A quick look at KTM’s recent additions to its model lineup sees significant attention being given to the company’s large and small-displacement machines, yet the middleweight bikes have remained seemingly untouched.
That seems set to change, according to an interview MCN had with KTM CEO Stefan Pierer.
Saying that KTM would develop new v-twin engines in the 600cc to 800cc range over the next three years, the Austrian company seems set to its entire lineup revamped within the next few years.
The new v-twin engines would compliment the small-displacement single-cylinder bikes in the sub-400cc category, as well as the two and four-cylidner bikes that KTM is pushing in the sport and adventure segments.
Furthermore, KTM’s new street bikes engines will be fully available to Husqvarna, which Pierer says will have a lineup of street bikes from 450cc to 1,300cc.
Readers will remember that KTM has begun work on a new sport bike, the KTM RC16, which will be a V4 superbike bred for the track only.
We doubt that Husqvarna will have access to that power plant, but the v-twin RC8 lumps found in the Super Duke R, Adventure 1090, and the recently teased KTM SMT repacement will be perfectly suited for cross-brand duty.
Source: MCN
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