All wheel drive KTM 950

I have to admit.. at first I really didn't "get it".
Sure it'll crawl over a log...
Sure you can climb up a 40 degree scree field at a walking pace
Sure it motors in the sand straight and true...

As it turns out, for me, NONE of that matters...

The bike is Absolutely Brilliant when you throw it sideways.

Let me back up a moment...

I had been riding it for a while and was thinking "this is pretty cool.. it is very stable" but I still didn't get it.

I stopped and Craig came up and said "ride it like you ride yours.. back it into some corners and spin it up... GET ON IT!".

So I came to the next corner, pitched it sideways and started my slide... but something was different; instead of feathering the throttle and massaging the step-out (like on my 950) it was completely on rails. The more I opened the throttle the faster I went (COMPLETELY stable).

The back end wasn't trying to come around.
The front end wasn't trying to tuck.
It felt incredibly confidence inspiring.

So I hit the next corner harder and faster and more sideways...
...and the next and the next...
...and within 10 corners I was giggling like a 12 year old going through every corner completely sideways with BOTH tires spinning sliding faster than I've ever slid a motorcycle before.

OH. MY. GOD.

It is the funnest motorcycle to slide that I have ever ridden!

After 30 years and half a million miles of riding I had a completely unique riding experience today unlike anything else.

This thing is soooo much fun! 

By the time I got off of it I was ready to sell a kidney to have one.
It is not a question "do you want one?" - it is WHEN CAN I HAVE ONE.

My conclusion?
You've gotta ride it.
You've gotta wring its neck.
It's going to be expensive but you won't care.

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