It’s hard to say how many at first, but the company sees potential to increase HQ staff by 50 within the first year at the new HQ. There was demand and we were able to supply the product.Ī: Yes, with the new HQ expansion we will be hiring more staff. Plus, we took some other countries’ product while they were in lockdown. We were lucky that our production was down for only a month or so, but once it got going, they delivered what we had planned for the year, pre-COVID. Riding motorcycles was something you could do with yourself and your families. Q: How did the pandemic impact the company?Ī: COVID just made people want to get out and do things. We’ve been seeing 10% average growth for the past years, and this last year was our best year retail sales-wise for our dealers. Our street segment has grown in the past three years, and we are/have been the largest European motorcycle manufacture in North America. This is where we lead in market share among the other brands. Can you share more?Ī: Our company has been doing very well in the off-road market for a while. Q: It sounds like business is going well. It’s right above our current offices off Technology and Innovation streets, south of French Valley airport. Q: How long has the test track been operational?Ī: Our private test track has been fully operational for 3 years now. Our Ohio offices are now the parts warehouse and dealer training center We moved to Temecula in 2004 and opened our current headquarters in Murrieta in 2009, which has grown to four buildings now (and we are outgrowing them). We also had sales and marketing offices down in El Cajon. Q: Where was KTM’s North American HQ previously?Ī: Our headquarters was back in Amherst, Ohio. We also produce and sell parts and accessories to our dealers, everything from T-shirts to full riding suits and anything for protection and safety equipment, kids to adults sizes. Plus we have electric minibikes and a full-size, off-road electric bike.

In those brands, we have an array of products from balance bikes for 3-year-old children up to 1290 Adventure motorcycles. Q: Tell us more about the KTM brand and what it makes.Ī: We have three brands of motorcycles we build and distribute to our dealers, KTM, Husqvarna and GasGas.

Tom Moen, KTM’s marketing manager, gave us an update. We asked the company about its new HQ and what it’s bringing to the Temecula Valley.

The company also makes balance bikes for 3-year-old children, the 1290 Adventure motorcycle, electric minibikes, and a full-size, off-road E-bike. Its three brands of motorcycles include the KTM, Husqvarna and GasGas. KTM North America is a motorcycle manufacture that makes a variety of street and off-road bikes. The company sells its motorcycles and related gear through independent dealers across the U.S.

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