Extra Large Supermoto: A KTM 1190 from RATicate Racing

Back in 2003, KTM took the LC8 V-twin motor from their flagship 950 Adventure, and stuck it in a big, gnarly supermotard. The 950 Supermoto eventually became the 990 Supermoto, but was ultimately dropped from the lineup with KTM's next big motor upgrade. And that made the crew at RATicate Racing sad. So when the Californian shop got a crashed 2015 KTM 1190 Adventure R in, they took the gap—and built the bike KTM never did. “We decided to take a fresh look at what we always hoped KTM would have built using the 1190 LC8 platform,” says founder David...