INTERVIEW
KTM PRESIDENT/CEO STEFAN PIERER PART 2
P80
did with the Desmosedici RR, and make a
homologated street version of this MotoGP
racer?
No, because we at KTM think that a sportbike
with such performance doesn't have any place on
the public roads.
So you will establish your own KTM factory
MotoGP race team to develop this?
No, not our own because like Moto3, there
are already teams knocking on the door for us
to supply them. We'll provide them with the best
package. We won't do it like Aprilia did in the old
days of 125/250GP and have six different levels
for customers depending on how much money
they can bring to the table. It'll be the same for
everybody. Each will have the same product,
and in addition to that we'll sell versions to private
customers for track day use. It's the reverse of
a Superbike, where you must buy a streetbike
with lights and a horn and then go to a track day
where you must remove it all or risk damaging it if
you crash. But you're still riding a streetbike round
a track. Here, you'll have a purpose built racer
prepared for the track. Ready to Race—that's
KTM.
Any idea of the price? And what quantities
do you expect to build?
Maybe between 100-200 units, something like
that. It depends on getting a really competitive
pricing for normal customers to buy it for track
days. If you're asking 700,000 Euro [$792,932],
then for sure it's a very limited market, but if you
can come down to maybe between 100,000-
200,000 Euro [$113,276-$226,552], than that's
Jack
Miller
(8)
led
KTM's
fight
against
the
Hondas
in
the
2014
Moto3
Championship.
