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If you enjoy the thrill of open-air motoring and are keen on sharing your internal organs with hospitalised patients, step this way: KTM is building a faster version of the X-Bow.
The Austrian motorbike makers have announced plans to boost the current X-Bow's power, thus creating the X-Bow 'R'. Aficionados among you will know the 'standard' X-Bow, pictured above, comes with an Audi-sourced 2.0-litre TFSI engine with 240bhp; the uprated model gets the 2.0-litre TFSI from the Audi S3 and in its final state of tune will produce 300bhp.
You get the option of a 'Sport' pack (road legal), or 'Race' pack (track-spec) X-Bow R, while owners of the older version will have the option of retro-fitting the new spangly bits onto whatever they've got left of their original 'Bow. That's even if they're still alive/have limbs...
This is largely because the original X-Bow weighs 790kg, sprints to 62mph in 3.9 seconds and is as effective protecting your face/body from the elements as Katie Price's Saturday night club wear is.
Still, looking at it, you would, wouldn't you?
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airbuggy commented on this article
at 04:51 pm on 27 September 2010
i imagine this would be what the stig plans on using in his old age.his idea of a mobility scooter i guess.
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Coolrola commented on this article
at 05:24 pm on 27 September 2010
Since when is KTM an "Australian" motorbike maker! It's "Austrian" but do a few thousand miles on the globe make a difference?
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 08:58 pm on 27 September 2010
Oh dear, you seem to be lacking in pictures. There are some here for you: http://www.worldcarfans.com/110092728647/hardcore-ktm-x-bow-r-revealed-for-2011
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 09:03 pm on 27 September 2010
"As effective at protecting your body from the elements as Katie Price's wardrobe. Still, looking at it, you would, wouldn't you?" Nope. Too orange. The car, however, is a much more attractive prospect, even in an unnatural hue. But this X-Bow R doesn't hold a candle to the Ariel Atom 500. That has a 500bhp Hayabusa V8. Read that last sentence again and tell me you didn't just have a crisis.
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PatrickRS6 commented on this article
at 09:23 pm on 27 September 2010
ITS AUSTRIA ... NOT AUSTRALIA ... i am offended now since em austrian :(
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