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KTM/Husqvarna... now how will this play out?

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First of all, I can ride my '09 wr125 and '10 TC250 for a long time. Hopefully Husqvarna will be able to continue to be the unique bike it is.
If not, Maybe TM here I come.
This is sad if it is true, I relish being the anti-KTM.
 
robertaccio said:
TM or Beta or Sherco or GasGas etc here I come......

most likely Beta 350RR. only because TM doesn't have midsze 4T yet.
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Rob,
It will have to be a 400, as Beta no longer sells the 350 in the US. My TE250 Husaberg is a nice bike and a little more than just a Blue KTM. Like Dave said... Merge Husky and Husy back together, run design and engineering from Sweden (As Husaberg does now) and production in Italy. It might save Husqvarna and Husaberg in the long run. I figured Kymco would be the logical buyer for Husky......
 
Wow.
What news.
Thinking back was it not Scott Harnden that became CEO of KTM and really made a huge improvement with the company?
There was a time when Electrolux owned Husky...
 
Norman Foley said:
Rob,
It will have to be a 400, as Beta no longer sells the 350 in the US. My TE250 Husaberg is a nice bike and a little more than just a Blue KTM. Like Dave said... Merge Husky and Husy back together, run design and engineering from Sweden (As Husaberg does now) and production in Italy. It might save Husqvarna and Husaberg in the long run. I figured Kymco would be the logical buyer for Husky......
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I always figured Kymco would end up with Husqvarna as well. I would be very nervous if I had a showroom full of Huskys right now. There is really no need for KTM to keep Husqvarna alive unless they plan on merging Berg and Husq together.
 
ScottyR said:
I always figured Kymco would end up with Husqvarna as well. I would be very nervous if I had a showroom full of Huskys right now. There is really no need for KTM to keep Husqvarna alive unless they plan on merging Berg and Husq together.
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I dont see them buying the company just to destroy it.
 
While I don't regret my TC449, I am surely disappointed by this news. I will wait and see how this year plays out, but I have a feeling that it will be a TM(or Beta) in '14. I surely do not want another rebadged KTM next year with a Husky logo... :(
 
ScottyR said:
...I think that this deal has just killed any chance of a new 2T from Husqvarna.
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I would think the chance of a new 2T would be more likely if KTM buys them. My understanding is that the 2013 250/300's are no longer available aside from what is already at dealers. I find that a little odd considering that it is only January :thinking: .
 
I wonder what the men and women who work at Varese are thinking about all this right now. The European economy (especially around the Med) is having a very tough time and more uncertainty is the last thing that these folks need. It's an expensive plant and it makes little financial sense to use it as an assembly line for budget roadbikes - believe me, the $$$ that the 650 is going for in the States seems unsustainable when converted to € or £. :(
 
dfeckel said:
Who knows...maybe Husky's DI is better than KTM's and they wanted to buy them up for the patents. It's POSSIBLE...
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The folks at Munich would want to keep that intellectual property, unless they were very keen to get shot of Husky. Beemer don't do strokers, but ther are plenty of people that do and licencing technology is good money.
 
the bikes are already getting red(er) :)

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