| Author | Message | ||
     1340busa |
hey guys! does the ktm superduke share any thing in common wit the buell. i was wondering if the ktm uses a rotax motor. | ||
| Liquorwhere |
KTM doesn't use a Rotax motor. They have their own motor the LC8. | ||
| Skntpig |
KTM makes KTM motors. http://www.motorcycletrader.co.nz/View/Article/KTM -950-Rally-NZ-2002/130.aspx?Ne=1&N=4294967197 "By August 1998 the decision was made to go with a 75-degree V-twin design, but with special emphasis on light weight and, especially, compact build. To do so, KTM decided to assume the entire R&D process themselves. They hired Claus Holweg as Project Manager for the LC8, fresh from their Austrian rivals, Rotax, There he had headed up the R&D team which had developed the freshly-launched RSV Mille engine for Aprilia "My work on the Aprilia project was at an end, but I already had many ideas I wanted to put into metal in making a Mark Two V-twin that would be even better," says Holweg. "My goal was to build the smallest, lightest and most powerful V-twin engine ever made, but at the same time to make it as safe as necessary in terms of durability. It was a very exciting engineering challenge." The LC8 engine went from a blank computer screen to its first dyno run on August 11, 1999 in exactly 12 months, A remarkable achievement, even if the first time it fired up was in total darkness, thanks to Austria's coincidental total eclipse of the sun that very same day!" | ||
| Froggy |
Yes, they both have two wheels, are fuel injected, and look fantastic  | ||
| Lovedabueller |
AMEN FROGGY......AMEN. | ||
| Mickeyq |
I rode the RC8, Superduke and other KTM dual-sports at a test ride. The Buell 1125 R/CR bikes are more than a match, if not better (maybe bias because they are American). I liked the Superduke, but if I was gonna buy one now it would be the SMT 990. I am very satisfied with the 1125R and plan on grabbing a CR to mod into sort of a Ulysses. | ||
| J2blue |
In appearance the two motors do seem to share a kinship, and given the former Rotax engineer ended up at KTM to design the LC8 I would guess that some design ethos is shared in common between 1125 Rotax motor and the KTM LC8. Let's just say that the two motors have more in common with each other than either has in common with a Harley Davidson engine. |
