Australasian Dirt Bike Magazine

250 Blood brothers WE TRY TO LURE AN ORANGE BOY AWAY WITH A WHITE KNIGHT

KTM is doing an excellent job of injecting orange into kids at a young age. Its off-road range starts with a 50 and stretches right up to a 500F and it doesn’t miss a single capacity. In the youth ranks it has become more important than ever to be on an orange bike, especially if you want to be competitive.

The Juniors are so orange that, if they’re not careful, they’ll end up looking like Donald Trump. Our young test rider, Josh Morris, hadn’t gone that far despite starting his motocross career on a KTM 50 Mini and progressing through the classes going from one Kato to the next. To be competitive he needed to be on a KTM or face racing against faster bikes with better suspension.

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