VOLUME 59 ISSUE 8 FEBRUARY 23, 2022 P75
I
t's been 10 years already since Ryan
Dungey shocked the motocross world
when he signed with KTM. His move
from Suzuki to KTM was historic in that
he had just won his first Pro Motocross
and Supercross titles with the yellow
brand, yet left Suzuki for a manufacturer
that hadn't nailed down a 250/450cc
outdoor motocross championship or even
a 450cc-class win in Supercross—ever!
(Hard to believe that now, right?) But the
advancements in the orange camp, the
prospect of a tailor-made race weapon
and the added allure of Roger DeCoster
(Dungey's team manager at Suzuki)
positioned at the helm of KTM's SX/MX
program swayed Dungey to leave a proven
brand and come over to the orange side.
However, for Dungey to race this
"personalized" motorcycle, it had to
be homologated per AMA rules. KTM
eventually produced the required 400
units to be sold in the U.S. and the 2012
model-year Factory Edition (aka "Dungey
replica") was born. And the rest, as they
say, is history.
WE HOP ABOARD
KTM'S ALL-NEW 450 SX-F
FACTORY EDITION
THE LATEST EDITION
BY RYAN NITZEN I PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
