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Replika KTM 450 Rally adalah motosikal yang paling dekat dengan membeli motosikal perlumbaan yang disiapkan oleh pembuat kilang sendri seperti, dan ia telah terbukti popular. Kini, KTM 450 Rally Replica (2025) telah dilancarkan, dengan perubahan terbesar sejak ia mula diperkenalkan pada 2020.

Sehingga baru-baru ini, KTM adalah kuasa yang dominan dalam dunia rali motosikal (dalam kelas 450cc). Mereka telah memenangi Rali Dakar sebanyak 19 kali sejak 2001. Tetapi Honda telah mencapai mengganggu penguasaan ini sejak dua tahun lalu, justeru sudah tiba masanya untuk KTM meningkatkan keupayaan motosikal mereka.

Perubahan untuk Replika KTM 450 Rally (2025) terdiri daripada tren kuasa dan terus ke casis.

Ciri-ciri utama:
  • Enjin silinder tunggal 450cc mendapat kepala silinder baharu (tetapi tetap SOHC), klac yang diperkuatkan dan transmisi yang diperkukuhkan.
  • Terdapat dua radiator kali ini.
  • Pelindung kerangka enjin di bahagian belakang berhampiran pelekap enjin. Bahagian-bahagian pelindung ini dipotong dengan laser dan dibentuk secara hidro, kemudian dikimpal dengan tangan di KTM Motorsports.
  • Menurut KTM, kerangka baharu ini mempunyai ciri-ciri lentur membujur dan kilasan yang “ditala secara khusus”, tetapi “mengekalkan maklum balas penunggang yang luar biasa”, penyerapan bonggol, dan kestabilan garis lurus. Itu adalah banyak parameter yang berbeza daripada satu kerangka.
  • Perubahan terbesar di sini ialah ketiadaan subframe belakang yang “tradisional”. Sebaliknya, motosikal baharu itu menggunakan tangki bahan api 16 liter sokongan diri baharunya sebagai subframe.

  • Mengenai bahan api, 16 liter di bahagian belakang itu digabungkan dengan satu tangki depan 9 liter, dan satu lagi dengan 9.5 liter bermakna model 2025 boleh membawa 34.5 liter secara keseluruhan.
  • Di hadapan ialah fork berdiameter 48mm berinjap kon kartrij tertutup WP Xact Pro 7548, diapit dalam pengapit tiga mesin CNC 23mm baharu serta peredam stereng Scotts.
  • Bahagian belakang digantung oleh monoshok WP Xact Pro 7750, yang bertindak pada lengan ayun aluminium berongga die-cast baharu.
  • Di dalam kokpit, menara navigasi berada di tengah-tengah di belakang fairing yang direka bentuk semula.
  • Lampu LED baharu untuk meningkatkan output sebanyak 33%.

The KTM 450 Rally Replica is the closest the buying public can get to a factory-kitted race bike as one can get, and it has proven to be popular. Now, the 2025 KTM 450 Rally Replica has been launched, with the biggest changes since its introduction in 2020.

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Up until recently, KTM is the force to be reckoned with in motorcycle rallies (in the 450cc, class). They have since won the Dakar Rally 19 times since 2001. But Honda has since made inroads to this dominance for the last two years, and it is high time for the Austrian brand to move the goalposts.

Changes for the 2025 KTM 450 Rally Replica ranges from the powertrain and right through the chassis.

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Highlights:
  • The single-cylinder 450cc engine gets a new cylinder head (still SOHC, though), reinforced clutch, and a strengthened transmission.
  • The radiator is now double-sided.
  • Engine frame guard at the rear near the engine mounts. The sections of this guard were laser-cut and hydro-formed, then welded by hand at KTM Motorsports.
  • According to KTM, the frame features “specifically calculated” longitudinal and torsional flex characteristics, but “maintains exceptional” rider feedback, bump absorption, and straight-line stability. That is a lot of different parameters from the frame.
  • Biggest change here is the absence of a “traditional” rear subframe. Instead, the new bike uses its new self-supporting 16-litre fuel tank as the subframe.
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  • Speaking of fuel, the 16-litres at the back, combined with one front 9-litre tank, and another with 9.5-litres means the 2025 model can carry 34.5 litres in total.
  • Up front are WP Xact Pro 7548 closed cartridge cone valved 48mm diameter forks, clamped in new 23mm offset CNC-machined triple clamp, plus a Scotts steering damper.
  • The rear is supended by a WP Xact Pro 7750 shock, which acts on a new die-cast hollow aluminium swingarm.
  • Up in the cockpit, the navigation tower takes centre stage behind a redesigned fairing.
  • New LED lighting to improve output by 33%.

