10 years of KTM

 Ten years? Ten years! God, I feel old… I remember the excitement like it was yesterday. It was early 2012 and I was a junior journalist at Overdrive. Of course, I didn’t get to be the first person to ride the new KTM 200 Duke at the office, but just like everyone else, I was listening wide-eyed and awestruck as bike-editor, Shumi, described the KTM with words like “hyperactive”, “thrilling”, and “nothing like it!” 

Shumi promptly went and bought one of the first 200 Dukes, and this was the first KTM I ever rode. Oh god, what a little ball of energy the bike was Today, there’s a big range of KTMs available, and while most of them are more mellow than the excitingly violent originals (and far more expensive) – they’re still the go-to option for the performance enthusiast on a budget. Moreover, we now have the Adventure range, and while I’m not a fan of what KTM has done with the bike, there’s no doubt that it (and all the brand activity around it) will do wonders for the adventure motorcycling space.

Clearly, the Indian motorcycling community owes a great deal of gratitude to KTM, whether you’re a fan of the bikes or not. Happy ten years KTM India, stay awesome!

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