There should not be many opportunities throughout the life of getting a copy of KTM 200 Le Jackpiner of 1997. Among other things because so only 133 motorcycles of this limited series were manufacturedall numbered and signed by the very John Penton. Even more complicated, within this “historical-commercial” carambola, run into a brand new unit, such as the one we show you today.
However, before telling you about it, I would like to urge the seller of this relic to buy a mobile phone with a decent camera. If you also glimpse to focus the full motorcycle on the photographs of your next announcement, as one would say that I know “I put a floor.” Clarified the lousy quality of the images responsible for exhibiting this jewel, we can continue.
KTM 200 Le Jackpiner: A little history
This iconic exemplary of KTM 200 Le Jackpiner of 1997, which we have met for the bike uriot companions, belongs to the meager limited series launched in that same year as a tribute to the 30th anniversary of the first motorcycle marketed under the Penton brand. This was founded by the American pilot and businessman John Penton in 1968.
The curious thing is that Penton was in charge of design, but who really made the motorcycles was KTM in his factory in Austria. They were then distributed in the United States where they were finally marketed. According to the legend, that commercial relationship seems that everything should never go, a situation that ended with the definitive closure of the Yankee brand in 1978.
Many years later, specifically in 1997, with a young man Stefan Pierer At the head of the KTM Executive Board, this special and limited series 200 Le Jackpiner was launched, in tribute to the 30th anniversary of the Penton model baptized under the same name. This in turn referred to the Jack Pine 500-Mile Endurowhere Penton himself participated in 1948. “A 500 mile resistance race that passed through West Branch as a stop for the men and women who participated in the motorcycle career, ended in 1968”as clarified in the American medium UP North Voice.
With just 133 specimens built that same season of 1997, the Special Series 200 Le Jackpiner became the first enduro model of the brand framed under that displacement. Subsequently, the 200 variant as such would be the best selling model of KTM in the years following its launch.
Likewise, the limited edition Jackpiner included, for the first time on a motorcycle of the European firm, a PDS (Progressive Damping System) rear system eliminating the use of connecting rods and replacing it with a posterior monkey -signed signed by Ohlins. Another technical aspect that characterized this 200 Le Jackpiner was to include hydraulic clutch.
By 1997, the KTM 200 Le Jackpiner was marketed at a final price of 6,797 dollarsRate well above anything that was moderately looked like. To put some context, an “and a half” MX of the time cost about 5,600 dollars. Subsequently, the standard KTM 200 would be offered to the public to a final cost around 5,000 dollars, much more in line with the model and what it offered.
KTM 200 Le Jackpiner of 1997 for sale
The specimen that we show you today of this very rare Limitada series 200 Le Jackpiner is on sale in the famous online advertisements, eBay. The motorcycle is located in Lowell, Michigan, United Statesand as details its current owner “He has never had fuel since he was delivered by KTM. He has remained in a private museum since his purchase.”
As we see in the photographs, some of the special details that this limited series mounted are shown. In the announcement itself it is detailed in this regard: “This specimen was manufactured with the gold tube and silencer, the Brembo brake tweezers and other factory details, which makes it the only one that is known to occur. It is as delivered, including warning stickers in the rear fender.”
Concludes: “Together with other extremely rare vintage cross motorcycles, the Jackpiner has remained in a heated environment where it has been reviewed periodically and has been performed meticulous maintenance.”
The price to be able to get this piece of history is $ 9,300 and its owner warns that this figure is not negotiable. More information and details clicking here.