New vehicle sales dropped 10 percent in March 2024, compared to March 2023.

That means 71,052 units were registered compared to 78,881 in the same month last year, said the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).

However, the association stated that total industry volume (TIV) in March was +10% higher than February 2024 at 64,290 units.

“This is because the companies were pushing to make deliveries as their financial year ended on March 31, 2024 in addition to promotional campaigns for the Hari Raya festive season,” MAA added.

Of that number, 64,760 were passenger vehicles (PV), which dropped -9% compared to the 70,490 units sold in February 2024. For commercial vehicles (CV), sales dropped -21% to 6,292 units from 7,941 units.

However, the annual total up to March 2024 saw an increase of +5% to 202,245 units compared to 192,615 units registered in the same period in 2023. This included 184,994 PV units (+8%) and 17,251 CV units (-16%).

Production figures

In terms of production, MAA said 66,923 vehicles were produced in March 2024, a reduction of -12% from the 76,069 units witnessed during March last year.

The total included 63,778 PV units, down -11% from 71,731 units in the same month last year, while the remaining 3,145 units were CV (-28%) compared to the previous 4,338 units.

Total production in 2024 up to March increased by +6%, amounting to 210,431 units compared to 198,394 units in the same period last year.

This includes 199,199 PV units (+7%) from the same period last year while the remaining 11,232 (-8%) are CVs.

Sales for April 2024 are expected to be weaker due to a shorter working month following the Hari Raya holiday.

Jualan kenderaan baharu turun 10 peratus pada Mac 2024, berbanding dengan bulan Mac tahun 2023.

Itu bermaksud 71,052 unit didaftarkan berbanding dengan 78,881 pada bulan yang sama tahun lepas, kata Persatuan Automotif Malaysia (MAA).

Bagaimanapun, persatuan itu menyatakan jumlah volum industri (TIV) pada Mac adalah +10% lebih tinggi daripada Februari 2024 iaitu 64,290 unit.

“Ini disebabkan syarikat hendak membuat penghantaran memandangkan tahun kewangan mereka berakhir pada 31 Mac 2024 selain kempen promosi musim perayaan Hari Raya,” tambah MAA.

Daripada jumlah itu, 64,760 ialah kenderaan penumpang (passenger vehicle/PV), yang turun  sembilan peratus berbanding 70,490 unit yang dijual pada Februari 2024. Untuk kenderaan komersil (commercial vehicle/CV) pula, jualan susut 21 peratus kepada 6,292 unit daripada 7,941 unit.

Bagaimanapun, jumlah tahunan sehingga Mac 2024 menyaksikan peningkatan +5% kepada 202,245 unit berbanding 192,615 unit yang didaftarkan dalam tempoh yang sama pada 2023. Ini merangkumi 184,994 unit PV (+8%) dan 17,251 unit CV (-16%).

Angka pengeluaran

Dari segi pengeluaran, MAA berkata 66,923 kenderaan telah dikeluarkan pada Mac 2024, pengurangan -12% daripada 76,069 unit yang disaksikan semasa Mac tahun lepas.

Jumlah itu merangkumi 63,778 unit PV, turun -11% daripada 71,731 unit pada bulan yang sama tahun sebelum ini, manakala baki 3,145 unit adalah CV (-28%) berbanding 4,338 unit sebelumnya.

Jumlah pengeluaran tahun 2024 sehingga Mac meningkat +6%, sebanyak 210,431 unit berbanding dengan 198,394 unit dalam tempoh yang sama tahun lepas.

Ini termasuk 199,199 unit PV (+7%) daripada tempoh yang sama tahun lepas manakala baki 11,232 (-8%) adalah CV.

Jualan bagi April 2024 dijangka lebih lemah disebabkan bulan bekerja yang lebih pendek susulan cuti perayaan Hari Raya.

Pol Tarres dan Yamaha Ténéré 700 menjuari Morocco Desert Challenge 2024 (Cabaran Gurun Maghribi 2024).

