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The KTM 1290 Super Adventure To Get A ‘Pikes Peak’ Treatment

KTM was recently spotted testing a new variation of the Super Adventure.

While it may look like a typical 1290 Super Adventure, some components are clearly designed to mimic the likes of Ducati’s Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak.

Like the Italian Pikes Peak edition, KTM has fitted the 1290 Super Adventure with road-going 17-inch front and rear wheels, replacing the 19-inch stock front rims.

The different wheel size also lowers the bike and helps to shift the weight onto the front, which speeds up the steering to ensure better cornering ability at high speeds.

The smaller front also allows for sportier tyre options and turns the 1290 Super Adventure into a supermoto.

While the suspension setup appears to be the same fully adjustable WP units, KTM fitted the new Super Adventure with a lighter swingarm.

However, maintaining the same suspension kit might be a backward move from Team Orange as the Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak gets the yummy semi-active electronic suspension.

Nonetheless, other key highlights on the new variants is a carbon fibre front mudguard, shorter windscreen and the fancy Bosch radar sensor technology.

However, the test mule does create some questions as to why there is a need for a Pikes Peak killer build from the 1290 Super Adventure when the Austrian firm has the Super Duke GT in its stead?

(Source: MCN)

DWP 2022: ‘Single-Sided Swingarm’, Rim 17″ Kembali Pada Ducati Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak

Episod ketiga Ducati World Premier 2022 yang disiarkan malam tadi mempersembahkan sebuah lagi model baharu menerusi Ducati Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak.

Ducati Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak ini sememangnya dalam jangkaan ekoran beberapa imej ‘spy shot’ telah pun bocor beberapa bulan lebih awal sebelum ini.

Dibangunkan dengan platform Multistrada V4 yang dilancarkan hujung tahun lalu, edisi Pikes Peak kali ini meneruskan tradisi edisi Pikes Peak sebelum ini dengan penggunaan tayar berukuran 17″ berbanding 19″ pada model standard.

Bukan itu sahaja, ciri ‘single-sided swingarm’ turut kembali pada Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak ini sekaligus meningkatkan lagi imej ‘sport-touring’.

Menurut Ducati, beberapa komponen juga telah dikemas kini bagi menghadirkan pengalaman menunggang jentera yang lebih sporty antaranya ‘foot peg’ yang lebih tinggi dan diposisikan lebih kebelakang (10mm), termasuk ‘handlebar’ yang lebih melengkung.

Menariknya, edisi Pikes Peak ini juga adalah 4 kilogram lebih ringan berbanding Multistrada V4.

Ducati juga tidak menyembunyikan hakikat apabila meluahkan rasa bangga bahawa Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak merupakan motosikal ADV paling sporty dalam pasaran ketika ini.

Tidak cukup dengan itu, varian baharu ini juga tampil dengan mod tunggangan ‘Race’ serta suspensi separa-aktif Öhlins.

Antara ciri elektronik yang turut dibawa dari Multistrada V4 adalah:

cornering ABS
lean-sensitive traction control
wheelie control
Ducati DQS (quickshifter)
Adaptive Cruise Control Bosch

Sementara itu, sistem membrek pula terdiri daripada kaliper brek Brembo Stylema yang dipadankan bersama cakera brek ‘semi-floating’ 330mm.

Akhir sekali imej Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak ditonjolkan menerusi pilihan warna dan grafik yang diinspirasikan daripada jentera MotoGP Ducati.

RASMI: Tiada Lagi Lumba Motosikal Di Pikes Peak

Penganjur Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) telah membuat keputusan untuk menghentikan perlumbaan motosikal, dua tahun selepas kematian Carlin Dunne.

Dunne alami kemalangan maut dengan jentera Ducati Streetfighter V4 Prototype ketika hendak sampai ke garisan penamat pada kejohanan 2019.

Susulan kejadian itu, pihak PPIHC telah pun menggantung sementara perlumbaan motosikal sebelum menjalankan kajian mendalam dalam tempoh dua tahun ini.

Hasilnya, selepas pertimbangan dan mengambil kira nasihat daripada industri permotoran, penganjur membuat keputusan untuk menamatkan perlumbaan motosikal di Pikes Peak.

“Perlumbaan motosikal merupakan sebahagian daripada sejarah Pikes Peak sejak 1916.

“Ini adalah proses yang sangat panjang dan satu keputusan yang sukar, tetapi kami percaya ini adalah keputusan yang tepat dan terbaik demi kepentingan semua pihak buat masa ini,” jelas Pemangu Pengerusi PPIHC, Fred Veitch.

Di awal penyertaan motosikal, rata-rata pelumba mengguna pakai ‘dirt bike’ sehinggalah jalan ke punca Pikes Peak diturap semula.

Hasilnya, pelumba mula memilih jentera lebih berkuasa untuk beraksi sekaligus menyumbang kepada angka kemalangna yang tinggi.

