KTM is to take an example of the RC 390 Cup machine to this weekend’s Oulton Park round of British Superbikes to speak to prospective riders and partners for a potential race series in the UK. Motostar championship contender Joe Irving will also make some display laps on the bike over the course of the weekend.
KTM UK and MSVR are evaluating the possibility of creating a UK ‘KTM RC 390 Cup’ to run at selected MCE British Superbike (BSB) rounds throughout 2015.
A similar series, powered by the imminent KTM RC 390 production bike, is currently being run very successfully by the German ADAC organisation, with a grid of over 30 young riders battling out at selected rounds of the IDM championship and was also a support race for the recent German round of MotoGP at Sachsenring.
The RC 390 is an exciting, light and practical sports bike with a 44hp, 375cc single-cylinder four-stroke engine housed in a steel trellis chassis and fitted with top-level components. The Cup version takes this already energetic machine and focuses it for track use solely, using a whole host of official KTM PowerParts that will also be publically available.