FEATURE
CYCLE NEWS PIKES PEAK PROGRAM UPDATE
P84
full story, click here) and the
amount of weight taken off, plus
the extra horsepower from the
full Akrapovic titanium exhaust,
new race map and K&N air filter,
have made the Super Duke a
real beast. It's now a proper
wheelie monster, something
we've been trying to tone down
by playing with suspension.
For my riding skill, I don't
without the means to travel to
various racetracks that would
suit the surface conditions we
are likely to encounter at Pikes,
we've focused a lot of the testing
around Auto Club Speedway at
Fontana thanks to our buddy
Imad at www.fastrackriders.com.
Absolutely, 100 percent, Fon-
tana is not like Pikes Peak, but
for us we don't have many other
testing options. Besides, a bike
that has a good base setting
can work well at the majority of
tracks once you dial it into that
particular venue—at least in my
experience—so I'm hoping the
same rings true at Pikes.
Over the past two months
the KTM has gone from road to
race. We've stripped back every-
thing that isn't required (for the
Having ex-superbike star
Chris Fillmore on the test
team has been invaluable.
