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hose of you dedicated to Cycle News will remem-
ber when we rode the gorgeous Kramer HKR-
EVO2 R racer at the famed Brainerd venue in
Minnesota about this time last year.
The single-cylinder HKR was our first introduction to a
brand cut from the same cloth as fellow Europeans Kalex,
Harris and FTR—bespoke chassis manufacturers that
go racing with prototype frames and production motors,
much as they do in Moto2 (Moto3 runs prototype motors).
I came away from the HKR ride rather enthused about
this beautiful and, it has to be said, odd ball machine.
"Put simply, the Kramer HKR-EVO2 R turns with the kind
of speed normally reserved for GP machines," I said in the
test. "With a ready-to-race weight of just 276 pounds, the
Kramer will go from bolt upright to on its side faster than
almost any motorcycle with a fairing I've ever ridden, es-
pecially given the rather rangy 55.11-inch wheelbase. Turn
speed is amazing but so is the feedback you get from the
front end and because of that wheelbase, the stability."
SHARP
IF THE KTM
890 DUKE R
IS THE SCALPEL,
THAT WOULD
MAKE THE
KRAMER
GP2-890R
A SAMURAI
SWORD
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ETECH PHOTO & SCAYSBROOK
