Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: KTM motorcycles are made by KTM. Stands for Kronrief, Trunkenpolz in Matighoven. Two guys Mr. Kronrief and Mr. Trunkenpolz started a motorcycle company in 1953 in the city of Matighoven, Austria. The guy that says the suck is full of sh-t. You do not have to be rich, just the opposite actually.