Ken and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance » ktm

Motorcycle Maker: Husqvarna

Ken — Tue, 02 May 2006 01:14:00 +0000

Husqvarna, a ‘q’ not followed by ‘u’ is certainly not English. A Swedish company, is was sold to Cagiva in 1987. So the brand is Italian now.

Interestingly, the former employees of Husqvarna started another brand, Husaberg. Husaberg was then acquired by KTM, an Austria company.

Ken — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:31:08 +0000

Is there really a Nami brand as mentioned in Supercross, The Movie?

Never heard of it.
But beside Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki (mentioned by Nami’s president in the movie), there are indeed some other dirt bike brands.

I could think of KTM, Gas Gas and Husqvarna.

Our motorcycle manufacturer tour will next visit them in turns.

Ken — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:37:02 +0000

Coming up, we are looking at the websites of major motorcycle makers. Who is the fairest of them all?

Kicking off today with KTM (www.ktm.at).