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#inthisyear1955: KTM presented KTM Grand Tourist at the Vienna International Spring Fair
1955 – that’s sixty years ago now. Many of us only know about the world back then from the tales of our parents. In 1955, Argentinian...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Mar 6, 20153 min read
#inthisyear1995: KTM acquires Husaberg
Sweden – approximately nine million inhabitants, huge distances, and only a few paved roads. Forests as far as the eye can see. A country...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Feb 10, 20153 min read
#inthisyear2005: Good fortune and tragedy at the Dakar Rally
The KTM Team unwillingly experienced the closeness of good fortune and tragedy during the 27th edition of the Dakar Rally. Following a...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Jan 13, 20153 min read
#inthisyear1994: Start of production for new DUKE range … just DUKE it!
Statistically speaking, you spend 22.37 years of your life in bed. Another 16.63 years are spent at work and you’re ill for 4.29 years …....
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Dec 11, 20143 min read
#inthisyear1994: KTM is renamed KTM Sportmotorcycle AG
On 11th November 1994, the KTM motorcycle business was rebranded KTM Sportmotorcycle AG. It was the beginning of a success story that...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Nov 13, 20143 min read
#TBT Throwback Thursday: Penton and KTM
John Penton, founder of the eponymous American offroad brand, played a vital role in the history of KTM. In consequence of his...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Oct 16, 20146 min read
#inthisyear2004: Casey Stoner wins first road racing grand prix for KTM
Giacomo Agostini, Mike Hailwood, Geoff Duke and Angel Nieto – today, the world champions of the 1950s and 1960s are motorsport legends....
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Oct 10, 20143 min read
#inthisyear1984: Production start of KTM radiators
In 1984, “Orwell´s year”, Apple introduces its Macintosh PC, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is born and Bon Jovi presents its debut...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Sep 25, 20143 min read
#Inthisyear1984: Heinz Kinigadner becomes 250cc Motocross World Champion with KTM
If somebody asks for popular Austrian motorsport heroes, there are two names that immediately spring to the people´s mind: Niki Lauda and...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Aug 26, 20143 min read
#Inthisyear1974: Sales launch of the KTM moped Hobby III – sturdy, reliable, favourable price
40 years ago, KTM won its first motocross World Championship and Imerio Testori became the first European Enduro Champion on KTM. Beside...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Jul 30, 20143 min read
#inthisyear 1974: Gennady Moiseev secures the first world championship for KTM
1974 – Richard Nixon resigns due to the Watergate Scandal, the oil crises dominates the economic news and for the first time it was...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Jun 24, 20143 min read
#inthisyear 1995: Hard, harder, EBR – 20 years Erzbergrodeo
Citius, altius, fortius – this motto equally applies for Olympia and motorsport. In Europe the Erzberg race meets all requirements of the...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
May 30, 20144 min read
#Inthisyear1964: KTM stages a comeback at the Six Days on factory bikes
At the 39th International Six Days Enduro that lead through the Thuringian Forest, KTM re-entered and competed with three factory riders,...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Apr 23, 20143 min read
#Inthisyear 1954: 1000th KTM is a R 125 Tourist
1954 – James Cameron the director of “Terminator“ and “Avatar” is born, Juan Manuel Fangio becomes Formula 1 World Champion and in...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Mar 25, 20142 min read
#Inthisyear 1934: From car workshop to motorcycle manufacturer KTM
1934 – Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine is born and Donald Duck has its first appearance. Germany experiences the first television...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Feb 26, 20143 min read
#tbt Throwback Thursday: History of the KTM Logo
In 2014 KTM celebrates 80 years of company history. Eight decades of ups and downs that shaped and changed the company as well as its...
Hero Motocorp Trinidad and Tobago
Feb 6, 20143 min read
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