KTM Motorcycle History
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KTM History - The Quick Version
KTM Motorcycle History,
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European based and built KTM motorcycles with an unbelievable track record of winning rallies worldwide. KTM dual purpose bikes tend to be a bite more off road orientated but handle so well and are highly developed. The Adventure model is the most known bike of the ktm brand.
Quick Guide to KTM Motorcycle History
KTM started up in 1953 in Austria and has always held an excellent reputation among enduro motorcycles and off-road motorcycles. However the first ktm motorcycles were based on a smaller engine size and a two stoke model (the also Austrian based firm Rotax delivered these engines).
In 1992 KTM made a new restart with dedicated management which has managed to blow new life into the brand. It’s still based in Mattighofen, Austria and has grown at an impressive rate, of course also due to the super successes in the Paris Dakar Rally.
KTM has always focused on producing dual purpose machines, with a little more lean on the off road character. The Adventure model is the most popular design of KTM. The adventurer was based on the rally factory racer (but to the credit of ktm – the models hardly differed).
The Adventurer is based on a light weight tubular steel frame with excellent suspension and a highly developed and tested engine of 942 cc. The whole model is light and well handled. Ktm is known world wide for it’s excellent dual purpose bikes.
Recently ktm has developed the larger adventure 950cc bike and also a funky Street bike called Duke.
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