Tue Apr 22 07:08:39 1997 - Message No. 665
From: Marcel_Sieling@d.maus.de (Marcel Sieling)

Subject: AT a competition bike?


Hi,

Raymond wrote:
>Of course the only AT is the 'Lee Cooper' AT straight out of Dakar.......

In the Optic 2000 Tunesie Rally, which finished last week, as you all know, the
first 5 places of the bike competition were covered with 4 KTM bikes. The KTMs
seem to dominate the offroad competitions. The best Africa Twin was at rank 24
out of 60 or so. Is that information correct? I've only been told.

And if that is correct, why is the AT so poor in long distance offroad
competitions? I presume, that the engine was not untuned, because then it would
be the lack of power obviously. 60 hp in the sand is too less for high
speeding. ;-)

Does anybody have more details?

take care - Marcello.


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