Thoughts on this rumour??? What would KTM get out of Gasgas? http://www.autoevolution.com/news/ktm-rumored-to-buy-financially-challenged-gas-gas-92527.html
He's a Juggernaut and heavy drinker ... This will be interesting to see how he fits these guys into what he's building ... -- This is getting hard to track but wasn't gas2x going to use the ITL Husky engines?
It’s only a rumour at this stage. I just can’t see how KTM would benefit from a GG takeover. Surely GG doesn’t have better brand awareness than Husaberg did/has. KTM interested in trials bikes? (hhmm) Want to sticker slap another off-road bike? (doubtful) Realised they made a huge mistake selling the Italian Husky Xlite engine and want that baby back? (probably )
Eliminating competition. That is all. 27 mil would be a small price to pay to scratch an entire competitive line off the map.
i can't imagine he would buy GG to eliminate competition. They are almost nothing...hell Husky was a "I can use that name and make money even though they're not" kind of thing. Even for the trials bikes it wouldn't make sense. The aquisition cost alone and he could easily go to his r and d department and have them make one...we all know if they wanted to they would be able to afford to take the top trials riders away from sherco, beta, and GG
They will do the same dance promoting the Spanish heritage, etc.... And stuff with KTM parts while cutting Italian sourcing for anything including that killer 340 x-light that is almost ready to roost.
Puke. Get the sticker machine ready. Its the new classic. So, they sell the rights to GG or for the 125 and x-lite, then buy the whole company back and toss it all in the trash. All this crap makes my head spin. "Welcome to our store Mr Customer, what color would you like your KTM?" Silly times for sure.
I hope they remember not to mix the KTM, Husky and Gas Gas stickers up at the end of the production line. Imagine a KTM from the left side, with a Gas Gas from the right and a Husqvarna on the tail end.
G-G needs to hop into the basic transport market to kick the income up ie scooters, utvs type stuff for industry, industrial vehicles. all the race bike glory is hard to profit from. That Gilat guy is smart maybe he can leverage a deal to get startup (restart capital) and get things going again.
Exactly, like the numerous Husky people that have stayed away from the White KTMs. Yes, there's people who changed over, but there's a lot who didn't & are looking somewhere else and I include myself in the second group.
New customers will have to buy....KTM...or....KTM. See how that works? Nobody in their right mind would pay 10k for a ktm....unless the alternative was.....a 10k ktm.
Fortunately the Japs seem to be finally awake to the formula of proper racebike style enduro bikes (New YZ250FX/WR range) & maybe I can go back to them when KTM takes over Europe.
Not here. I get a couple mx bikes at a honda dealer and thats it. Wr250R is way way way too heavy for what it is. Honda is asleep at the wheel. With every bike. They havent made anything noteworthy since....like....the grom.
The Spanish government can't support a failing company forever. If SP can pay the bills it only makes sense to me. The EU (socialism) just hasn't worked out for them. It is very very unfortunate loosing GG.
