The name KTM is derived from the names of the company founders, Ernst Kronreif and Hans Trunkenpolz, while the third letter represents the geographic location of the KTM factory, Mattighofen in Austria.
...and the R/XC is still the most serious dual sport bike available...if you don't count the electric-start Husaberg, which isn't really a DOT-approved dual sport anyhow...
