Ultra-exclusive off-roader gets even more exotic spinoff
Each year, KTM produces a limited run of 450 Rally Replica machines that are as close as possible to the brand’s Dakar rally bikes and carry huge price tags – and for 2026, there’s an even more exclusive version alongside the ‘standard’ model.
The normal 2026 450 Rally Replica is, itself, a rare bike, with just 150 to be sold globally. It’s essentially the same as the 2025 version, which was limited to only 100 examples, with identical specs to its predecessor. That’s no surprise, as the 2025 bike represented a full redesign compared to the 2024 version, and its high-spec components – including WP XACT Pro 7548 48mm forks and XACT Pro 7750 shock, with vast 304mm front travel and 280mm rear – leave little scope for year-on-year improvement. It also boasts an incredible 34.5 litres of fuel capacity, split between no fewer than three fuel tanks: two at the front and one in the rear.
What has changed for 2026 is the introduction of the 450 Rally Replica Sanders Edition – a replica-within-a-replica that’s limited to just five examples and marks Daniel Sanders’ victory at the 2025 Dakar Rally.
The Sanders Edition gets the same Red Bull livery as the factory race bikes, along with a matching sticker kit, including a front number board sticker signed by Sanders. Each frame is numbered from 1 to 5, with a matching emblem, and the spec is uprated with a seat from Selle Della Valle, two sets of wheels – one with Michelin race tyres, the other with street rubber – plus different brake discs, an engraved fuel cap, a Hinson clutch cover, titanium footpegs, a signed Daniel Sanders race jersey, and an extra windscreen carrying the name and number of the bike’s new owner.
Buyers, who will pay an as-yet-undisclosed sum, will also get a VIP pass for the 2025 KTM Europe Adventure Rally in Romania in late August, where they’ll get to ride alongside Sanders and receive support from the factory race truck and their own dedicated mechanic.
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