When you think of KTM, what rider comes to mind?

This would be a lot harder if the question referenced Suzuki (Roger or RC) Honda (Johnson or Stanton) Yamaha (Hannah or Glover) or Kawasaki (Ward or RV) Maico ( Danny! and Danny!) and of course there's many more 🙂

Kailub Russell for sure. I’m far from a moto history guy but he’s got to be the most dominant with 8 consecutive GNCC xc1 titles. 

The mint green seat looked the best.  The orange is gross it reminds me of construction cones or barrels . And a stupid safety vest that Schneider - orange trks makes you wear 24 hrs a day.  Corporate bs that orange is a part of our core values nonsense.  Everyone had to work 4 mega carriers in 08 + or not hv work.  On a positive I did 3 months straight of So Cal. To n. Ca. To s. Ca. To Az. To s. Ca. . Which was easy for winter time.  From the flat in the dessert to the top of Mammoth mtn 90 or 130 mi.  Mammoth mtn at night with all the snow is Awesome lookin.  Wyatt the kid that led all but the very end of the last 125 all star race. Lives 5 min east of Green Bay. Below 0 ovr the weekend. Just because of the weather he has to b included. Last March, May 7 , 8in 30 mi n 20 inches. 

I think of this bike and some of the local racers who rode them.

What about who you don’t remember even rode for them 

How could it be anyone other than Dungey? Started yheir 450 program, won their first supercross race and supercross championship.  He opened the door for them to sell into the US moto market.

Shane Watts. Someone needs to do a long format podcast with that dude. The Wattsy stories are seemingly endless, and all pretty wild. 

Checked the Vault for ha ha's and found that he finished 9th overall in the AMA Nationals i 1982 and 1983 with a podim 3rd place finish at Broome Tioga and many other top tens and fives. In these days KTM was a whole lot of nothing in the USA.  Even the factory version of that bike was a giant toilet. XC, a different story. 

Second here for Kinigadner. The early adopters on those old KTMs were some gnarly dudes.

For me another that hasn’t been mentioned is Keith Johnson.  In the US ‘90 was the first year I could really watch SX on TV (a week or two late). KJ looked good in AXO clothes on the KTM.  He would battle to put it in the mains and actually got a lot of TV time in the Semis and LCQs.  Then Fisher the next year was solid in ‘91 with some 4ths.

Oh damn!!! I forgot all about Keith. He rode the 500 class outdoors. Lets not foget he was on Cannondale about 10 years later.

grant langston

He'd probably like to forget it.

john dowd

Ryan Dungey was the first guy I thought of.

Ive always thought this pic of Metcalfe kicked ass.

Dunno who to credit on the pic.  Great shot whoever you are.

Carl Cranke. There is some serious Moto history here.

A true D-36 NorCal legend be it MX, Enduros, Speedway. Add to that all the work he did for the Penton brand and US ISDT efforts 

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When I think of KaTooM it is Mike Fisher. 1991 SX series. 

Seriously? 4 pages and not ONE pic of this guy? 

Cooper Webb 

Shane Watts
Ryan Dungey
Big teeth
Grant Langston
 

Roger DeCoster

Kurt Nicoll

Would you look at that pipe!

First race I ever watched was the Glen Helen national when Alessi and Langston were going at it 

Heinz Kinigadner

Lawrence Spence......NI GP rider from 80's