Who is KTM?
Founded in 1934, KTM – an Austrian-based 400+ million Euro motorcycle company – designs, engineers, manufacturers and markets high-performance off-road and on-road motorcycles and related parts, garments and accessories, as well as exhaust systems, frames, shocks and spoke wheels. As the largest non-Japanese off-road motorcycle company in the world, KTM employs 1,500 people with 1,400 independent dealers and 50 distributors worldwide. Best known for its racing heritage, the company has won 96 world championship titles.Historical BackgroundErnst Kronreif and Hans Trunkenpolz in Mattighofen, Austria, founded KTM in 1934 as a repair workshop, with production of the first KTM-branded motorcycles and mopeds beginning in 1953, and a year later, KTM won its first race. Due to a depressed two-wheel economy and the emergence of the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers in Europe, the company ceased production from 1959 to 1960. When KTM reopened, it began producing motorcycles and bicycles, and by
