Actual news on the KTM purchase of Husqvarna

Hey , I just found the picture on the web and thought I'd share. It's not my doing. It was on a euro website and I was sure you'd all just love to see it.

I never get tired of looking at that pic - and yes, I reckon it would look mint with blue rims! It makes me want to put my bike back to '04 spec, but the seat kills my 46-year-old backside...

My "Yamaha":

What does that mean? It will be a lower end KTM?

Do you think a successful company like KTM needs another bike lineup? Until I read it myself I don't believe it is KTMs best interest.
I do believe it is in SP interest. Someday he could be forced out of management at ktm, but as the owner of Husqberg that would never happen. It is also in his interest to make a quality product that can compete with KTM. He may want to sell it for a profit.
Those are sound business ideas.

It means he's giving Husky to his 6 yr. old daughter and next they'll be unveiling the "Hello Kitty" 310 later this year...
This is the "SponeBob 250...

If the new Husky's look like this, I'm buying one.

I have an old one that can look like that with a little work for sale!

PM me with the details and where you are in BC. I'm in AK.

Will do

Well, if you're wondering what BMW is going to do with the 449/511 platform, it looks like they are working out something with Speedbrain. This is a new rally bike Speedbrain is offering. It's about $20,000 euro.

Timeline is a little off, but funny!

Speedbrain Customer rally bike looks great. But they have completely parted company with BMW, this is a Speedbrain solo venture.

It looks fugly enough to be a Beemer.

... scrap heap?

It's the same bike that they developed for BMW when they were running BMW's rally effort. I would venture to say that it's pretty much a made over G45, just as the rally bike started out. I'm sure the motor is made by Kymco, ther wheels are Husky and the rest of the bike is by the original vendors to the G45 production. They have probable bought, or have a contract to use, the BMW tooling. Speedbrian, I'm sure, is just assembling and selling them.

I'm sure it's a cost out measure for Speedbrain to reduce the cost of their now "one off" rally bikes and continue to race the bike they developed without BMW support.

I think you are correct. They may have 3 or 4 of them and not sell that many.