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Online mxvet57

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Re: SuperDuke 1290GT
« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2015, 11:16:42 AM »
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Re: SuperDuke 1290GT
« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2015, 12:12:12 PM »
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Commercial very lacking in a very specific department...
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Re: SuperDuke 1290GT
« Reply #17 on: November 20, 2015, 08:50:18 AM »
Quote from: mxvet57 on November 19, 2015, 11:16:42 AM
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/s/ktm-lifts-lid-1290-super-203017353.html

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Don't call it a sport-tourer, though. You won't find that phrase anywhere in KTM's press materials and it's clear the Austrian company wants to avoid a certain negative image often associated with the genre.
What's the negative image?!?  I feel so ignorant...
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Re: SuperDuke 1290GT
« Reply #18 on: November 20, 2015, 09:12:43 AM »
Quote from: HipGnosis on November 20, 2015, 08:50:18 AM

What's the negative image?!?  I feel so ignorant...

they don't want people thinking it's an FJR ;D
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Re: SuperDuke 1290GT
« Reply #19 on: November 20, 2015, 11:30:37 AM »
Quote from: Black Hills on November 20, 2015, 09:12:43 AM
Quote from: HipGnosis on November 20, 2015, 08:50:18 AM

What's the negative image?!?  I feel so ignorant...

they don't want people thinking it's an FJR ;D

Exactly.  :bigok:
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Re: SuperDuke 1290GT
« Reply #20 on: November 20, 2015, 01:58:51 PM »
Quote from: Black Hills on November 20, 2015, 09:12:43 AM
Quote from: HipGnosis on November 20, 2015, 08:50:18 AM

What's the negative image?!?  I feel so ignorant...

they don't want people thinking it's an FJR ;D


Not the same color.
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