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

Well...you know VW owns quite a few brands now and they havent really ruined any. Not in my opinion anyway. Who knows. I know there are some Anti-KTM and BMW people out there-thats why there are so many brands to choose from...
Ive had almost every brand of modern/slightly aged motorcycles and I loved something about all of them.
I have yet to own a Ducati...thats one on the bucket list. Who bought Ducati? Oh yeh, Audi..which is essentially VW, no? Hmmm...Talk about monopolizing!

Bajaj owns KTM. Dangit. Those guys in India are buying up some shiite. Land Rover, Jaguar, KTM, soon Husky...
As a former Land Rover owner, its a kick in the yarbols to see TaTa, the manufacturer of the cheapest production car ever built, buying Land Rover and Jag.

There Will Be Blood

Of course they are, the pumpkins will finally handle correctly.

Mr Erl looks smarter everyday... Maybe he could pick up GasGas?

Rover and Jag are doing pretty well under Indian ownership. Mahindra is now the worlds best selling tractor. India..not China is the worlds next economic player. China shows no flair for innovation..not true with India.

7 pages now and the news still sucks .

True, look what the Bangla Bangers built.

Probably cheaper to buy racket share then compete with it.

Wow pimpn..... now where's my purple hat with the big green feather

I am a KTM dealer. If its true I see the potential of selling a brand name with a huge offroad history. Personally I would like to see different products and Husaberg becoming Husqvarna once again. I told my rep at the KTM dealer meeting this year that I believed BMW would be getting out of the dirt bike business soon.

Are you located in Hattiesburg?

Other end of the state...Senatobia. I sell KTM, Berg, GasGas and Sherco's when they arrive...now Husqvarna??

Seems to me, that around 2008 everyone was nay-saying about another Husky buy out. BMW will ruin the brand blah blah blah. Those same nay-sayers are at it again.
How they love their beemers now! Just like back then, Husky already had some redesigns in the works and completed them after BMW bought them. We've been hearing that Husky has been working on a redesign of their 2Ts. I think there's no reason to believe the new 2Ts won't be completed also. Maybe that's why orange wants them.

The reality of all this is settling is on me now ...

ktm has VPs that support dirt bike racing to a high degree as is seen world wide currently ...Its shaping up as EU (ktm) against the island of japan ....

I'm expecting to see Husky in the ama stuff shortly or at least the FIM stuff in EU with real support (and not such as the bmw clown act brought forth) ... As in very shortly ... 1-2 yrs MAX ... And I would not be surprised to see a (ktm) 2t machine go against the 4t japan machines in the near future also ...

Take it however you want to, but ktm is pretty studly ... They have the backing to force changes in dirt bike racing to an even higher level ...

Excuse me but what good did bwm do for the brand other that spend some advertising dollars and kept the ball rolling? And please go start another thread called "Why I loved the Husqvarna bwm years" ... And post the goodness there so it will not be hidden in this triple-paged headed numbered thread...

Well at this rate my 300 will still run awesome 15 years from now. Theres plenty of 12-15 year old bikes that are out there now that arevjust fine even by todays standards. its all about setup.Now i know i wont ever sell it. I like my friends 12 ktm 300 but frankly it never felt right compared to my Husky.

Boy, this makes me feel a little sick... Bought my first dual sport fall '11 and my new te630 Jan '12 so I haven't been in the off-road game long. Part of the Husky purchase equation for me was BMW ownership. I figured they understand the ownership experience/J D Power end of things and heard parts availability was much improved. Now I have no experience with KTM's service/parts availability track record but they do have a broader dealer network, so if their intentions for the brand are honorable it could mean I can drive 40 miles for parts instead of 240. Although...I doubt many KTM dealers have the room for/want the aggravation of servicing another brand.

Weird, weird, weird. I also hear BMW had been pushing hard to add Husky dealers. In fact, I have two different acquaintances who have been talking seriously with them.

I love my 630 and fix my own bikes so what I really care about is not hearing it will take 6 months/can't get an ecu if I need it.

This thing has more angles than a F117...


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