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tion bikes, just like the ones now
being offered to you. Everyone
else on the circuit right now is
riding the "standard" 450 SX-F
($8999 MSRP).
The latest Factory Edition is
actually the third generation FE
450 from KTM. The first was
the Factory Edition "Dungey
Replica," a bike that KTM pretty
much was forced into producing
in order to comply with the AMA's
homologation rule after having
lured Ryan Dungey away from
Suzuki and signing him to its fac-
tory race team at the end of the
2011 season. Part of the deal be-
tween Dungey and KTM was to
have a fuel-injected 450 SX-F in
Dungey's hands at the start of the
2012 season. At his signing, how-
ever, KTM did not have a fuel-in-
jected SX-F 450 in its 2012 pro-
duction lineup, but the company
was planning on having one in its
arsenal for the following model
year (2013), but that would be too
late for Dungey, so KTM had to
speed things up a bit to conform
to the homologation rule.
It all ended up being a win-win
situation for both Dungey and us,
because the result a few months
later was the early release of the
production 2012½ Limited Edi-
tion "Dungey Replica" 450 SX-F
production bike, complete with
fuel-injection and Dungey-replica
graphics that included his famil-
No longer referred to as the "Dungey
Replica," the new Factory Edition
KTM retains factory team graphics
and coloring.
