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Have always enjoyed DB mag over the years, but this history of the 300 is a head scratcher
Its full of wrong dates and numbers. It mentions a couple of times the 300 has been around 21 years - not even close on that one.
Says the first 300 was developed for 1986 ISDE...hmmmm I raced a production 1985 300 in the Canadian National XC series then rented a 1985 300 from KTM for the 1985 Spanish ISDE.
Maybe they wrote the article right after completing their helmet shootout and personally lawn darted/crash tested all the the helmets
KTM 300 Article
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Re: KTM 300 Article
Very cool! Kind of a related question - How much did renting 1985 300 from KTM for the Spanish ISDE cost in 1985?trailguy wrote:....rented a 1985 300 from KTM for the 1985 Spanish ISDE....
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Re: KTM 300 Article
It was $900.00 CND, but it was a different deal back then compared to todays rentals. In 1985 the $900.00 also included a free revalve at the White Power truck...oops, I mean WP truck you just had to remove the shock & forks yourself and take it to the truck. It also included free parts for the race. Although if you had to replace anything major there was a dude from KTM waiting to take the part as soon as you removed it. The only reason I know this was I had to replace the engine side cover on my 300 the morning of day 4 and I had a KTM guy stand over my shoulder the entire time while I replaced it, then he immediately took the cover from me once off the bike.Dakota_c69 wrote:Very cool! Kind of a related question - How much did renting 1985 300 from KTM for the Spanish ISDE cost in 1985?trailguy wrote:....rented a 1985 300 from KTM for the 1985 Spanish ISDE....
KTM also had the bike licensed and street legal for us.
Today you pay for parts and I don't believe there is a free revalve included.