees. I bet with the 1100, you not only back it in, but wheelie it out.
In some years I may be back to that. I hope to be back to that, and work my way into another c/r-ing gig.
Time is not on my side at this juncture in life.
I'd buy an 1100 fugly S.
Paul, the leaving loudon in a trash barrel, wagging like a dog, has written it off for me. Did they fix that stuff with the a/c motor?
Cliff's Cycles KTM
NETRA enduro B-vet
Close your eyes, look deep in your soul, step outside yourself and let your mind go.
I remember that saga, but I have no first hand experience with the problems they were trying to solve. I rode the 1100 on track and liked it. I have no stability issues on my bike. I'm confident in my riding skill level. I cannot explain what those guys went through.
Hey Colin, maybe you were right, maybe I DO want a hyper.
Cliff's Cycles KTM
NETRA enduro B-vet
Close your eyes, look deep in your soul, step outside yourself and let your mind go.
I will say that out of the 80+ bikes I've tested in recent years, the 1100S HyperMotard is the most fun bike I've ever ridden,
with the 1290 SuperDuke a close second.
If/when I ever need to replace my M900 Monster, an early 1100S Hyper is on my shortlist.
I'll be happy to give this new 790 Duke a test, and due consideration, when I have the chance.
PhilB
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"A free man must be able to endure it when his fellow men act and live otherwise than he considers proper." -- Ludwig von Mises
1993 Ducati Monster M900; 265,000 miles -- killed by minivan 30Oct17
Quote from P.K. when I showed up at his shop with my Hyper: "Sweet bike, would love to own one for the street but i'd lose my license in a week. Oh yeah, it's a piece of shit, geometry is fucked for the track. No idea what Ducati was thinking, spent hours and $$$$ reworking one for Loundon, still fucked. But no worries, we'll get it sorted for the road."
So no Loundon experience, but the things rips on the street and still makes me smile in every corner and P.K. suspension is still working great on the road
P.S: DO want this new KTM, nice replacement for my 690
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What's the loudon story? I love a good story.
Gino
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Cliff's Cycles KTM
NETRA enduro B-vet
Close your eyes, look deep in your soul, step outside yourself and let your mind go.
The bike did not crash well. I remember that race weekend. There was nothing left of that thing!
2021 KTM Duke 890 R
2016 BMW S1000XR
1982 Honda CB750F Super Sport
Conservation of mass Loudon style. Got it. That sounds .. unfortunate.
There was a front wheel, and forks, and the triples, and a little bit of frame. That was the biggest piece iirc. It was put outside the north garage for everyone to see. Ugly.
2021 KTM Duke 890 R
2016 BMW S1000XR
1982 Honda CB750F Super Sport
He should've stuck with his KTM, he built a damn nice race bike in that 525smr.
Central Mass Powersports #123
1000rr, zx10r, rmz450, RE classic, r6, S4Rs, xr123, sv650(2), cr250 and a box truck that leaks power steering fluid.
man that thing was scary to be behind. i just couldnt get around him though. it shook like a wet dog all the way down the straight. he had 1 foot off the pegs. i thought for sure it was going to spit him off...every lap...and i was going to have to somehow avoid a sliding body and ghost bike at 100mph. i did my first 18s that race
next weekend i showed up and was told he tossed it into the woods
i rode that bike at a TD. fuck that thing was awesome.
When I start my KTM in the morning, rules are broken. Its inevitable...
01 SV650S (RC51 eater)/07 690SM /03 300EXC/14 XTZ1200
TRACKS:Firebird/NHMS/VIR/Calabogie/California Speedway/NJMP/MMC/NYST/Palmer/Thompson/Club Motorsports
Central Mass Powersports #123
1000rr, zx10r, rmz450, RE classic, r6, S4Rs, xr123, sv650(2), cr250 and a box truck that leaks power steering fluid.