30 Facts About KTM

Today, KTM AG is the parent company of the KTM Group, consisting of a number of motorcycle brands.

From 2012, KTM was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in Europe for four consecutive years.

KTM's shop was known as Kraftfahrzeug Trunkenpolz Mattighofen, but the name was unregistered.

In 1956, KTM made its appearance at the International Six Days Trials, where Egon Dornauer won a gold medal on a KTM machine.

In 1957, KTM built its first sports motorcycle, the Trophy 125cc.

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Additionally, KTM was able to produce motorcycles for the racing industry.

In 2013, KTM acquired the formerly Swedish motorcycle maker Husqvarna Motorcycles from its prior owner BMW Motorrad AG.

In 2015, KTM generated a turnover of over 1 billion Euro and employed 2515 people by the end of that year.

KTM AG is presently owned by Pierer Mobility AG, which owns about 98.

KTM started exporting their GS model to the US in 1968 through an American importer, John Penton under the Penton brand.

In 2005, KTM-Sportmotocycle began a partnership with ATV manufacturer Polaris Industries with the goal of shared research, and more importantly shared distribution networks.

In 2006, KTM announced that the partnership with Polaris had been downgraded, and would instead only supply their 450cc and 510cc RFS engines to Polaris.

KTM won its first championship in 1974 when Guennady Moisseev claimed the 250cc Motocross World Championship.

KTM has claimed 96 MXGP, MX1 and MX2 world titles since 1974 and 114 E1, E2, E3 and Super Enduro world titles since 1990.

KTM has won 37 cross country rallies world titles since 2003 and has won the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship 15 times, most recently in 2015.

In 2003, KTM started sponsoring and supporting road racing in various capacities, with the most successful results stemming from their supermoto efforts.

Since the first Rookies Cup season in 2007, KTM has supplied the bike for the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup.

In 2009, KTM announced their withdrawal from Grand Prix motorcycle racing in all classes, and did not return until 2012 in the new Moto3 class.

KTM won the manufacturer title in the 2014 and 2016 as well as the world title in 2016 in the Moto3 class.

Steadfastly independent and confident of their company's abilities, KTM chose to use a steel trellis frame where all other manufacturers used aluminum.

From 2009 to 2011, KTM teams competed in the IDM, the Superbike International German Championships.

All KTM bikes come from the factory with a Motorex sticker on the outside of the motor.

In May 2017, KTM unveiled a new two-stroke engine with direct fuel injection.

Supermoto – KTM was the first manufacturer to offer a competition-ready supermoto bike to the public.

Adventure tourers – KTM currently produces the 1090 Adventure, 790 Adventure, and 1290 Super Adventure dual-sport adventure bikes in versions with different seat height, wheels and suspensions that endow the machines with a road, off-road or touring bias.

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Sports tourer – The KTM sports tourer 1290 Superduke GT is a version of the 1290 Superduke R naked bike that has been modified for more touring comfort with a longer and more robust frame, modified handlebar, larger fuel tank and modified 75 degree V-twin four-stroke LC8 motor.

Superbike – Currently, KTM has retired from superbike production and competitions.

Since 1992, KTM motorcycles have been designed by KISKA, a Salzburg-based design firm.

Under the Powerparts label, KTM sells tuning and styling parts for its street and off-road motorcycles and the X-Bow.

KTM X-Bow is a series of lightweight, two-seater sports cars known as the X-Bow R, the X-Bow RR, the X-Bow GT and the X-BOW GT4.