VOL. 55 ISSUE 24 JUNE 19, 2018 P103
Goliath
Chris Fillmore is a man who likes a chal-
lenge. That's why he took on one of the
greatest challenges in all of motorsport last
year when he competed in and won the
2017 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb,
smashing the race record as a rookie.
Fillmore rode straight into mountain leg-
end with his run on the KTM North America
1290 Super Duke R as he blasted his way
to the top of America's Mountain to head
the author and Frenchman Bruno Langlios
on a Kawasaki Z900.
This year, the laid back lad originally
from Michigan but now firmly entrenched in
Southern California is back to for another
crack at the mountain, trading his 1290 Su-
per Duke R for the brand new 790 Duke to
go for the Middleweight title and lap record.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
Small, light
and super fast.
Fillmore's KTM
790 Duke is a
bike that can
surprise at
Pikes Peak.
