Just reading about Sam Sutherland's bike.
Air filter changed ATLEAST once a day!!
Carries 33 litres of fuel.
Oil, tyres, wheels, discs and brake pads changed every day.
Can spend 30-40 minute spells fiat out at 90 mph.
No one has ever broken a front cannon sub frame.
Paris-Dakar bikes - KTMs
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Re: Paris-Dakar bikes - KTMs
Impressive stats - what impressed me most was that KTM have a front cannon mounted on a sub frame, I could see that going down well on the daily commute. 
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Re: Paris-Dakar bikes - KTMs
Those are pretty much a one-shot bike though, aren't they??? (no pun intended)
I mean...they're all modified to hell & back and still end up being thrashed into "beyond useless" status by the end of the race.
I mean...they're all modified to hell & back and still end up being thrashed into "beyond useless" status by the end of the race.
