Poll - Are you planning to buy a new KTM based husky?

I am currently own 08 TE510 and 11 TE250 and will keep it.

The sherco looks like an excellent bike.. but only electric start?.. and no kicker? No way for me.. batteries die and i'd like the option in case something goes wrong with the starter.

Looks like 80% won't be getting a new Huskaberg any time soon. I really think the higher than KTM pricing is going hurt their sales even more if the latest "premium" bike thing is true.

IMO the huskatooms will be more expensive and will not be discounted like we are used to. If they were discounted the KTM crowd would jump ship since they are nearly identical. Or scream foul and cause turmoil. No way they will be affordable for my limited finances. Sad

Nothing wrong with buying the one/2 year old bike all modded for half the cost on craigslist later . There's always someone getting a divorce, getting married, getting a kid, buying a house, moving, going to college, ...or .need money for something..even another bike...just have to squirrel money ahead of time for the deals later.

I'm staying away from the new bikes as long as I can if not forever. I had a newer husaberg and its a good bike but not worth more money than an already over priced KTM. The bikes handling is vanilla at best with awkward ergos for the average person. The motors are butter smooth but no kicker on most including the one I had leaves you on the starting line for way to long. They say the rear subframe is for saving weight yet still comes in heavier than most of their KTM equivalents. None of these things add up to a great hare scramble bike for me. I was drawn to husky in 2013 because an average person could have the opportunity to own a new motorcycle at a working man's price while being competitive with any other bike out there and this idea makes husky great and unique to me. I feel the market needs a bike like this and roughly 9000 or so people a year, more so than husaberg, bought these bikes thinking this as well. I'm done with my rant but that's my take on the whole deal.

I've mentioned this before... Heavily discounted Husky prices, are the dope, that killed the Brand. I enjoyed as many new discounted Huskys, as anyone. My new just released, not leftover '09 WR125, with Heros Ride Huskys Rebate and dealer discount, cost little more than retail price of a '92 125 WXE! Try buying a new pickup, for close to what they cost 12 years ago. Buy up the remains and enjoy them, but I'm kind of wishing more of us, myself included... were willing to pay, what they were really worth. If we valued them more, Cagiva might still be building them!

nope not this time around, it would be great to have a new blue husky but the wife would pretty much kill me. besides my 11 tc449 is a great bike and a new 14 won't make me any faster, i'm to old to think what everyone else thinks about what I ride, besides it is still great fun to race and beat everyone on a bike that is not suppose to win

I just bought a new KTM 250sx last August. I might in get new Husqvarna in '15 or '16. They'll be some sweet machines.

This is the transition year. Of course it's basicly a ktm but lets see in a few years what will evolve. ..But so what. Bottom line is Husky is alive and the bike is beautiful and a great bike. I'd rather buy this bike than a ktm. That's big in itself to me. The price is what current 300 2 stroke enduro bikes go for. That's normal.

It's basicly this bike right.. and that's an awesome bike.. I think guys are going to buy it and that's what Husky needs.. people to buy.


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I am still adjusting to the KTM acquisition and recall that prior to 2010/11 Husky's were only at a $500 discount to KTM's but had a whopping 2 year warranty V's KTM's 6 months.
The recent discounting has simply been a deck clearing exercise imho. That said and particularly in Oz, we pay a ridiculous premium for bikes. I know that we account for 10% of KTM's global market. With the other brands now in house they are probably looking at circa 15%. For such a chunky market share I really do feel screwed over. We would probably pay in the vicinty of $3000 to $4000k above the US price.

I agree marketing was the biggest problems for the Italians, for them you are just supposed to see the bike and fall in love with it. Many of us did fall in love with the bikes with no marketing and we found out they were a way better bargain than the ktm. If you want the non thinking follower masses to buy your product you need to market things.

Amen..... Geniuses is being kind.....

I'll probably stick with Beta. I like my TE310 x-lite and hope to keep it also but no need for something in the near future.

Honestly, I would talk with George on buying things moto related ....might get a side by side in the next year if the wife has any interest.

I certainly will not ride one for quite sometime. With minimal time for tooling would like to see where it may go in the years to come. Beta maybe. But for some sick reason I keep holding on to the dream that Cagiva may be reborn and take off where Husky left off. Stranger things have happened!(Like your ARCH RIVAL motorcycle brand buying you out and throwing your precious crown on there own motorcycle. Sorry but I'm off to the toilet for now.........