Originally Posted by mx_599

austrian made...just like arnold. good things come from austria. they had to start somewhere. i am not a mtb bike history buff, but i don't think the "current" mtb came about until the early to mid 1980's. so motorcyles had a major head start.

KTM motorcylces have come a long way since about the mid to later 1990's. i certainly wouldn't be ashamed of riding a current KTM motorcycle. However, i have ridden only Honda CRs since about 1992.