Bagaimanapun, keputusan penganjur dijangka tidak akan memberi kesan besar tatkala PPIHC pada awalnya merupakan acara lumba kereta.

Kematian Carlin Dunne: Motosikal Akan Diharamkan Daripada Sertai Pikes Peak?

Kemalangan maut yang menimpa Carlin Dunne ketika perlumbaan Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) memberi kesan yang mendalam terhadap sukan itu dan peminat jentera dua roda di seluruh dunia.

Kini peminat jentera dua roda bakal menerima satu lagi tamparan apabila dikhabarkan perlumbaan melibatkan motosikal di Pikes Peak akan diharamkan pada edisi seterusnya.

Menurut laporan Colorado Gazette, Pengarah Eksekutif perlumbaan PPIHC, Megan Leatham dalam e-melnya berkata, “Saya berasakan ini adalah petanda bahawa berakhirnya kategori motosikal di Pikes Peak.”

Sementara itu, orang ramai masih mempersoalkan pihak berwajib yang telah memutuskan kematian Dunne berpunca daripada insiden ‘high sided’. Rata-rata menyoal bagaimana keputusan tersebut di buat dalam masa singkat?

Persoalan tersebut mungkin timbul kerana Dunne merupakan ikon dan idola di medan Pikes Peak. Bagaimanapun, tidak dinafikan ramai pihak mendakwa pihak PPIHC terlalu cepat membuat rumusan kemalangan maut tersebut kerana bimbang terpalit dengan unsur negatif.

Apa yang lebih memeranjatkan, pasukan Dunne sendiri terpaksa menunggu masa yang lama sebelum dimaklumkan mengenai apa yang telah menimpa pelumba mereka.

Sementara itu, pengurus Pikes Peak America Mountain, Jack Glavan turut menanti laporan oleh US Forest Service kerana dia masih tidak berpuas hati dengan rumusan sedia ada sebelum membuat keputusan sama ada Pikes Peak selamat untuk penunggang motosikal pada masa akan datang.

Apa Sebenarnya Perlumbaan Di Pikes Peak Yang Meragut Nyawa Carlin Dunne?

Apakah sebenarnya perlumbaan Pikes Peak? Demikian persoalan yang diajukan sehubungan dengan berita mengejut kematian Carlin Dunne ketika menunggang jentera prototaip Ducati Streetfighter V4 di perlumbaan Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), hari ini.

Bagi mereka yang mengikuti perkembangan perlumbaan ini, PPIHC merupakan antara perlumbaan paling sukar di dunia.

Pikes Peak merupakan puncak tertinggi di selatan Rocky Mountains, Colorado Springs yang terletak di Utara Amerika.

Perlumbaan PPIHC memasuki edisi ke-97 dan merupakan perlumbaan kedua tertua di Amerika Syarikat selepas Indianapolis 500.

Bagaimanapun, tidak seperti Indianapolis 500, PPIHC melibatkan semua jenis kenderaan dua roda dan empat roda dan kejuaraan ini tidak pernah gagal dianjurkan sejak 1916 – kecuali ketika AS terlibat dalam dua Perang Dunia.

Menariknya, tidak seperti perlumbaan lain yang mengutamakan kelajuan dan catatan masa terpantas, PPIHC akan mencabar ketahanan daripada aspek fizikal pelumba dan mekanikal jentera ekoran perubahan altitud – pelumba bermula di 9,390 kaki sebelum naik ke puncak yang berada pada 14,115 kaki dari paras laut.

Bukan itu sahaja, permukaan jalan di Pikes Peak dipenuhi batu dan tanah sebelum diturap pada 2011 – yang membuatkan jalan tersebut lebih bahaya susulan membuatkan pelumba untuk menunggang lebih laju di tambah dengan ketiadaan penghadang jalan sepertimana yang terdapat di lebuh raya.

PPIHC sememangnya litar idaman bagi pencinta motosikal yang tegar namun tidak seperti perlumbaan lain yang dianggap lebih ‘mainstream’, Pikes Peak mengundang cabaran dan bahaya yang berbeza.

Selain dari mendiang Carlin Dunne – yang merupakan pelumba yang menjadi fokus utama susulan dipertanggungjawabkan untuk menunggang prototaip Ducati Streetfighter V4, juara Isle of Man TT, Michael Dunlop turut dijadualkan untuk membuat penampilan namun menarik diri ekoran masalah kecederaan.

Ducati Streetfighter V4 to Debut at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC)

A Ducati Streetfighter V4 teaser of its debut at the 2019 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) has appeared in the Ducati FB page.
The video ends with the messages “The gloves come off at Pikes Peak” and “Stay tuned June 13.”
Carlin Dunne is slated to ride a “Ducati Pikes Peak Prototipo” which heavily implies a Streetfighter V4 prototype.

