The long stroker!! yee haa. I was always thinking the same with the Husky 125/144(165) just increasing the bore size, for all around simplicity cost I believe, whereas TM for one bores and strokes their 125 for the 144 mod. (125 54x54.5, 144 56x58.2 for example)
Looks like the discounting has come to Australia! http://www.husqvarnamotorcycles.com.au/content.asp?id=38 And i just bought a 2012 TC250
Geeze that must hurt, mate. And all others in the same position. I wish I had the money to spare on a bike at the moment. Steph at R & D would finally get more money from me than just the small stuff I usually get from him. I hope he, and other long time Husky dealers here in OZ, don't get shafted by the current goings on. I fear some may not have bikes to sell - I'd not be surprised if the blokes in W.A. get control over Husky importation, and that they just move them into KTM dealerships. Imagine being a dealer that just sold bikes in good faith, and then having p**sed off purchasers coming back in. Of course, being the recent purchaser, would be a hell of a lot worse. Hang in there sport, and ride your new (?) bike - have some fun, as that's why we ride.
For me personally it doesn't hurt that much, yeah it's annoying and I would have loved to get the bike heaps cheaper, but I honestly think that if the guys that I bought the bike from, and have bought 7 bikes from, and are my mates that I ride with knew about the price reduction they would have told me about it, so I won't be storming back in there on Monday morning complaining about it. It is what it is, and I accept that, there's not much I can do if I buy a bike, and a month later the Factory decides to have a fire sale and heavily reduce the price of the bikes. It's my bad luck, maybe I should have read the play better and anticipated Australia following Americas lead in discounting the bikes, so if any things to blame its my own stupidity!! On the plus side I can see a CR65 in my very near future
What Camstyn said, I wont be buying more Husky's until the brand is firmly re-established (read YEARS) and not using Chinese parts anymore.
Just got back from riding my over priced TC250 with it's crappy resale value. i can honestly say that i don't give a rats that i bought it a month before the price reduction, or its resale value is low because i had an absolute BLAST on the thing today, it's so much fun to ride I have better things to do than worry about some money, like being happy for instance! and i was extremely happy today out riding my Husky with some mates
Ya, I was up there last week picking up a part. Walked in and, right out front, there it was! By the way, lots of deals on Husky's there right now. There's also a dealer out in Redlands, CA giving huge deals on new Husky's.