KTM's styling has long been...divisive. The angularity, sharp breaks, and alien-like headlights have proven that aggressive may not always be the way to go regarding creating motorcycles that beg folks to fork over their hard-earned money for. And that design language, that out-there pomp and circumstance, was one crafted by Kiska, the design studio that was tangentially under KTM's prior Pierer leadership.
That, however, is no more.
According to recent reporting throughout the Austrian region, as Bajaj—KTM's new owners—looks to reshape KTM's future, along with rein in the company's out-of-control spending, external ties, and ownership dealings, the group has cut ties with Kiska, allowing the design house to be free of KTM's control once more.
