Fresh off Cooper Webb’s 2021 Monster Energy Supercross Championship, we are seeing the 2022 KTM motocross lineup. There are a dozen models to choose from this year, from the electric-powered SX E 5 to the flagship 450 SX-F. With 2020 so chaotic, updates are minimal. Every adult model gets new graphics, but there is more. So, let’s go through the changes.2022 KTM 450 SX-F2022 KTM 450 SX-F. The big dog gets new rocker arms this year for the SOHC powerplant. According to KTM, the new rocker arms are light and stiffer. According to KTM, this results in a throttle response improvement everywhere in the powerband.2022 KTM 350 SX-F
2022 KTM 350 SX-F and 250 SX-F. KTM has put new bearings in for the DOHC motors’ balancer shaft. The new bearings will reduce friction and performance at high rpm.2022 KTM 150 SX2022 KTM 250 SX, 150 SX, and 125 SX. There are no functional changes to the KTM two-stroke motocrossers for full-sized riders.2022 KTM 85 SX2022 KTM 85 SX 19”/16”, 85 SX 17”/14”, 65 SX, 50 SX, 50 SX Mini. Like the adult models, the mini KTM motocross two-strokes for youngsters are unchanged. Graphics remain the same.2022 KTM SX-E 52022 KTM SX E 5. The electric-powered mini-motocrosser, which features highly adaptable ergonomics, will be the same in ’22 as last year.The 2022 KTM motocross lineup makes its way to dealers this month. We don’t have prices yet.Scroll past the specs for more photos.2021 KTM 450 SX-F (350 SX-F and 250 SX-F) SpecsENGINE
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This week’s episode features Senior Editor Nic de Sena’s impressions of the beautiful new Harley-Davidson Low Rider ST that is loosely based around the original FXRT Sport Glide from the 1980s. Hailing from The Golden State, these cult-status performance machines became known as West Coast style, with sportier suspension, increased horsepower, and niceties including creature comforts such as a tidy fairing and sporty luggage.
In past episodes you might have heard us mention my best friend, Daniel Schoenewald, and in the second segment I chat with him about some of the really special machines in his 170 or so—and growing—motorcycle collection. He’s always said to me that he doesn’t consider himself the owner, merely the curator of the motorcycles for the next generation.
Yet Daniel is not just a collector, but I can attest a really skilled rider. His bikes are not trailer queens, they’re ridden, and they’re ridden pretty hard. Actually, we have had many, many memorable rides on pretty much all of the machines in the collection at one time or another.
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