2017 KTMs: Prices Revealed

When we recently published our ride impression on KTM’s 2017 year-model enduro range, KTM Australia was yet to announce the RRPs for the new bikes. Now that they have, we can confirm that KTM’s enduro and motocross models are, in fact, a little pricier for 2017. How much pricier? As the 2016 vs 2017 RRP table below indicates, RRPs have gone up by between $200 and $500.

Unlike the larger price hike we saw from the brand in 2015 “to help absorb the impact of the depreciating Aussie Dollar against the Euro”, this year’s more modest increases are rationalised by the technological advances in the new-generation bikes themselves.

“Our pricing for 2017 reflects the advances in technology for MY17,” KTM Australia’s Marketing Manager, Greg Chambers, told Transmoto. “Our aim is to keep our prices as competitive as possible.”

But why the whopping $1200 difference in price between the 2017 250EXC and 300EXC? Granted, the 300 remains one of KTM Oz’s biggest sellers, but $1200 seems to be a lot for an extra 5.6mm of bore. “Having lost the 200EXC for MY17,” Chambers went on to explain, “we have priced the 250EXC as an entry level to our EXC range in the hope to attract more riders to the sport of enduro and to the KTM brand.”

According to KTM Australia, the 2017 SX range is available from Australian dealers now, while the majority of the EXC and XC models will arrive during September.

Seeing as the same WA-based holding company imports both KTM and Husqvarna into Australia, we thought it was also worth looking at the comparative pricing between the two brands’ 2017 model ranges. As the table below demonstrates, Husqvarna’s 2017 MX bikes are $200-$300 more expensive than their KTM counterparts, while the new-generation enduro range carries a premium of between $700 and $1000, depending on the model. Husqvarna justify this premium by pointing to their bikes’ superior component spec. Which is what? Well, aside from the black anodised billet triple clamps, carbon composite subframe and enduro-specific linkage, Husqvarna 2017 enduro range also gets the bar-mounted map-selector switch (which includes the Traction Control function on the four-strokes), and the ingenious tool-free fork preload adjusters as standard equipment. These components only come on KTM’s up-specced Six Days EXC models, or are available though KTM’s PowerParts catalogue.