Exactly ... Not that I have ever lost faith in SP and his business dealings obligations ... This is just another avenue of approach to keep parts available ... Not that I ever ~really need any for my 4 Huskies ;0... But I'm sure, some day, with the hundreds of hours I roll on my dirt bikes, (with 40WT engine oil), I also, will need another part.
Gas Gas has announced they are parting ways with there U.S. Importer and will be taking the operation over in house. Pretty big waves are being made I just hope the bikes live up to expectations and soon! http://www.offroadchampions.com GasGas Moto's North America is pleased to announce Rod Overstreet as their new National Sales Manager, effective immediately. Overstreet brings with him 30 years of experience in the power sports industry, in addition to being a long time avid off-road enthusiast. "I am very honored in accepting this position and look forward to working Mark Berg, Jim Snell and the GasGas factory as we take the brand onto the next step here in the U.S. With the recent financial support of the Spanish government, our partners in Israel, and now the exciting news of adding a quality line of 4 stroke motorcycles for 2015, the sky is the limit as to what we can accomplish".
Thanks for info ... This is my idea and my idea only, but I'm still thinking that there might be some backlash from the ~100K ktm riders that might, just might, open the door for some other motorcycle company to pick up these disgruntled riders (that may or may not exist) ... Gas2x seems as likely a company for this as any other ...We'll just have to watch the sales numbers for the next few yrs and see how all this shakes out ...
thats ugly and brutal. Clay deserves better. I hate that kind of crap. I'm sure a lot of old husky employees and dealers are feeling this same way right now. There is no EZ way to do it sometimes.
pardon my language, but it's just like if i told my wife that don't love her anymore and that i started dating her best friend, and then whine in public when why my wife leaves me? r
^ you're leaving out A LOT of detail that got you to the point of not loving her anymore. misleading, untrustworthy, and owes you money. got any pics of the 'best friend'
no, i actually got to the point, saying that it is better for both parties to separate. no matter what happened in the past. r
GG has been dropping the ball for a good while now. No bikes available, big mess up with the airbox fiasco, not dealing straight, giving Clay the run around on a bunch of stuff. I'll use a dog analogy, you have two dogs and one craps on the carpet and runs away all the time while the other one brings you beer from the fridge and obeys your every command. I'm sure if GG had been better to work with they would get the attention. But when they mislead you, don't brig int he bikes, don't have the support that wears thin. Plus Sherco is new to the US and needed the extra effort. Every single person i have spoke to about Clay had nothing but good things to say. If you read that thread all the way through he was the reason many of these guys are even on GG. Its more like he saw his wife cheating on him a few times and had enough of it. He had already tried to leave the marriage but the begged him back then left anyway. I don't think anyone in the know would call Clay the problem.
Correct but what he is taking issue with is the backhanded remarks and stab in the back on the way out.
I have only had positive experiences when talking to Clay and have been impressed with his customer service. I am sure that we aren't privy to the inner workings of the GasGas management and can't really know the what, when, and WHY of their past decisions. When a business is going bankrupt as they were, often unpopular and sometimes unethical decisions get made. I would imagine they regret them now and the new GasGas investors will have to overcome the negativity of their recent financial issues. Getting back to the Husqvarna motors in the GasGas platform. My guess is that the motors that GasGas will be importing to the US will be the x-lite 250/310 and the 125 2T. This makes perfect sense as they have no 4t's for import here and the 125 husky engine is probably a better fit for our market. I am sure we will know more details later this summer as these should be here as 2015 models.
i didn't either. i don't know the guy, i don't know the situation. i don't know whose fault it was, and to be honest, i don't even want to know. but i do know that a situation like he described has no future. r
GGs have always been "finish it yourself" type of bikes, with lots of flaws, but they turned better than a KTM, and worked well when sorted out in the east and PNW. Problem is its 2014 now with better options and no reason to put up with that crap. There is a reason the co is stuck in 3rd gear and its not the importers. I know Clay, he helped me out a great deal with a particularly bad specimin of a GG and I'm sure spent too much time time cleaning up similar messes. Exceptional service. I shudder at the thought of an Xlite motor, much more complex and demanding of proper tolerances, coming from that factory! They tried this with a DRZ copy ten years ago, it was a major flop. After several design changes, the last by an American engineer, it was OK but the damage had been done, it was an out of date, and no one wanted it. Hey I hope it all works out for the best, for good Xlite parts if nothing else, but don't be the first!
Thanks for the clarity ... And I'm clueless on these bikes & company but have watched what Husky has been doing with their resources at the ~12,000 bike ~range ... Now take a company with less resources and the end product is probably gonna reflect that resource drop ... Even when you get a good product, the next issues are as big or bigger to overcome. All phases of ramping up producing more of your product and then supplying them all over the world, are not trivial as we've read about with Husky and bmw in the recent past ... With limited resources, a miss step and you might end up outside the industry before long.
