125-200cc Contacted ktm regarding husky

[sabortooth]

Markanimal is no way a yogadude and has a legitimate beef. Why offer a warranty and not honor. No matter who built the bike, if ktm bought the brand they own it. The Crown means something, or everything now is just a ktm and the name Husqvarna is being whored. sorry for my language

 

[sabortooth]

To clear up the confusion:

The majority owner of KTM, bought Husqvarna. KTM is not the owner. KTM has no ownership in Husqvarna. Husqvarna likely gets a discount on licensing fees on the '14 models which are essentially rebadged KTMs. KTM, however, has zero responsibility for Husqvarna. Calling KTM isn't who you need to contact. You need to contact Husqvarna. The best way to do that is going to be through a dealer. And you're going to need to be clear on the problem, and patient. They're people too you know. You might be pissed, but they have to deal with your pissed off self, so take a breath and calm down.

If it's a matter of a $15 part, and 10 minute job, then really buck up and do it. If you rely on the dealer to do every bit of maintenance, you'll be at the dealer more than you're riding. Bikes need constant attention, it's just how it is.

He might have been nice to the contacts trying to resolve a contracted agreement and is just voicing his frustrations with us, who he considers Like minded. A Take over can be nasty, but if the customer gets a reject from the new Parent immediately from a new unit the Parent bought, then if I was on a consumer review I would side with the consumer no matter the triviality.

 

[sabortooth]

I will let on a story here about my new to me 13 Beta evo which I bought as a competition leftover just the same as Dwights WR.
The p.o. had a racing clutch in it that he was willing to keep and that would pay for the shipping to me. He left the basket in and just took the plates out, and the screws that held the gear on the back Backed out. I got the bike and almost immediately the starting gears started stripping. I called the dealer who advertised the bike and he called Beta. They warrantied the clutch basket and flywheel Next Day on a 1yr old race bike. The parts sent had a xtra flywheel and since my flywheel looked good I did not install it with the other parts. It failed again ripping a trench thru the start gear on back of the clutch basket. I called the dealer who called Beta and Beta said the reason they sent the flywheel is that the clutch basket and the flywheel gears are factory mated. Beta sent all new parts again, Second Day mail. Then the same thing happened after two weeks of repair by me. Beta has now sent a new 2014 clutch basket, flywheel, Idler gear, and all related gaskets and seal no charge. When I get home I will install and report.
I have never recieved the care that this Italian company has shown. A close second would be Arctic Cat.
Of all euro names, Husqvarna should show some Excellence whomever owns the name.
Viva La Italiano.

 

[sabortooth]

Said bike.

 

[organ donor]

To sum up:
(1) Never believe anything written on a bike warranty. If something goes wrong, do the repair yourself. And, above all, don´t mention it on the the brand forum or, if you do, expect the rabble to treat you like a traitor.
(2) Buy a bike (like the Beta mentioned above) made by dedicated enthusiasts who will show sympathy and provide help, even if you are a novice and not a particularly gifted mechanic.
(3) Act like any other customer who has spent his hard earned income on a product and create havoc for the manufacturer until he provides satisfactory recourse.

I never believed for a moment that CCM would honour their warranty. And the company folded shortly after I bought the bike about ten years ago. But as it´s the best bike I´ve ever owned, and nothing broke off during the warranty period and I´m still happy with it.

I got a couple of re-call repairs on my Husky 630, and nothing serious broke. But the local dealer still can´t tell me whether I´ll be able to get Husky specific parts in future. KTM don´t seem to be that interested. So I´d be an even greater fool if I stuck with the company.

 

[firecrotch]

Dirt bikes have warranties? Who knew. I am my own service department anyway.

 

[MotoMarc36]

you dont no much

Oh, the irony.

 

[Mike-AK]

View attachment 41344
Said bike.

Where's the seat?

 

[sabortooth]

With both tanks it holds 2gl.

 

[oregonsage]

Thats pretty cool. Learned something new today.

 

[Kyle Tarry]

No matter who built the bike, if ktm bought the brand they own it.

KTM didn't buy the brand.

To the OP, just man up and fix it yourself. If you don't know how, pay your local guy $100 bucks and be done with it.

If something expensive and catastrophic failed, like a bottom end or a transmission, I'd understand wanting to get the warranty to cover it. But for something this small?

Oh, and I don't know how you're communicating with Husky/KTM, but people might take you more seriously if you use reasonable English.

 

[broken biker]

dirtbike and most other warranties are a joke. Fix it yourself and move forward.

push hard enough and you will get a result.check the rules at consumer affairs in Australia