KTM Logo — KTM Sportmotorcycle AG is a trademark and team of motorcycles and cars born in 1934 in a locksmith shop Mattighofen, Austria. KTM is an acronym formed by the first letters of the surnames of its two founders and the Austrian town where the firm had its facilities: Kronreif, Trunkelpolz and Mattighofen, respectively.
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The company was formed in 1934 by Hans Trunkenpolz and her two partners produced motorcycles with engine Rotax, Sachs and Puch. The company produced road machines, but I wanted to specialize in bikes for off-road, as the G56 250 of 1977. This bike off-road was one of several models with similar designations, which depended on the displacement of two-stroke engine. Product was raised for the competition. The drivers of the firm won the 250 Moto-x Championship International 1974. Other machines produced since the mid 70’s to the next decade, included the GS 400 and GS 350. More