A Ducati Streetfighter V4 teaser of its debut at the 2019 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) has appeared in the Ducati FB page. The video showed a few lines of a bike, before flashing to “The gloves come off at Pikes Peak” and instructing us to “Stay tuned June 13.”

Although the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb officially begins from 24^thJune with pre-race activities such as scrutineering, official practice and qualifying, the race proper begins on 30^thJune.

However, there are unsanctioned practices on 8^th, 9^th, 14^th, 15^thand 16^thJune for the competitors. Thus, the unveiling of the Streetfighter V4 happens on the eve of one of those tests.

Interestingly, the Streetfighter V4 isn’t found in the competitors’ listing. Instead, it’s described as “Ducati Pikes Peak Prototipo (prototype),” in the heavyweight category. Carlin Dunne who has won on Ducatis multiple times will ride the bike. Dunne also won last year on a Ducati Multistrada 1260 Pikes Peak. However, his final time was 10 seconds off the record set by Chris Fillmore in 2018 on the KTM 1290 Super Duke R.

There exists beyond doubt that Ducati wants to not only retain the PPIHC crown but also set a new record. Indeed, a Streetfighter V4 prototype was spotted testing at a track last week.

The PPIHC is a 156-corner “track” up a hillside. The competitors (including cars, 4X4s, quads) start from sea level and wind their way up to the finish line at 4302.2 metres (14, 115 feet).

Superbikes were allowed a few years before but were subsequently banned due to a number of fatal crashes. “Motorcycles with one-piece, non-clip-on handlebars are allowed,” as the organizers put it.

So, stay tuned, indeed!

Sources: Ducati, PPIHC

Close win for the world’s fastest Ducati Multistrada at Pikes Peak!

The world’s fastest Ducati Multistrada 1260 gave Ducati back their crown at the 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
Ducati’s Carlin Dunne took his fourth win after a close battle with KTM’s Rennie Scaysbrook.
KTM also won and broke the record for the middleweight division thanks to Chris Fillmore and the new KTM 790 Duke.

The 96^th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb saw a lot of brave souls battling it out at the ‘Race to the Clouds’ near Colorado Springs, USA. For the motorcycle heavyweight division, it was expected that Ducati and KTM will go head to head but no one expected it would be such a close race. (more…)

Is this the world’s fastest 2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260?

Ducati has possibly created the world’s fastest 2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260 Pikes Peak bikes.

These two bikes will compete next month at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2018.

Some modifications include OZ Racing magnesium wheels, custom Termignoni exhaust, special Ohlins suspensions, and more.

For this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Ducati is ready to get things going with more than just a normal bike with a normal rider. In order to reclaim the King of the Mountain title, Ducati has essentially created the world’s fastest 2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260 specifically for Pikes Peak. (more…)

Limited edition Ducati Pikes Peak replica kits

Ducati commemorates Pikes Peak Hill Climb’s 100th anniversary with limited edition replica kits for the Multistrada Pikes Peak.

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Victory Motorcycles returns for PPIHC 2016 race

Victory Motorcycles announces return to the famed Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2016 (PPIHC 2016) race with two bikes.

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The Diavel’s advocate gets a new suit

Based on the company’s own Pikes Peak 1200S Multistrada colour scheme, the Ducati Hypermotard SP was revealed to the public at the World Ducati Week 2014 by World Superbike Champions Troy Bayliss and Carlos Checa.

This bad boy comes with multiple riding modes and eight level-traction controls just to have it transfer the 110hp developed by the 821cc Testastretta engine efficiently to the ground.
A hard task considering that the SP only weights around 171kg which gives it a big boost on its power to weight ratio.

The new colour scheme will be available starting this September.

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A Ducati Streetfighter V4 teaser of its debut at the 2019 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) has appeared in the Ducati FB page.

The video ends with the messages “The gloves come off at Pikes Peak” and “Stay tuned June 13.”

Carlin Dunne is slated to ride a “Ducati Pikes Peak Prototipo” which heavily implies a Streetfighter V4 prototype.

The world’s fastest Ducati Multistrada 1260 gave Ducati back their crown at the 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

Ducati’s Carlin Dunne took his fourth win after a close battle with KTM’s Rennie Scaysbrook.

KTM also won and broke the record for the middleweight division thanks to Chris Fillmore and the new KTM 790 Duke.

Ducati has possibly created the world’s fastest 2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260 Pikes Peak bikes.

These two bikes will compete next month at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2018.

Some modifications include OZ Racing magnesium wheels, custom Termignoni exhaust, special Ohlins suspensions, and more.

Ducati commemorates Pikes Peak Hill Climb’s 100th anniversary with limited edition replica kits for the Multistrada Pikes Peak.

Victory Motorcycles announces return to the famed Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2016 (PPIHC 2016) race with two bikes.

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