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KTM wouldn't give charlie and Ewan bikes as they didn't think that they boys would complete it.
BMW showed that even that the bikes had problems, braking frames and being unreliable. The back up that BMW gave was the reason so many were sold.
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This, BMW will ship parts it to you at random hotel addresses at a price, ktm now offer this, but poss too late to turn the tide.
Let's be honest, 97% of gs owner have never even been round a gravel carpark.Was rally hoping the new yamaha tenure was gonna be replaced and that the new 850gs wasn't going to be even heavier than its predecessor
BrickMan
Charlie & Ewan wanted KTMs for the "Long Way" rides, but KTM wouldn't sponsor them. BMW GSs are just horrible, slow, heavy & unreliable IMHO. On the Long Way Round, the only bike to break down and be unrepairable en-route was a GS.