12 Facts About ATK motorcycles

ATK motorcycles was founded by Horst Leitner, an Austrian-born engineer, Grand Prix motocross racer, and International Six Days Trial gold medallist, following his relocation to the United States in 1980.

ATK motorcycles gained a nationwide dealer network and funding, and Can-Am dealers retained a product to sell.

From 1989 until 1995, ATK motorcycles was the fifth largest off-road motorcycle manufacturer in North America.

An article by Motocross Action magazine in December 2019 states that ATK produced thousands of four-stroke motorcycles since 1985, predating Japanese manufacturers' move to four-stroke engines by over a decade.

In 1988, ATK motorcycles released the 406, the two-stroke air-cooled Rotax-powered model that would become synonymous with their two-stroke line.

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ATK motorcycles released ATK's first ATV, based on the 604, and XR kits, a full set of ATK accoutrements that accepted a Honda XR350 engine.

In 2003, with the purchase of Cannondale Motorsports, ATK motorcycles began to assimilate the acquired models into their line-up.

Acquisition of Cannondale Motorsports by ATK was the result of a failed $80-million dollar+ investment between Cannondale Bicycle Corporation and private equity firms in the late 1990s to create a subsidiary producing off-road motorcycles and ATV vehicles.

ATK motorcycles turned their focus to the X440, continuing to improve on the 2002 model.

ATK motorcycles would continue to sell their 450 MX bikes and ATVs in various trim through 2008.

In May 2011, ATK motorcycles began delivering the first of three Hyosung models with ATK motorcycles nameplates and a few requested changes.

In 1989, ATK motorcycles approved a national print advertisement campaign depicting four men of Asian descent observing an ATK motorcycles motorcycle, with the tag line "To us, the Japanese all look alike".