This week's Classic Steel is a look back at tire shredding 1982 KTM495

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7/31/2012 1:46pm Edited Date/Time 7/31/2012 4:25pm
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ATKpilot99
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7/31/2012 1:58pm
Is this the model Dirt Bike took out to a dry Lake bed and got 120 + mph out of it?
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7/31/2012 2:04pm
tblazier wrote:
[url=http://bit.ly/QYywDD]The 1982 KTM 495[/url][img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/07/31/1_937718.jpg[/img]
i had the 420 model what a beast. i think the 495 was nick named the great white if i remember.
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7/31/2012 2:17pm
ATKpilot99 wrote:
Is this the model Dirt Bike took out to a dry Lake bed and got 120 + mph out of it?
It was actually the year before this one but the bikes were very similar.
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7/31/2012 2:31pm
Nice writeup Tony. I can only imagine what a beast that thing must have been.

My buddy had one of the 83 ktm 504's with the big rotax 4 cylinder engine. The one thing I remember about that bike was the absurdly hard seat. Down right painful to have it hit you in the rear. I would find myself shifting my weight foward to avoid getting slapped by the seat thus putting more pressure on the horrible front forks.

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7/31/2012 2:55pm
Nice orange frame, as all KTM's should be
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7/31/2012 2:59pm
Pretty damn cool! "Great "White"!!! Has a linkage as well! Smile
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7/31/2012 3:33pm
ATKpilot99 wrote:
Is this the model Dirt Bike took out to a dry Lake bed and got 120 + mph out of it?
tblazier wrote:
It was actually the year before this one but the bikes were very similar.
Yes, guess I should have read the article before asking lol.
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7/31/2012 3:58pm
JOEY SCHLAG used all the horsepower that thing could put out that much is true
7/31/2012 4:17pm
If I could have ONE vintage bike. This would be it. Well, and a 1992 YZ490. I had one in grade 8. I learnt what bad handling, detonation, hard starting, vibrating, roost hucking fun was.
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7/31/2012 4:25pm Edited Date/Time 7/31/2012 4:49pm
What a beast.

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