Kemenangan itu menempah tempat di dalam buku rekod sebagai pelumba pertama yang memenangi rali tersebut dengan motosikal pengembaraan silinder berkembar, dengan menewaskan peserta rali 450cc satu silinder yang dibina khusus. Tarres menang dalam enam daripada lapan peringkat, termasuk peringkat khas terakhir.

Ini adalah kemenangan sulung pelumba itu di padang pasir. Dia mendahului dari awal dengan menyerang pentas walaupun menjadi penjejak di hadapan. Dengan berbuat demikian, dia memenangi empat peringkat pertama. Ribut pasir melanda semasa peringkat kelima, jadi Tarres menunggunya sebelum menduduki tempat kedua.

Peringkat keenam menyaksikan dia menduduki tempat keempat walaupun terdapat kesilapan dalam buku jalannya yang terlepas dua titik laluan.

Dia kembali memenangi peringkat ketujuh dan kedua terakhir, dan melepasi peringkat akhir untuk memenangi mahkota.

Satu lagi fakta yang menakjubkan ialah Tarres telah bertanding dalam Rally Raids hanya sejak 2022. Dia telah berada di podium Cabaran Gurun Maghribi pada 2023. Kemenangan ini merupakan satu lagi takuk dalam topinya selepas TransAnatolia 2023, dan tempat ketiga di Afrika Eco Race Januari ini.

Prestasinya bermakna dia meraih kemenangan keseluruhan dengan margin menakjubkan 2 jam, 21 minit, dan 6 saat, satu pencapaian yang menjadikan semua lebih luar biasa kerana fakta dia bersaing di Yamaha Ténéré 700 melawan satu silinder 450cc yang lebih ringan tujuan- mesin yang dibina.

Cabaran Gurun Maghribi tahun ini meliputi lebih banyak rupa bumi tahun ini, walaupun edisi 2023 yang sangat sukar yang meragut nyawa dua peserta. Laluan sepanjang 3,000 km menghubungkan laut Mediterranean dan lautan Atlantik melalui beberapa rupa bumi yang paling sukar di planet ini.

Lebih dekat dengan rumah, Yamaha Ténéré 700 telah menjadi peneraju dalam perlumbaan rali Rimba Raid, terutamanya dalam kalangan peserta Thailand.

Pol Tarres and the Yamaha Ténéré 700 triumphs in Moroccan Desert Challenge 2024.

The victory goes into the record books as the first rider to win the rally on a twin-cylinder adventure motorcycle, by beating out specialised single-cylinder 450cc Rally entrants. Tarres won in six of the eight stages, including the last special stage.

This was the rider’s maiden desert rally win. He led from the start by attacking the stages despite being the “sweeper” and trailblazer being in front. By doing so, he won the first four stages. A sandstorm swept in during the fifth stage, so Tarres waited it out before finishing in second.

The sixth stage saw him finishing in fourth despite errors in his roadbook which missed two waypoints.

He came back to winning the seventh and penultimate stage, and gassed through the final stage to win the crown.

Another amazing fact is that Tarres had been competing in Rally Raids only since 2022. He had been on the podium of the Morocco Desert Challenge in 2023. This victory is another notch in his cap after the 2023 TransAnatolia, and the third place at the Africa Eco Race this January.

His performance meant he took the overall victory by an astounding margin of 2 hours, 21 minutes, and 6 seconds, a feat made all the more remarkable due to the fact he was competing on the Yamaha Ténéré 700 against lighter single-cylinder 450cc purpose-built machines.

This year’s Morocco Desert Challenge covered more terrain this year, despite an extremely tough 2023 edition that took the life of two participants. The 3,000 km route connected the Mediterranean sea and Atlantic ocean through some of the toughest terrain on the planet.

Closer to home, the Yamaha Ténéré 700 has been reigning supreme in the Rimba Raid rally races, particularly among the Thai participants.

Pasukan Yoshimura SERT Suzuki menjuarai perlumbaan lasak Le Mans 24 Jam untuk kali ke-10 pada hujung minggu.

Pada mulanya, pasukan itu berdepan dengan keadaan cemas apabila salah seorang penunggang mereka, Greg Black, tercampak dan terjatuh ketika keluar daripada selekoh Les Esse Blue. Pasukan itu dapat tahu kemudian bahawa motosikal itu mempunyai masalah kawalan cengkaman. Apapun, Black berjaya membawa motosikal kembali ke pit untuk dibaikki, dan mereka menyertai semula perlumbaan jauh di belakang saingan yang lain.

