2017 KTM 250, 350 AND 500 EXC-F
FIRST RIDE
P102
I
t's a great time to be a fan of
dual-sporting, especially if your
idea of "dual" tends to lean
more toward the dirt than street.
For years, the manufacturers
have seemed to define "dual-
sport" as a motorcycle meant to
be ridden on the street that could
be ridden in the dirt – rather than
the other way around, which
is how so many of us want it.
Unfortunately, the Japanese
manufacturers still build them
mainly for the street. But KTM (as
did Husqvarna) rebuked that idea
a long time ago by offering what
many believe are the first true off-
road dual-sport bikes, and now
KTM has taken the dirt in dual-
sport another step further after
introducing its latest range of
D U A L - S P O R T H E A V E