In mid-December, KTM passed the 100,000-unit annual motorcycle production milestone for the first time ever at its Mattighofen plant in Austria. The 100,000th bike to roll off KTM’s domestic assembly line was an 1190 Adventure.
Although KTM can claim to be Europe’s largest motorcycle brand, with sales of 123,859 bikes in 2013, BMW Motorrad actually makes more purely European motorcycles at Spandau in Berlin. The difference is explained by KTM’s contracted-out production of smaller-capacity 125-390cc road bikes to Bajaj in India.