Tag Archives : KTM

KTM and Bajaj are working on a common platform that will underpin the latter’s Pulsar motorcycle, Bajaj Auto’ MD Rajiv Bajaj said in a recent interview. The reason for the operation is simple – economies of scale. The cost structure will be simplified and improved while the end user also benefits from it. The joint development of both companies is a low capacity KTM Duke motorcycle [...]

Bajaj’s has brought out enough successful products in the past to showcase what it is capable of. From the time of the Chetak, KB 100 (aka the Kawasaki gto-100) to the Caliber, etc, some have been Bajaj’s own designs and some were taken from its tech partner Kawasaki. Even the Pulsar’s engine was derived from the Kaswasaki’s KLX series. So seeing the company’s track record [...]

Bajaj Auto Limited (BAL), the country’s second largest two-wheeler manufacturer is targeting sales volumes of 70 % from its overseas operations in the years ahead. The company plans to take the fight to Honda Motor Company in the markets of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The company which had only a 30 % contribution from sales in overseas markets last year, aims to reach the set target of [...]

KTM requires the help of the public in naming their stunt and race concept 125 cc bikes which were showcased at the Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo e Motociclo e Accessori (EICMA) or the Milan Motorcycle Show in 2009. Both bikes will be going on sale in Europe sometime in 2011. KTM is mainly targeting the youth brigade with their two new 125 cc bikes and therefore requires someone to come up with [...]