In the first year of existence, they had only 20 employees and they were producing approximately three bikes per day, including the 98cc R100, a project which began in 1951. KTM first participated ...

The workshop first began supplying motorcycles in the late 1930s and, by 1951, development of their first production model, the R100 had begun. KTM’s success at producing small-capacity racing ...

Initially a car repair shop, it started producing motorcycles in 1954 with the R100, its first motorcycle. Through the 1950s and 60s, KTM established itself in motorcycle racing, particularly off ...