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up. The riding dimensions are
slightly altered, the seat nar-
rower where it meets the tank
and the padding itself a touch
firmer, which I was glad for over
a 150-mile ride as the old one
would have me standing on the
pegs far too early in an effort to
get blood flowing down the pins.
The footpegs themselves are in
the same place as before, but
on the R model they're raised a
touch to increase ground clear-
ance and get you more in the
race tuck.
The second hint comes in the
form of the completely reworked
dash, which looks like some-
thing from this century, rather
than the Gameboy face of the
old bike. And it's clever, too. If
the engine is cold, the digital
rev counter is highlighted blue,
once up to temp it changes to
black during low rpm riding and
red when you start getting high
in the revs. Not only that, the
gear indicator turns from black
to red when it's time to shift at
high rpm and the entire display
The white color
scheme is a little
more subdued
than the in-your-
face KTM orange;
a little more
stealth, if you will.
