I watch a lot of your work, but that was one of the best you've done! I know it's Motocross Action Mag, but keep the rally and off road content coming!
Pretty sweet video. When you first look at these bikes, you expect them to be really heavy and hard to fly. But these guys fling these things around! Basically a factory dirtbike with massive tanks, a windsheild, some other doohickeys and toolspace. But they also come with watertanks. Just in case it breaks down in the middle of the desert
Great video. I enjoyed hearing 2018 Dakar winner Matthias’ perspective on riding his Dakar bike. I also noticed the Erzberg Hard Enduro number plates on that bike. Not only motocross on tracks but he rode that in the Iron Giant this past year. …impressive!
"these bikes are as factory as you get" - no, they're not. almost anyone (who has previous rally experience as a professional) can purchase a KTM 450RR and they are almost exactly as you see here minus the 52mm Cone Valve fork. these are low volume production machines. they're not "works" bikes if that's how you want to put it. I've purchased two of them (a first gen and a current gen) and have raced them in BiTD V2R and The Mint 400. You can even buy the 52mm forks for them even though they don't sell them in the catalog anymore. Again, I know this to be fact because I've purchased 3 sets of 52mm forks in the last few years. hell, you can pretty much get every single piece of kit the factory team is running, including the oil cooler. KTM's US race department is happy to help legitimate professional racers with a lot. Although, If you've never gone racing at this level, the prices for some of this stuff will have your head spinning around. The 52mm forks are over 8K alone. The oil cooler kit was $5200. An engine spare is $9500. The carbon upright for the nav tower is $6500. the bike itself was $37,500 usd. now, the Honda and Yamaha rally bikes- those are full on works prototypes that you cannot obtain.
I miss the days when the Dakar bikes were huge 750+ twins making ridiculous power. These 450s are running flat out all the time, it's fun, but man those old big bikes were so cool
Rally bikes are so fun to mess around on I couldn't imagine a factory bike! And the track views look incredible definitely would be distracting on the track compared to riding here Michigan 🤣
This is one of the things i dreamed of doing before. I wanted to learn to, and race a rally bikes. Martien Jimmink is our family and has done the Dakar many times now, i would have loved to go train with him when i was younger and looking at doing this, though never would want to make it a career more just the experience and become a more versatile rider. If i can ever ride again i wouod love to try one of these bikes.
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Matthias is such a cool and humble guy, love that KTM has an Austrian rally rider
I watch a lot of your work, but that was one of the best you've done! I know it's Motocross Action Mag, but keep the rally and off road content coming!
Matthias is such a Legend! Heal up well champ!
Pretty sweet video. When you first look at these bikes, you expect them to be really heavy and hard to fly. But these guys fling these things around! Basically a factory dirtbike with massive tanks, a windsheild, some other doohickeys and toolspace. But they also come with watertanks. Just in case it breaks down in the middle of the desert
Great video. I enjoyed hearing 2018 Dakar winner Matthias’ perspective on riding his Dakar bike. I also noticed the Erzberg Hard Enduro number plates on that bike. Not only motocross on tracks but he rode that in the Iron Giant this past year. …impressive!
Wow
Mega video and what a treat to be able to spin some laps on that weapon. Walkner is a savage on a bike and a really cool guy too.
Love this stuff 👍🏻
Awesome video. These bikes are as factory as you get in off road these days. I'd love to get one out in the desert!
"these bikes are as factory as you get" - no, they're not.
almost anyone (who has previous rally experience as a professional) can purchase a KTM 450RR and they are almost exactly as you see here minus the 52mm Cone Valve fork.
these are low volume production machines. they're not "works" bikes if that's how you want to put it. I've purchased two of them (a first gen and a current gen) and have raced them in BiTD V2R and The Mint 400. You can even buy the 52mm forks for them even though they don't sell them in the catalog anymore. Again, I know this to be fact because I've purchased 3 sets of 52mm forks in the last few years. hell, you can pretty much get every single piece of kit the factory team is running, including the oil cooler. KTM's US race department is happy to help legitimate professional racers with a lot. Although, If you've never gone racing at this level, the prices for some of this stuff will have your head spinning around. The 52mm forks are over 8K alone. The oil cooler kit was $5200. An engine spare is $9500. The carbon upright for the nav tower is $6500. the bike itself was $37,500 usd.
now, the Honda and Yamaha rally bikes- those are full on works prototypes that you cannot obtain.
I miss the days when the Dakar bikes were huge 750+ twins making ridiculous power. These 450s are running flat out all the time, it's fun, but man those old big bikes were so cool
That’s why I just bought a KTM 990 ADV
Man that was cool! Loved to learned about the bike and Walkner was a friendly watch!
Rally bikes are so fun to mess around on I couldn't imagine a factory bike! And the track views look incredible definitely would be distracting on the track compared to riding here Michigan 🤣
Matthias seems like such a chilled dude. Lives his best life and puts in massive amounts of time into being as good a rider as he is.
This is one of the things i dreamed of doing before. I wanted to learn to, and race a rally bikes. Martien Jimmink is our family and has done the Dakar many times now, i would have loved to go train with him when i was younger and looking at doing this, though never would want to make it a career more just the experience and become a more versatile rider. If i can ever ride again i wouod love to try one of these bikes.
It always amazes me to really see how good the offroad guy are.
Top video.
I always liked Matthias .....I hope he will do well ....
Now that would be a sweet daily!
Josh living the dream
The best bike on earth
Bro, that dude was ripping that thing very impressive how he was throwing it around
"That dude" is an ex MX world champion, 2 x Rally world champion and Dakar rally winner.
What a cool experience
Let's see Josh ride a rally race!!!
So cool!!
Thank you for the video, very interesting and informative. Really well done 👍
Should have done some high speed off-road, forest trails, up in the mountains
Where is it or what is the track called?
Hey, the track is located in Salzburg, Austria and its called X-Bowl Arena
JM for governor of California!
If I had a bike like this I would ride it to India from Sweden, just for fun.
Nice
Matthias sounds like Arnold, I do wonder why though? 🤨🤨😂😂
I thought the people saying “like” every four words was an unintelligent American thing.
Dude rips
So sad when i heard he had the massiv and maybe career ending crash this week
I want one street legal.
Holy smokes. 3 tanks?! Id rather ride a rally bike than a 🌈 dual sport style non jumpable bike
35k for 1?
Ethic foam grips are better if you want higher quality ones
They all run those soft grips for rally bikes.
They have to hang onto them for 6 hours a day for 15 days straight, so they have to be comfy.
@@RealHooksy I’m just saying the brand ethic makes foam grips that are better than these cheesy ones
@@metalofthedeath oh, ok thanks for the heads up.
More advertising, fake news of Moto.
What you bitching about now
lol all you do is hate, you must hate yourself. are you lonely? you needa hug big baby?
Don’t hate
What you mean fake news?
Really, most informative video of a modern rally bike I've ever seen.
Thank you Josh