TE/TC Braap? part two

really? how about halloween?
or the vitamin c fruit the ktm orange ?
fires not the same if its not orange.
your boned at traffic lights.
the sun would suck too.

if you dont like ktm that much then you aint getting a current husky, personally yes ktm have flooded the market but thats a good thing for spares i will be making the swith to the orange sun pumpkin or whatever you like to call them this summer/winter as i want a 450 and spares are riding past me everyday at the lights...

The problem is a current Husky is not a Husky yet. Just another KTM.

I respect your opinion, but it's time to move on. There are still many Husky riders from the Swedish Era, that think your '08 TE510 is not a Husky... Think about it.

Unfortunately or not.... I'm not the give up kind of guy! You have an opinion, I respect it and I'm glad to share mine back.

I know, it's still hard to swallow the kool aid for me.

umm what is with the kool aid thing? am in the uk and im dumbfounded when i hear the saying.
is it like the mentos and coke thing?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones
Read the section about "Deaths in Jonestown"

ahhah thats royally messed up. thank you for the clarification cosmonkenny

I feel like this too and the reason I do is because IMO the new Huskys don't have an identity yet. This has been beaten to death and I get the whole last minute hodge podge re branding scheme, I guess??? The future identity of Husqvarna is hanging in the balance at the moment. Did the Italians slap the Husky logo onto a Cagiva the first year? Really a question here and I don't recall so I am not trying to be facetious I am merely curious how they transitioned compared to what KTM is attempting.

Lining up against a sea of Orange at the races always felt like..I dono..like I was different, unique maybe. Maybe something to prove that you dont have to be on a KTM to do ok. I really enjoyed watching a few of my friends place very high on Huskys. Seeing my name in the top ten of my class with 2 other huskys among a pile of KTMs was cool I guess.
Now its like hmmm....Dude is on an "old Husky" (Italian). Maybe he's not that good or kinda dumb. I dono. I do like KTMs. They are awesome bikes but sheet man..do we all have to ride the same damn thing?

On the flip side I do like the look of the new bikes but I will not be buying a 2014 Husky. Excited to see what 2015s look like.

Til then, I will enjoy the new/old colors on my WR300.

Whats that mean?

Cagiva transition was slow motion compared to KTM's.... It took Cagiva 2 years after they purchased Husky in 1986, to do what KTM/SP did in two months... close a factory, move production to the home factory and get ready to produce rebadged bikes.

Cagiva was also different in that they kept the Husky 4T bikes, as they were cutting edge technology at the time. The only 4T that would be close for years was the Husaberg and KTM would buy them in 1995, to jump start their RFS program. We wouldn't see the Yamaha 400F until 1998 and the KTM RFS until 2000. From then on Husky built some great 4T motors, but they were never viewed as leading technology by the industry. KTM feels their 4T bikes are superior. That can be argued.

Cagiva killed off the Swedish Husky 2T bikes and they became rebadged Cagivas, plain and simple. Their 2 stroke designs were more advanced than Husky's. Trouble was that Cagiva didn't put a lot of work into the engines over the years. The 125 got the most, with a new engine design in 1998 and the 250 about none. It's little change from a 1987 Cagiva 250, but what a great engine to start with!

It would be 1991 before Cagiva would produce truly unique Italian Huskys and then they would do a massive update again in 1992. Unfortunately Cagiva's money woes would arrive by the mid 1990's and the slide down would begin. Years of racing in all forms of road and off road racing consumed masses of cash. The sale of Ducati to TPG for a cash infusion, massive resources poured into bring MV Augusta back to life and the decline of Cagiva as a street bike brand, pushed Husky into a smaller and smaller corner. Literally floods and a famine of cash came to call. Suitor Piaggio spurned them, Proton bought them and dumped them as quickly. Italian investor group scooped them up, hoping MV prestige bikes would generate cash, but didn't happen and as soon as BMW showed up with a bag of cash... sold!

The BMW years... argue all you want, but they ended up pretty much giving it to KTM!

Rebadged Cagiva 2T and Cagiva model designation for Swedish Husky 510TC....

Nice thanks for the info I guess this transition is similar and brand loyal guys will always feel betrayed during a takeover. Good news is the brand lives on and the future looks bright, expensive but bright.

Now where were we? Oh yes, Braaaap! BTT