I’ve been on quite a few KTM launches recently and, no matter what model it’s for, one thing sticks in my mind and that is KTM’s slightly egotistical attack on whatever market their bike is aimed at. In short, they want to dominate that particular area of motorcycle and not necessarily to just release a new bike for that genre of two wheels entertainment.
It seems, and not only in our motorcycling world, that everyone is becoming obsessed with the word ‘retro’ right? Basically it relates to anything, or any product, from at least 30 years ago. Everything from kettles, shoes, clothing, sunglasses, etc, etc, and I’m sure you can add more, are seemingly fashionable retail items that people adhere to in 2017.
Clint goes to the World Launch of the Scrambler Ducati Café Racer in the mountains around Bologna, the home of the Ducati Factory.
Kawasaki has placed their Z800 into the tomb/museum of past Kawasaki motorbikes and in steps the new Z900 in its place. So why not test ‘that’ against ‘that’ then, I hear you shout? Well two big reasons dudes and dudesses: One, the Z800 is even heavier than the Z1000 so why bother, and two, the Z900’s engine is a sleeved down version of the Z1000, not a big-bore version of the Z800, so there.
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