And you thought the STI-ATV was crazy. Cramming a BMW V12 and a turbocharger into a quad bike wasn’t enough for French bike builder Ludovic Lazareth, he needed more power, so he added ethanol.
Better known as a bio-fuel favored by Iowan farmers; Ethanol, or E85 in this case, has a higher octane rating (typically 100-105) than traditional pump gas, which allows higher compression ratios and more power. The engine actually makes only 350 HP in its current form, with the 150 necessary to take that figure up to 500 HP coming soon in the form of a turbocharger.
There’s no fancy traction or stability control keeping all that power in check, so … Details & Pictures
Team KTM UK ATV rider Paul Holmes took an emphatic hat-trick of race wins and the overall at round four of the 2009 Goldspeed EMX Quad European Championship in Latvia at the weekend.
With close to ten thousand spectators in attendance and creating an electric atmosphere at the spectacular Zelta Zirgs circuit as they basked in glorious sunshine and thirty degree heat, it was a fantastic meeting for KTM with riders taking eight of the top fifteen positions with five riders finishing in the top eight.
In a dominating display it was a text book weekend for Holmes as he set fastest time in qualifying, took the holeshot in all three motos and lead all but two of the thirty-five race laps in total, Holmes’ performance on the KTM 505 SX all the more amazing while riding with a badly injured wrist for the majority of the day…Â Details
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