FEATURE 2023 KTM RC 8C
It had been quite a while since I last rode a multicylinder KTM on a racetrack – all the way back to 2011 and the Red Bull-sponsored factory RC8R 1200cc V-twin on which Martin Bauer was victorious in that year's IDM German Superbike Championship, with teammate Stefan Nebel third. That was a key moment in the Austrian dirtbike specialist's climb up the ladder to equal status, with the likes of Honda and Ducati in the road racing pantheon,