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15TH OF MARCH 1953: THE BEGINNING OF 60 YEARS OF KTM!

published at 15.03.2013 / created by Marcia Hill

It’s an anniversary! 60 years since KTM presented three prototypes of the KTM R100 at a trade fair in Vienna, the start of a success story that continues to this day. The factory employed 20 people and produces three bikes a day!

60 years late KTM boasts 224 World Championship titles and 12 Dakar Rally victories. And for the first time this year recorded sales of more than 100,000 motorcycles to be Europe’s biggest and fastest growing motorcycle manufacturer.

60 years later more than a million Facebook followers also share out passion for motorcycles – READY TO RACE!

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15th of March 1953: KTM and the R100 were born

READY TO RACE since the beginning