There isn't much the KTM can't do well. Good suspension, light weight and a powerful motor makes the KTM an excellent weapon for any enduro. .
Test: 1987 KTM2S0 Enduro
I n a class all
its own - almost
MX, include wider transmission gear
ratios and the addition of a li~hting
coil. Otherwise, the motor 10 the
enduro is identical to the motocross
KTM.
The two-stroke, liquid-cooled
motor has a Nikasil-lined cylinder
A few of the items carried over
from last year's model include the
digital control ignition and the
38mm Dell 'Or 0 carburetor and
jetting specs.
The carb connects to an all-new
airbox, which is totally different
By Kit Palmer
Photos By Kinney Jones-
It's funny. One of the most popular classes
in enduro competion is the 250cc class, but
250cc production enduro bikes are nearly
impossible to come by. If you wanted to
run down to one of your local
Honda Suzuki Yamaha or
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Ka.wasa I ~otorcyc e deaI erShIpS, you d have only one
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production 250cc enduro model to
choose from, and that one would be
a four-stroke.
But what if you wanted a twostroke? Then what?
Well, KTM is one of the few
manufacturers left that still offers a
pure-bred, 25Occ, two-stroke pToduction enduro motorcycle in the United
States. That means you could actually roll the Austrian-built KTM250
Enduro right off the showroom floor
and into the back of your truck, drive
straight to an enduro and race the
bike., What's nice about.t?e KTM is
that It wouJd be compe~uve, too.
Most 250cc enduro bIkes you see
at the races started Life as full-fledged
motocrossers, then were transformed
into enduro bikes by installing
timekeeping .equipment, lights,
fenders, a Larger gas tank, hand
guards and other equipment
(depending how serious an enduro
rider you are). The KTM has nearly
all these things right off the bat.
In a sense, the KTM250 was born
as a motocrosser, as well. But by the
time it left the factory, it had
experienced some internal changes
that made the KTM250 more suitable
for enduro riding. Some of these
changes, compared to the KTM250
The key to the KTM's success is in the motor. It's basically a motocross
powerplan.t with a lighting coil and wider gear ratios.
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bore; a full reed-valve induction
system, and it has a 67.5 X 69m.m
bore and stroke, displacing 247cc; a
new addition is an exhaust powervalve, called the Power Exhaust Port
(PEP).
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than last year's model. The old
airbox had a top access, meaning the
seat had to be removed to get to the
air filter element, while the airbox
on the '87 KTM has a side access.
Now the left side panel needs to be