Kemalangan Black bermakna pasukan perlumbaan YART Yamaha mengambil alih pendahuluan perlumbaan, dan membinanya untuk berada di hadapan dengan beberapa pusingan. Bagaimanapun, Karel Hanika turut terbabas di selekoh yang sama dengan Black pada awal pagi Ahad. Nasib baik, selekoh itu hanya bersebelahan dengan lorong pit, jadi Hanika membawa motosikalnya itu semula ke pit untuk dibaiki. Malangnya, mereka sudah ketinggalan di belakang apabila mereka menyertai semula.

Nasib malang Yamaha memberikan ruang kepada pasukan MRP BMW untuk mendahului perlumbaan, namun mereka mengalami hentian pit yang perlahan.

Pasukan Suzuki mengambil peluang ini untuk kembali mendahului. Penunggang mereka, Black, yang terhempas 20 jam sebelum itu, menebus nasib mereka dengan menunggang secara konsisten pada sesi akhir baginya ke penamat perlumbaan. Ia merupakan kemenangan ke-10 buat Yoshimura SERT Suzuki pada acara itu. Ia juga merupakan kemenangan ketiga pelumba Le Mans 24 Jam.

Pelumba YART Yamaha, Marvin Fritz dan Niccolo Canepa menunggang dengan laju dan akhirnya kembali ke podium di tempat ketiga, di belakang pasukan BMW.

24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures Motos) ialah perlumbaan pertama dalam Kejohanan Dunia Endurance FIM 2024. Hanya ada 4 perlumbaan tahun ini, dan malangnya, mereka tidak akan melawat Litar Antarabangsa Sepang.

The Yoshimura SERT Suzuki team won the Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race for an unprecedented 10th time over the weekend.

The team had an early scare when one of their riders, Greg Black, was chucked over the handlebars and crashed at the exit of Les Esse Blue. It was later learned that the bike had traction control issues. Black managed to nurse the bike back to the pits for repairs and they rejoined the race far behind the field.

Black’s crash meant that the YART Yamaha racing team took over the lead, and built it up to being in front by several laps. However, Karel Hanika also crashed at the same corner as Black on early Sunday morning. Luckily, the corner was just next to the pit lane, so Hanika brought the bike back to the pits for repairs. Unfortunately, they were already laps behind when they rejoined.

Yamaha’s misfortune handed the lead to the MRP BMW team but they suffered a slow pit stop, which saw Suzuki back into the lead.

Suzuki’s rider Black, who crashed 20 hours earlier, seemed to redeem himself by riding a steady final stint to the victory flag, the Yoshimura SERT Suzuki’s 10th victory at the event. It was also the rider’s third Le Mans 24 Hour win.

YART Yamaha riders Marvin Fritz and Niccolo Canepa made their way up the field and back on the podium in third, behind the BMW team.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures Motos) was the first race in the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship. There are only 4 races this year, and unfortunately, they will not visit the Sepang International Circuit.

The two traffic police officers who were detained for assisting in the extortion case against the public at Bangunan Sultan Ismail (BSI) in Johor Bahru have returned to duty as the remand order against them expired today.

South Johor Bahru District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Raub Selamat said they were on duty as usual because no work stoppage order had been imposed.

“They are now back on duty under the Johor contingent as usual until there is a stop work order (if any),” he said when contacted by Berita Harian.

Yesterday, the Johor police stated that they would submit a letter to Bukit Aman to obtain a suspension order against the two policemen.

The two policemen on duty at the BSI were arrested on April 5, to assist in the investigation of an extortion case involving a victim by asking for a payment of RM2,000 to avoid being prosecuted for having a record of past offenses in an incident earlier this month.

They were arrested again last Saturday for a complaint submitted by a 50-year-old victim who was allegedly threatened by the two suspects while at BSI, on January 4.

Dua anggota polis trafik yang ditahan bagi membantu kes pemerasan terhadap orang awam di Bangunan Sultan Ismail (BSI) di Johor Bahru telah kembali bertugas kerana perintah tahanan reman terhadap mereka tamat hari ini.

Ketua Polis Daerah Johor Bahru Selatan, Asisten Komisioner Raub Selamat berkata mereka sudah bertugas seperti biasa disebabkan tiada perintah tahan kerja dikenakan.

