Return of the Penton????

[kenbike]

My April 2011 Dirt Rider arrived and on page 24 is the headline Return of the Penton".  A company RidePG.com is selling kits of new plastic and sticker to use on new KTM's take make it a Penton!
I like the idea of getting the Penton name out and the KTM does have it's roots firmly with the Penton, but should they have a release to use the name?
What do you think???

[hankthecrank]

Ken. I also saw that and wondered about about the use of the name. The bike looked pretty good but the picture was kinda small. How about the cover shot and inside pictures of Cory B?

Hank Rinehart

[Gary Roach]

quote:I like the idea of getting the Penton name out and the KTM does have it's roots firmly with the Penton, but should they have a release to use the name?

I don't know anything about the legality of it, but Powersport Grafx has been doing Penton decals for the modern KTMs for years.

See this post from 2007:
http://www.pentonusa.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7871




They also make some cool "retro" KTM graphics.









 

quote:How about the cover shot and inside pictures of Cory B?

Yeah, it was good to see him on the cover. This is his second cover shot on a magazine. His first was 4 years ago when he was on the cover of Dirt Rider's mini bike publication called, "Mini Rider".





Gary

[skiracer]

I don't think they are making the Penton graphics for the public.  I think they are only making the retro KTM's.  Too bad, they look really great!

1976 MC 5 Original Owner
1982 Suzuki PE 175
1976 Husqvarna 175GP
2002 KTM 200 EXC
2007 KTM 250 XCF
1979 KTM 250 GS (Project)
1981 KTM 250 (Project)