VOLUME 57 ISSUE 37 SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 P101
I
f you're a newbie looking to get into riding, you've
never had it better. Small displacement motorcycles
are coming thick and fast from pretty much every
manufacturer, and American riders are finally starting
to listen to the rest of the world when they say more
isn't necessarily more when it comes to bike size.
Small displacement bikes (read: under 400cc),
are the norm in heavily populated areas like South
East Asia, Central and South America and the Indian
subcontinent. They're also the areas where these
machines are primarily produced, with India especially
making so many single-cylinder motorcycles, you need
to count in the millions to be even close to correct.
KTM's been in alliance with Indian manufacturer Ba-
jaj Auto since 2007, and it is the latter who is respon-
sible for the bike you see here in the 200 Duke.
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
