I was fortunate to be in a non-compensated advisory position (casual) with a close friend who I raced off-road with in the early-mid 80's when he was the US Maico importer and then became a Yamaha and one of the early US KTM dealers. His riding ability and business practices made him well respected within the ranks of KTM USA's management. Internally KTM is truly an awesome company that is seriously competition driven, the key people talk the talk and definitely can walk the walk. Being able to be around people like that at dealer meetings and new model testing events was without a doubt the best times of my life.