New husky pricing

So I have been loving the new looks and wanted another big bore thumper like a 501 next year. I buy a new bike ever 4-5 years and am about there. I figured the Husabergs would be an indicator of price.

2014 husaberg 501 is 9949. Thats probably just shy of 12k otd. Thats not expensive...thats insulting. Talk about going from one extreme to the other. Thoughts?

My KTM dealer will deal, my Husky dealer usually doesn't but the factory incentives make up for it (and then some). Now that they're the same bikes, I'm sure I'll just be buying KTMs from here on out. More dealers = more competition = better deals for the consumer.

To put it into perspective I bought my 310 in mid-late 2010 for $11, 500 AUD ~=$$10, 950 USD. A Yamaha WR250r was $12, 500 and a 'special kitted' WR 300F (dealer bored WR 250F) was over $13, 000. Don't ask what the cost was if I wanted it in orange.

I could have bought my WR300 and TE630 and probably have had enough money left over to buy a 125 for what one 501 costs

Can you share the math on this with us?

I bought both the WR and the 630 at bargain basement prices, dealers couldn't give them away

I've had my share of new bargain Huskys over the years. Unfortunately in retrospect, I think the "Fire Sale" mentality contributed to the demise of the Italian Husky. Enjoy those bikes!

Yeah - I bought my 02WR250 for the same price as my 12TXC310. Talk about value!

I bought my '09 WR125 new, for what retail was on a '92 WXE125!

Funny you mention. There was a 2013 te511 with 125 miles on it. It was selling at a local dealer for $4900. I was all stoked and was gonna check it out this weekend. Its $&@@&$#% gone already.

Friends, this has more to do with governments printing money then it does with marketing wonks setting MSRP. What we all know as "inflation" is just a symptom of over expansion of our money supply. Trillions of US$ have been pumped into the economy over the last few years, and now those $$ are chasing the same goods as before. The result is that more paper can be thrown at the same hardware. The cost of a Husky isn't more, your Dollars (or Euro) are weaker. Welcome to the real definition of inflation.

I stated I'd buy a new 450 MX racer in a few yrs but I'm gonna pay something that is more over the top than todays' pricing ... I'll just go back, to the back side of the wave on any purchases ...