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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Jan 24, 20175 min read
#inthisyear2007: KTM factory rider Cyril Despres wins the last Dakar Rally in Africa
KTM had been unbeaten since 2001 when more than 140 riders lined up for the start of the 39th edition of the Dakar Rally in Asunción on...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Nov 10, 20163 min read
#inthisyear1996: KTM goes Orange
Orange – this mixture of yellow and red is much more than just a color to KTM; it has also been the company’s philosophy for two decades...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Oct 12, 20165 min read
#inthisyear2016: 60 years of Six Days success
When all the motorcycles are lined up in the parc fermé on the eve of the 91st International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) in Navarra, Spain,...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Sep 13, 20164 min read
#inthisyear1996: KTM’s First 500cc Motocross World Champion, Shayne King
KTM is one of only a handful of manufacturers to have won a title in all classes of the Motocross World Championship since it was first...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Aug 19, 20166 min read
The double MotoGP comeback
Last weekend, the Red Bull Ring played host to two comebacks at once. Austria is back on the MotoGP calendar. And KTM presented its...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Jul 5, 20164 min read
#inthisyear1956: Engineer Ludwig Apfelbeck starts working for KTM
Spectacular racing success and popular production machines: there is often a whole team of engineers behind successful designs, but...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Jun 1, 20166 min read
Heroes: Joey Dunlop
We regularly bow down before all the great personalities, heroes and legends of racing. It has already been more than 15 years since we...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
May 20, 20165 min read
#inthisyear1976: International success for the Farioli Team
The KTM Factory Team for the Enduro World Championship 2016 was introduced in Arco Di Trento in Italy at the start of March – keen...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Mar 3, 20163 min read
#inthisyear1996: First series production of the KTM LC4 engine with electric starter
In 1996, almost ten years after the launch of the LC4 engine, KTM presented an electric-start version of the water-cooled unit. However,...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Jan 19, 20164 min read
#inthisyear2006: Marc Coma wins his first Dakar Rally on a KTM
The Dakar Rally, held in South America since 2009, has exerted a special fascination for motorcycle fans for more than three-and-a-half...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Dec 18, 20154 min read
Back to the future
The golden era of road racing – 1970s – was known of the heroes like 15 times World Champion Giacomo Agostini, 13 times World Champion...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Dec 11, 20154 min read
#inthisyear1955: KTM presents the Mirabell Scooter
In the 1950s, scooters were just as common a sight on urban streets as they are today – even if the design was more than a little...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Nov 24, 20154 min read
New home for history: The KTM Museum hits second gear and looks towards 2017
The inhabitants of central Mattighofen are likely to get used to the sound of construction work over the next year as plans for the KTM...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Oct 1, 20154 min read
#inthisyear2005: Mika Kallio becomes Vice World Champion in the 125cc class, and KTM dominates the c
Since its beginnings, motorcycle Grand Prix sport has exuded a very special fascination for motor sports fans. The race on the...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Sep 23, 20153 min read
#inthisyear1985: Tony Cairoli turns 30 – Still World Champion material
MXGP’s leading star and multi champion Tony Cairoli turns 30 this Wednesday. He here talks about reaching a landmark while still at the...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Aug 11, 20154 min read
#inthisyear1985: Heinz Kinigadner wins second 250cc Motocross World Championship in succession
1985 – 30 years ago, the wreck of the Titanic, probably the most famous ship of all time, was discovered; the ship sank in 1912....
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Jul 30, 20154 min read
#inthisyear1975: Heino Büse best individual rider at Six Days Trial
Anniversary on the Isle of Man – the 50th International Six Days Trial was held on the island in the Irish Sea forty years ago. After six...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Jun 5, 20154 min read
#inthisyear2005: David Knight wins the Red Bull Hare Scramble for the first time on KTM
A jubilant atmosphere in the Styrian village of Eisenerz. It was 20 years ago that the starting flag first dropped on the Erzberg Rodeo –...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
May 8, 20154 min read
#inthisyear1975: Start of production for the all-new KTM Comet Grand Prix 125 RS
“A new racy sports model from Austria! For the first time, KTM presented a real sports machine for the road at the 1975 Vienna...
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Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Apr 8, 20153 min read
#inthisyear2005: For the first time KTM wins all Enduro World Championship titles
As good as it gets – exactly ten years ago, the KTM Enduro Team came away victorious across the board. KTM factory riders Ivan Cervantes...
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