ktm495 , avert your eyes!

[mainline]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KTM-495-AHRMA-TWIN-SHOCK-ERA-MX-AIR-COOLED-VINTAGE-CLASSIC-HILL-CLIMB-/170736183745?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item27c0ab69c1

[crankpin]

Could only happen in Yorkshire 

[Tony T]

I love how everyone still quotes Dirt Bike's 123.75mph.   

Yep, it's ugly but man it would be a pretty efficient hillclimb or road race bike. 

I road raced my KX500 once with a slick on the back and a trials tyre on the front. It was still way quicker and more fun than the roadies I was racing against.......... even with me on board............ 

[buckets]

wow a pity you couldnt register that for the road.......

[Oppet]

Could be alot worse! Heres rotax engined sadness.
http://www.nettimoto.com/ktm/500/1197023

[Davy123]

I love how everyone still quotes Dirt Bike's 123.75mph.   

Yep, it's ugly but man it would be a pretty efficient hillclimb or road race bike. 

I road raced my KX500 once with a slick on the back and a trials tyre on the front. It was still way quicker and more fun than the roadies I was racing against.......... even with me on board............ 

LIKE THIS ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-3w5SaNw6Q

[crankpin]

Damn that long back straight 

[Bullymad]

Butchers!!

[Lozza]

Damn that long back straight 

Pukekohe in NZ. A rapid Xl ridden well to by the looks

[Slakewell]

Piff mere amateur stuff , these rockets were used by some for road racing. He even has the flat slide electron which kills a bunch of top end on these big girls.
He should go with a good twin carb set up and a good top end down pipe.  TZ 350 rear wheel fits as well. 

[Lozza]

I can remember the late 80's early 90's a fellow regularly riding a 495 in NSW road racing, lowered he couls scrape the frame rails which impressed the hell out of me. Think he still ran the up pipe. 

[GD66]

Damn that long back straight 

Pukekohe in NZ. A rapid Xl ridden well to by the looks

Manfield, actually.

[tony27]

Damn that long back straight 

Pukekohe in NZ. A rapid Xl ridden well to by the looks

It's actually Manfield near Palmerston North where the first few final WSBK rounds were held, the motor is somewhere in the region off 630cc now & does really well at the boxing day street races in Wanganui

[Slakewell]

Brad and myself have discussed doing lake Ayre (when it drys out) speed week and take over a couple of KTM's
Just need to remeasure my intestuclar fortitude to see if they still function.

[VMX247]

Brad and myself have discussed doing lake Ayre (when it drys out) speed week

Assualt on the Salt.. 
http://www.dlra.org.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=981&start=135
seems many and varied bikes attend.