Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM promises to mass-produce the all-electric race-ready off-road motorcycle we told you about, and it plans to have the bike in showrooms next year.
The news was buried deep inside KTM’s otherwise bleak financial report, which plainly says of the bike, “mass-production is planned for 2010.” Technical details are slim, but from what Wes Siler of Hell for Leather lays out, the electric enduro sounds like a sweet machine that’ll keep up with the two-strokes.
The 2009 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup kicks off with a double-header, May 2-3 in Jerez, Spain, with live video coverage of the entire season available over the Internet.
Race fans can watch their favorite future Grand Prix racers such as American teenagers Benny Solis, Jake Gange and Hayden Gillim thanks to a live satellite feed on the Rookies Cup website, www.redbullrookiescup.com .
The recorded race coverage will also remain in the site’s Rookies TV section for later viewing.
The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup features riders age 13-18 on factory-prepped KTM RC125 motorcycles competing at select MotoGP rounds.
The three American Rookies will try to match the achievements of Washington native JD Beach who won the 2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. Beach is currently racing AMA Supersport, riding a Honda CBR600RR, and AMA Pro Flat Track Singles, riding a Honda CRF450.
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