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yes hello dear 1000ps TV fans I'm here
at the racetrack at Brun and we are
riding today the RC 390 in the track
Edition I didn't roote uh the standard
model yet but look just let us know what
are the big difference between that bike
and the standard bike that hopefully
comes during the next weeks or months
yeah the uh series production bike is a
lot more kind of broad you know it's
it's there for a whole range of riding
conditions whereas the cup model for the
junior junior Riders can be more
specific so the major thing is all the
unnecessary stuff for the road the
mirrors the lights the indicators these
are gone with a lightweight Fairing and
we have fully adjustable suspension
front and back okay I think the fully
adjustable suspension is not just
because of the quality I think it's also
because of the fact that the young guys
they should learn how to work with the
suspension H that's great yeah it's all
about teaching and and building the kind
of skills with the Riders so being able
to adjust the bike to meet their
requirements it's it's given them a lot
more skills it's the same way we've
removed the ABS system yes you can turn
ABS off on any KTM but no one races with
abs and therefore they have to learn to
modulate their braking so it's the same
reasons it's all about teaching okay and
I think um the bike is qu quite um a
cheap one to be honest in in in
comparison to other bikes of course to
the two strokes and uh all about racing
here is cheap cheap cheap and but a lot
of fun huh it's yeah not just about the
price we say affordable not cheap but
it's about the the quality you know
racing is it can be expensive but what
we've done and worked with the adoc is
to produce a bike with a high
specification with the ability to tune
the suspension give good lap times good
feedback and of course make a package
that is Affordable to get the the young
people into the to raceing yeah during
my turns here I really had a lot of fun
and it's really some kind kind of
precise uh driving you really have to
fight for each uh millisecond you have
to uh to really think about uh what to
do and for me it was impressive that the
bike is really extremely stable because
it's very light and I I was thinking
it's nervous and on the other hand it's
it has a lot quite a a good handling of
course uh and the limitation at the
moment is is the tire and I think that's
also a cost factor I think so that's
great I mean yes uh the tire that the
cup uses meta M5 is the same that the
series production bike will have and the
reason they we have kept this for the
cup is to is to keep the cost down yes
this is a sporty Road tire and perhaps
yes more grip you might have more fun
but these are these are Young Riders
they're still learning and they've got a
bike with a tire that offers them
endurance but a lot of grip so you're an
experienced rider so yeah you will say I
want more grip I can push the front more
no I didn't I didn't say that because
the big advantage of the DI is we had a
lot of fun and during the battle with my
journalist colleague uh I had some some
some slides in the back and with a
normal uh slick Tire I will I will crash
and here I can feel it I can play with
it I can play with the with the traction
and so on and it's easy to use but uh
fast and and and a lot of fun yeah yeah
we we mean this really hot today you
knows and the TIR is wearing pretty well
you know so it's all about longevity so
good grip lasts a long time keeps the
cost down for the Riders and again it's
what the same that the road Riders will
will get on their bike okay um and uh
talk about the specs um another
suspension uh what about the weight of
the bike I think there is uh some kilog
or G now yeah quite a lot of kilograms
but by reducing the the road fairing the
lights the indicators the mirrors the
ABS that itself weighs over 2 kg so
we've we've got the the bike about 9 kg
lighter than the series production bike
the exhaust saves a lot of weight as as
again the road parts that you don't need
so it's brought the weight down quite a
bit and that's going to really allow the
performance okay and uh as soon as the
standard model is available as a normal
customer I can buy the sexy power Parts
SPS and Can Build Me Up um of course the
same bike or yes that's great I mean all
the products fit on this bike are going
to be available as power part so yeah
you can make uh the cup version on the
road maybe you'll need to keep the
beiring on with the lights but yes the
suspension the exhaust the controls yeah
you can have this bike on the road okay
and I think uh it's my opinion just uh
at the end of the season there would be
a lot of customer with this uh bike on
the on the one hand guys with a lot of
money there with five bikes in the
garage already and uh this is really eye
catcher here in the Bit Lane the guys
are looking oh a small bike and then and
so light and pre-sized driving and on
the other hand I think guys want to save
money because even if you crash it's
light nothing or not so much will happen
huh yeah the uh the the RC 390 cup
Riders they've been testing how
crashable the bike is and it's very
crashable but yeah you're right there's
there's going to be people who are more
experienced who want to ride this bike I
mean I've en I really enjoy it's so much
fun to ride we've had people today
saying can we have a go on it we're like
no but it's uh I mean maybe the the guys
who race the series they finished at the
end of year they probably want to keep
hold of it or they'll they'll sell it
but I think if you can get or go on one
of these bikes you're going to have a
lot of fun if you get the right track
that's tight and twisty you're going to
make a lot of enemies by upsetting all
the faster bikes with Corner speeds and
late breaking yeah that's great so I
wish you great races uh during the
season and uh I'm sure I will be back on
this bike during the next months I'm
waiting for a good offer from KTM uh
great ride today see you
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