Well, i spent ages last night looking through my mags and i found that same article you have just posted. Its is in ADB labeled feb 85. I have never seen a KTM 80 like that before. Now heres the interesting thing. That one is called a 80 LC and the later ones are a 80MX and there was also a 85 CC version and one called a 'pro mini' or something. Around 87 they had 2 models, i think one was just big wheels and an extra 5cc. I also found in Trail and Track September 85 there is a test on one and it says that Bert Flood got the first one in Australia and T&T were the first to look at it. Now its not clear if this bike is a 85 or 86 model but they appear to be saying its the first 80 brought specially to Australia by Bert Flood who air freighted it in and that another 15 were comming in the first shipment and then 80 after that. The photo above shows the pipe on the left side and i reckon the radiator must be on the right side but on the test bike in T&T, it looks a lot different. I cant see whats writen on the seat but on the tank shroud is 80MX and the pipe is on the right side and the radiator on the left side. So the questions are, is the photo above of a 85 model that didnt come to Australia or is it a prototype 85 model? And is the one that T&T tested an early 86 model that came out september/october 85 or is it actually an 85 model that were really late to arrive almost at the end of 1985, and is the bike in T&T that is tested actually an 85 but what they production ones ended up looking like instead of the photo above?. I dont really know but i want to try and find more photos/info on the bike shown above and info on the 85 model.
