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

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There could be more angles here. What does BMW have that KTM could use? Think orange Nuda...KTM does not do well with street bikes as a business. We are interested in the Husky angle, but BMW and KTM are the potential dealmakers, not Husqvarna and KTM.

We are all concerned, but we are short on facts. Patience is a virtue.
 
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.
 
K5PL5 said:
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 big player China is the nextkick in the yarbols to see TaTa, the manufacturer of the cheapest production car ever built, buying Land Rover and Jag.
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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.
 
dcg141 said:
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.
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True, look what the Bangla Bangers built. bangy banger.jpg
 
rancher1 said:
Of course they are, the pumpkins will finally handle correctly.
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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.
 
dcg141 said:
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.
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Are you located in Hattiesburg?
 
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.
 
john01 said:
7 pages now and the news still sucks :thumbsdown:.
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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 ...


Darkside said:
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.
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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.
 
Darkside said:
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.
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ray_ray said:
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...
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Darkside pretty much said the same thing I said about the doom and gloom that settled over the Husqvarna loyals when BMW bought them.
His comment...and mine...are pretty relevant to what's going on here. I'm not any happier than you are about it, ray_ray...in fact I'm really having a hard time maintaining that "wait and see" attitude I'm professing to have...but I'm trying to be nice.
 
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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