“Mereka kini kembali bertugas di bawah kontinjen Johor seperti biasa sehingga ada arahan perintah tahan kerja (jika ada),” katanya ketika dihubungi oleh Berita Harian.

Semalam, polis Johor menyatakan akan mengemukakan surat kepada Bukit Aman bagi mendapatkan perintah tahan kerja terhadap dua anggota polis tersebut.

Dua anggota polis yang bertugas di BSI itu ditahan pada 5 April lalu, bagi membantu siasatan kes pemerasan membabitkan seorang mangsa dengan meminta bayaran RM2,000 untuk tidak dikenakan tindakan kerana mempunyai rekod kesalahan lampau dalam kejadian awal bulan ini.

Mereka ditahan sekali lagi pada Sabtu lalu bagi pengaduan yang dikemukakan seorang mangsa berusia 50 tahun yang didakwa diugut kedua-dua suspek ketika berada di BSI, pada 4 Januari lalu.

The Penang Road Transport Department (JPJ) raised concerns regarding the increase in road offenses involving foreigners. The main and increasingly serious offense is not having a driver’s license.

The state JPJ director, Zulkifly Ismail, said that since the beginning of January until today, a total of 267 summons notices were issued to foreign drivers and 124 vehicles were confiscated, all due to not having a driving license.

He said, that does not include last year where 534 summons notices were issued to foreign drivers of which 416 vehicles were seized.

“We have noticed a trend in recent times of offenses committed by foreigners being quite serious and increasing.

“So I would like to remind vehicle owners to be careful not to arbitrarily let their vehicles be driven by foreigners who do not have valid driving documents.

“Otherwise they will also face action especially under Section 26 of the Road Transport Act 1987 if their vehicles are detected being driven by individuals who do not have a valid driving document,” he said when met while inspecting a special operation in conjunction with Aidilfitri at the JPJ Enforcement Station in Valdor, here. today.

In the operation, a total of 670 vehicles were inspected with 181 being taken action, while 213 summons notices were issued and six vehicles were seized for various offences.

The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) who were also involved in the same ops issued 30 summons notices, followed by the Immigration Department who arrested eight foreigners.

The Department of Environment (JAS) and Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP) issued two and six compounds respectively, while the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) conducted urine tests on 15 drivers, six of whom were found to be positive for drugs.

Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) Pulau Pinang membangkitkan kebimbangan berhubung pertambahan kesalahan jalan raya membabitkan warga asing. Kesalahan terutama dan semakin serius terutama ialah tiada lesen memandu.

Pengarah JPJ negeri , Zulkifly Ismail, berkata sejak awal Januari hingga hari ini sejumlah 267 notis saman dikeluarkan kepada pemandu warga asing dan 124 kenderaan disita yang semuanya disebabkan tiada lesen memandu.

Beliau berkata, itu tidak termasuk tahun lalu di mana 534 notis saman dikeluarkan kepada pemandu warga asing yang mana 416 kenderaan disita.

“Kita dapati trend sejak kebelakangan ini kesalahan dilakukan warga asing agak serius dan bertambah.

“Jadi saya ingin ingatkan pemilik kenderaan supaya berhati-hati dengan tidak sewenang-wenangnya membiarkan kenderaan mereka dipandu warga asing yang tidak mempunyai dokumen memandu sah.

“Jika tidak mereka juga bakal berdepan tindakan khususnya di bawah Seksyen 26 Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1987 sekiranya kenderaan mereka dikesan dipandu individu tidak memiliki dokumen memandu yang sah,” katanya ketika ditemui sewaktu meninjau operasi khas sempena Aidilfitri di Stesen Penguatkuasa JPJ di Valdor, di sini, hari ini.

Dalam operasi itu, sejumlah 670 kenderaan diperiksa dengan 181 diambil tindakan, manakala 213 notis saman dikeluarkan dan enam kenderaan disita atas pelbagai kesalahan.

Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) yang turut terbabit ops sama mengeluarkan 30 notis saman, diikuti Jabatan Imigresen yang melakukan lapan tangkapan warga asing.

Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) dan Majlis Bandaraya Seberang Perai (MBSP) masing-masing mengeluarkan dua dan enam kompaun, manakala Agensi AntidDadah Kebangsaan (AADK) melakukan pemeriksaan air kencing terhadap 15 pemandu dengan enam daripadanya didapati positif dadah.

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