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on: December 23, 2022, 02:26:16 am
https://www.gasgas.com/en-us/models/travel/es-700-2023.html
Roughly $11,500 - ACR -
ENGINE
TRANSMISSION   6-speed
COOLING   Liquid cooled
POWER IN KW   55 kW
STARTER   Electric starter
STROKE   80 mm
BORE   105 mm
CLUTCH   APTC(TM) slipper clutch, hydraulically actuated
DISPLACEMENT   692.7 cm³
EMS   Keihin EMS with RBW, twin ignition
DESIGN   1-cylinder, 4-stroke engine
LUBRICATION   Forced oil lubrication with 2 oil pumps

https://www.cycleworld.com/story/motorcycle-reviews/gasgas-sm-700-es-700-first-ride-2022/
Since the group that owns KTM and Husqvarna purchased GasGas, the Spanish brand has undergone a full relaunch with a clear message: GasGas bikes are all about having fun. That fun now extends to street models with the new SM 700 supermoto and ES 700 dual sport. For those in the US, you’ll have to wait until 2023 for that fun.
 SM 700: The Hooligan Streetbike
The SM 700 is the kind of bike that makes good behavior impossible, a proper bad influence on everyone. With a claimed 74 hp in a sub-330-pound bike, it feels more alive and more playful than any other streetbike that comes to mind. Supermoto purists may find it a little heavy, but the payback is a bike that can be ridden daily without spending every other evening changing the oil and filter. For riders coming from anywhere else in the motorcycle circus, it’s light, flickable, and a whole ton of fun.
There’s an old, old discussion about riding middleweight 600cc sportbikes versus their 1,000cc open-class counterparts, how the lighter ride lets you really work the bike hard and use its capabilities to their limits. The SM 700 takes that principle a step further.
On the right road, with enough bumps and tight turns, you’d be hard-pressed to keep up on any sportbike. Its combination of lightweight chassis, punchy engine, and supple suspension lets you wind around impossible turns and charge bumpy sections in a way that would have a sportbike shaking its bars in protest and leaving its rider in need of months of physical therapy to realign their spine. Get on a faster, smoother road and the SM’s advantage soon disappears, but it still has enough power to be fun, and real-world roads usually aren’t that smooth anyway. Plus, if your domain is faster roads and highways, both the SM and ES 700 have adjustable triple clamps so the fork offset can be tweaked for a calmer ride.
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Reply #1 on: December 23, 2022, 04:55:08 am
But honest officer, my throttle was stuck!

I think the State Patrol would end up cutting my driver license into little pieces if I owned that.  ;D


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Reply #2 on: December 23, 2022, 02:03:27 pm
Is that the same engine that used to be used in the KTM 690 Duke and is currently being used in the Husqvarna 701 models?
« Last Edit: December 23, 2022, 02:07:35 pm by Richard230 »
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Reply #3 on: December 23, 2022, 05:58:27 pm

https://www.cycleworld.com/story/motorcycle-reviews/gasgas-sm-700-es-700-first-ride-2022/
(Quote from previously attached CycleWorld story)
"Yes, these new GasGas models look suspiciously like the orange 690 and the white 701. They are, of course, based on the same 690 platform, with small spec and color changes. In fact, the enduro model is purely a matter of giving the bodywork a different plastic pigment. The GasGas SM 700 gets a set of cast 17-inch wheels in place of the spoked hoops on the Husky and KTM."
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Reply #4 on: December 26, 2022, 02:30:22 pm
Retro-styled roadster version, please!

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Reply #5 on: December 26, 2022, 06:49:00 pm
...that would be the new BSA 650 at a mere +100 pounds more and about half the price & HP... ;D
A trifecta of Pre-Unit Bullets: a Red Deluxe 500, a Green Standard 500, and a Black ES 350.