I cant seem to find a definite answer....
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what the hell does KTM stand for?
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Haha , those were just some of the funny ones I remember. I seriously don't know what KTM stands for.
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K = Ernst Kronreif (founder)
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And there we go....
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And there goes Jeffro. One of God's own prototypes. A super high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
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It stands for: Kronreif and Trunkenpolz, Mattighofen and that is a short abbreviation for: "transfer all your money to Cappelmans"
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Bear in mind that I've owned and loved my KTMs but there are some funny ones,,,
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I'm sure there are a ton more lol
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First it stood for Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen, then after businessman Ernst Kronreif bought into Ktm it changed to Kronreif und Trunkenpolz, Mattighofen.
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I believe it's related to the band KMFDM.
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Nystrom wrote:
First it stood for Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen, then after businessman Ernst Kronreif bought into Ktm it changed to Kronreif und Trunkenpolz, Mattighofen.
damn .. I didn't realize there were so many ... LOL
but .. this is what I was wondering about . I kept getting these two different ones .
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