Average is 2850 € and the minimum at above 1300 € for KTM employees at the moment. That’s not huge, but also not cheap labour.

Where would you need cheap labour in a motorcycle factory?? Czech repulic is 2h away and their income isn‘t that much lower. And no, slave labour is not a thing anymore in Europe..

Hitler was born twenty kilometers away from where the KTM factory is today...

Although it's close to the border and a lot of germans work there, it‘s an austrian company.

Yes, Mr Pierer knows what he‘s doing!

Nice, I didn‘t know that! Hope he gets results that are good enough to get him to all the races. He deserves one more shot at it!

Haha, nice hack job!

I'll buy one if they lower the weight, add a second battery (that can be swapped in 2 min, so that I can do two 30 min rides) and come at the price of a current fourstroke. Their benefits (no engine wear and maintenance, no bent radiators or exhausts..) ... more »

I‘d reverse the order, but other than that: I AGREE!!

Not every dude with a welder and a dyno can do a better job at building an exhaust than a motorcycle manufacturer. There are just a handful of exhaust companies that have the knowledge and resources to build a good product with the strict sound regulations ... more »

They need to mount that stupid oil cooler from the older bike

I wish him all the best and a full recovery!! This sport can be so brutal

He skipped leg day

I listen to Steve‘s Podcasts and nothing else. Not because I think they‘re no good. I am just afraid of licking them too and spend even more time listening to that stuff.. Btw.. is there a good MXGP/Europe-podcast?

How he‘s able to get that awd to work is beyond me. But if you have a hybrid bike, why not skip the mechanical awd and built the electic motor into the front wheel hub. You would have a front wheel drive only electic mode but the whole bike would be ... more »