• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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KTM Buying Husqvarna????

news to me, the whole reason for me going Husky was that it was not KTM. Oh well KTM does know how to make a street legal dirt bike.
 
TE in RC said:
news to me, the whole reason for me going Husky was that it was not KTM. Oh well KTM does know how to make a street legal dirt bike.
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This will be interesting on how it will play out .... The ktm company is not a stand alone company really from my understanding and Bajaj is most likely the $$ behind this play ...Just my guess and no insider info from me....

So what does that mean? Not sure but maybe Husky can pull out of this on the top side and not fall directly into ktm hands AND maybe have its budget come from Bajaj ... Or maybe at least Husky can forge a slightly different path to some degree from ktm \ Husaberg and not become a clone ... I don't see these these guys pimping the Husky brand name out as bmw seems to be bent on ...
 
KTM makes a great bike. Current Husky's have no ties to the originals anyway. What's it matter who makes them, as long as I can still get parts for my TE310?
 
Or its an evil corporate plan to buy up the competitor, kill the brand and then own it so it never sees the light of day again?

Husky is seriously eating into their sales with a comparable product at a much lower price.
 
Pierer did, not KTM...

https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/pres...lId=6&id=T0136756EN&left_menu_item=node__2201

Munich. The BMW Group is realigning its BMW Motorrad business. In the context of changing motorcycle markets, demographic trends and increasing environmental demands, BMW Motorrad will expand its product offering to exploit future growth potential. The focus of the realignment will be on urban mobility and e-mobility. By restructuring the segment, the BMW Group will concentrate on expanding and utilising the resources of the BMW Motorrad brand. Therefore the BMW Group signed a purchase agreement with Pierer Industrie AG (Austria) for the acquisition of Husqvarna Motorcycles. The acquisition will proceed subject to approval by anti-trust authorities. Both companies have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
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If Bajaj buy out KTM then Pierer can spend his time focusing on Husky *shrug*
 
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ktm-owner-buys-husqvarna-motorcycle-203608065.html

Entrepreneur Stefan Pierer, who owns a majority stake in KTM, told Reuters:
"I want to see Husqvarna sales double in five years time to 20,000 motorbikes," he said, adding that his immediate focus would be on rejuvenating the ageing line-up of offroad models.

Instead of fully integrating both companies, Husqvarna and KTM will be managed separately, while reaping the benefits of using common components.

When asked whether he was concerned the two brands might cannibalise each other's sales, he admitted there would be a slight effect.
Overall, however, the Husqvarna brand would help it take share away from Honda , Yamaha , Kawasaki and Suzuki .
 
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