This is the first in a series of of daily snippets of a long interview with Stefan Pierer from Moyociclismo magazine. Coffee could you set up this one too, please?
I guess I forgot the link. Sorry. http://www.motociclismo.it/husqvarna-avra-una-gamma-off-road-a-2-e-4t-a-partire-da-85-cc-moto-54256
This is very interesting... a couple of things I noted: "The real Husky customers are disappointed" -- true enought I think. Whatever his vision is, it seems clear he wants "real Husky customers" not to be disappointed. In my mind, that means current, modern competitive machines -- whatever those look like. "After Easter, I'll have a plan..." Sounds good -- I hope he shares it. The comments about Husaberg are interesting -- "I want Husky to be the second brand..." -- this reads to me like Husaberg is going away. In the end -- this is pretty positive I think. 5 years from now nobody will even remember what the fuss was about.
Dave, It's been 25+ years since Electrolux sold Husky to Cagiva and some people are still smarting about that. We'll see this time....
You're right -- I can still remember that. Husky was never really the same after that!!! That being said, I'm looking forward to something new and different. Frankly I don't really care if it has a ton of KTM DNA -- just want a competitive 2-stroke.
TC-TE-TXC250/310/CR-WR125 chassis with KTM DNA Husky badged 250/300 2T. Demand among the faithful is big. Keep the 125/144 and the 250/310 4T as is for now.
Press releases in business need to be crafted just as carefully as their political counterparts. Having said that, I like to think of myself as a "half full kind of guy." I'm going to be in the wait and see mode until it unfolds, which will take some time...
Sounds good to the faithfull Husky rider.I am glad to hear he likes DIRT BIKES Looking back I feel BMW was really not into getting dirty.They wanted to push Dual sport and Adventure type bikes TO me and the loyal Husky rider Husky is a dirt bike company with a real racing heritage so please lets hope it goes back to its roots.To me Husky riders are like Nascar and BMW riders are like formula 1 Look at some of the old time husky shops like uptite and Mr George himself.Shop might look like heck but George knew everything about a Husky Along comes BMW and they push George and alot of shops like that aside only to replace them with a big fancy shop that sells KTMs along with a few Husky.Then if you ask a saleman about the Husky he will answer you with a KTM responce Husky really does not have a competive open class bike Yes the 310 is a good bike but it can not run for the overall The 449/511 nobody really races one i know you will point one a few guys but really not a bike people want to raceThe 125/144 is a greatbike but the 125 class is gone by the wayside It is making a come back The Wr 250/300 are good but look old next to a new KTM So anything this guy does will be better then what BMW has done to promote real dirt bikes
SP is a dirt bike guy and likes racing them also ... When Andrew Short (AS29) first went over from hondo and rode the 350, he said the VPs there loved racing as opposed to hondo just going at it in suits and business as usual ... Say what you want, but if you do not have a live performance (racing in this case) of your product in a positive light, you are not gonna grow to the top of whatever it is you are selling ... You'll be another small company with maybe a great product but not enough advertising to spread the word to the population on how great your product really is ... -- Hindsight is ~20/20 on bmw ... seems ridiculous now and someone over there might have even got canned over that or their career has topped out over there ...
I say reopen the 61 page thread when news occurs, then stay on topic. That is an important historical thread, and I read every darn post! It feels incomplete without "the rest of the story" captured in context as it unfolds. Good stuff.
The interview sounds good. BMW definitely was on the wrong ("adventure bike") track and if the new bloke concentrates his energy on Husky, all will be good.
