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The Penton brothers opened a machine shop to maintain equipment for the family farming and ditching business. Ike and Ted became skilled machinists, and the shop eventually became the heart of the Penton motorcycle research and development program. It was in 1950 that the Penton Brothers Motorcycle Agency was established in a converted chicken coop on North Ridge Road. During the era of the Penton (1968-1977), approximately 70,000 motorcycles were produced, and the American riders on Pentons won 44 gold, 17 silver and 18 bronze medals at the ISDT. In 1978 the name “Penton” was replaced with “KTM”.

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