Wheels or waves? Red Bull shows no preference for most forms of rush, but aspects of MotoGP™ Grand Prix racing and this summer’s America’s Cup are closer than you think.
As KTM celebrates 30 years of competing at the event, a 1-2 from Kevin Benavides and Toby Price is a fitting tribute - bringing the trophy back to the orange squad for the first time in four years.
Huge jumps and hard pack mean that AMA Supercross is a tough test of dirtbike suspension, but just how different is it to motocross and a conventional dirtbike setting? We pushed WP Suspension for some answers…
Keen offroad racer Dylan Cartwright has lived with the touch, performance and attachment of KTM machinery for four decades. It means he is better placed than many to talk about the ‘KTM journey’. We asked for his story…
The Dakar Rally is the most difficult and long, yet spectacular race you can take part in on a motorcycle, and one we all relish in following every January.
The major rest-day milestone has been reached! Both Toby Price and Kevin Benavides have overcome the first week perils of the notoriously tough Dakar Rally in Saudi aboard their KTM 450 RALLY machines to make it to the all-important mid-point of the race. Time to re-charge, re-focus and prepare for the second part of the battle.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jack Miller is reaching the end of his first term with the KTM RC16 in MotoGP. The 28-year-old Australian has now ridden and taken podiums with three different bikes in the premier class. What exactly goes into shaping and creating a race ‘package’ that can top 360 kmph?
2023 MotoGP is already deep into the next chapter of motorcycle aerodynamics as the quest for peak downforce, stability and speed continues at pace. How is KTM keeping in the game? We asked aerodynamic team leader, Dan Marshall, at the race workshop in Munderfing.
On 7 May, 2023, in Madrid and round six of MXGP campaign, the 28-year-old Jeffrey Herlings climbed the top step of a world championship podium for the 102nd time and put his name at the top of the record books. Here is what he had to say about the feat…
Three decades ago, KTM was spurred into action by one of its iconic athletes to offer customers the ultimate ‘taster’ of what it means to ride in orange. To this day ‘RIDE KTM’ is an enduring and popular scheme to provide unforgettable motorcycle experiences. How did it come to be?
He’s the reigning AMA Supercross champion and Red Bull KTM’s fresh hope for the mammoth American racing series. How is Chase Sexton pivoting to life in orange?
KTM’s motorsports activities have delivered almost 400 FIM titles. But what’s been the best motorcycle of the bunch? Step forward the KTM 250 SX-F; a bike that recently bagged its 15th MX2 Motocross World Championship from the last 20 seasons. Here is some of the story.
In the midst of the mountains of Lesotho, in Southern Africa, the roar of KTM EXC excellence brought the area – famous for the ‘Roof of Africa’ Hard Enduro race – alive again, as KTM launched its revolutionary 2024 Enduro machines. 38 journalists from 22 countries traveled to the spectacular location, and as the dust has settled on that iconic trip, we at the KTM Blog delve into the new ‘REDEFINED’ era of KTM EXC.
There is the ability and there is the weight of numbers. In both ways new Moto2™ World Champion Pedro Acosta can sit peacefully with the billing of a ‘generational talent’. For those who have already seen the spectacular style in which the 19-year-old handles a race bike, here is the hard data behind #37’s surge to the top.
One of the fastest offroad motorcycle racers in the world talks about a year-long hiatus from MXGP due to injury and his impeding return to Grand Prix action.
In 2023, Turkish racer Deniz Öncü, 20, won three Moto3™ Grands Prix in his final season. Now, he's set for a Moto2™ challenge with Red Bull KTM Ajo in 2024. We had a 1-1 discussion with him.
KTM has a very proactive apprenticeship and training program to help youngsters, graduates and professionals find a vocation alongside their fondness for motorcycles, technology and design. The ‘Dual Academy’ is a bold platform that allows dedicated trainees to fast-track their way into a career and also sample KTM on another continent.
Seven years into the role, Jens Hainbach, Vice President Sports Management Road Racing, tells us about the maturing talent scheme where the KTM roster is now bursting with potential.
KTM reigned supreme in 2023 MXGP and the MX2 class for the seventh time in the last eight years but the season was about more than Andrea Adamo as Liam Everts also made the grade with the KTM 250 SX-F. Here the likeable and sensitive Belgian tells us about some of the trek to the top.
It takes a racer to see a racer and tell a racer: Mika Kallio holds a unique role in the company’s MotoGP™ Grand Prix project so we asked him about his work and how it helps the pursuit of success…
The Dakar Rally needs no introduction. It’s an incredible annual race of a million stories, and one that perhaps was ‘the making’ of KTM as we know it today. It is singly the most difficult and long, yet spectacular races you can take part in on a motorcycle, and one we all relish in following every January.
KTM are competing on almost every continent with two wheels but they are also pretty busy with their four-wheel program. Marketing and Motorsport Manager and driver Laura Kraihamer tells us about throttling the KTM X-BOW Models and how technology is making racers faster and younger.
If you’re a die-hard KTM fan and have spent enough time doing an Instagram deep dive, you’ll no doubt have come across a few viral, custom-built motorcycles assigned to the handle @daan99999. We sat down with the undisputed King of KTM custom motorcycles and picked his brain.
Pedro Acosta is the name at the top of many stories or comments about the MotoGP silly season for 2024 and with good reason. Tap into some of the 19-year-old’s mindset that has carried him so far, so quickly.
Exceptional, emotional, and incredible are the main words that come to mind to describe the World Championship victories of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Manuel Lettenbichler and Josep Garcia. As the reality of achieving their goals sets in, on what has been quite a journey through 2023 aboard completely new KTM EXC machinery, we take a look at their FIM Hard Enduro and FIM Enduro1 World titles.
Red Bull extreme athlete Arūnas ‘Aras’ Gibieža joins an illustrious list of KTM Orange Bleeders, bringing more READY TO RACE spirit to the realm of stunt riding.
From one rider to four, including three newcomers, fresh staff, different management and the second year of two new motorcycles: Red Bull KTM’s MXGP factory team has had an overhaul but is still achieving the same goals and standards. We asked how…
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