• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
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Husky sales up 81.1% year over year in June

Tessier

Tessier

Husqvarna
AA Class
Hey guys I hate to tell you but the secret is out on how great these new huskies really are! Sounds like people are starting to figure out why these bikes are willing GNCC races and are so much fun to ride.


BMW’s subsidiary Husqvarna reports 48.3% growth in the first half of 2012. The company claims its sixth consecutive rise in deliveries. Compared to its German sibling, Husqvarna enjoyed a robust 81.1% increase year over year in June – delivering 815 units to dealers, compared to 450 vehicles in 2011. Through June Husqvarna is up 1705 units over last year’s totals at this time, with 5235 total.

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/573/1...BMW-First-Half-Sales-Even---Husqvarna-Up.aspx
 
thats great...everything is so much better when your selling bikes...Husky is a great bike forshure...and the future has never been brighter...I love my 10TE310. Next Bike??? WR 300...wait a few yrs though till the TE is paid off...
 
Well I hope they have a plan to address to address the hoards of nightmare issues I have been sadly reading about people having on this forum lately. Being an owner too, I hate to say it but there have been some really catastrophic issues on here lately.
 
You only hear the problems and not the vast majority of bikes that cause no issues.
I have had 5 huskies in a row, usually keep them for 5000 km and update. Do the regular services, never had a mechanical or electrical (touch wood). Maybe some luck there but the bulk is due to a quality product and some measure of preventative maintenance. This does not mean I am a slave on the tools. The mix of work to play on the bike is 10:1 or there abouts. They have done well in the antipodes as they are considerably cheaper than the Katos and imho more reliable over the past 2-3 years.
Go Husky
 
Sounds great in any event but I'd like to see the numbers broken down on what specific bikes were sold and where were they sold at ...

Tessier said:
Hey guys I hate to tell you but the secret is out on how great these new huskies really are! Sounds like people are starting to figure out why these bikes are willing GNCC races and are so much fun to ride.

BMW’s subsidiary Husqvarna reports 48.3% growth in the first half of 2012. The company claims its sixth consecutive rise in deliveries. Compared to its German sibling, Husqvarna enjoyed a robust 81.1% increase year over year in June – delivering 815 units to dealers, compared to 450 vehicles in 2011. Through June Husqvarna is up 1705 units over last year’s totals at this time, with 5235 total.

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/573/1...BMW-First-Half-Sales-Even---Husqvarna-Up.aspx
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Here are some more numbers from last year ... Companies always want to compare numbers from the previous yrs numbers as true reflection on sales during a specific time frame ... Shines more light on this upturn in sales for 2012 ... Are the street bikes driving these numbers?

BMW Motorrad reports its largest volume sales year in its history. The Bavarian marque claims 104,286 units sold for 2011, a 6.4% increase from 2010. BMW’s gains are tempered by losses from its subsidiary, Husqvarna, which registers a 23% loss in sales compared to the previous year.
 
That just shows you how statistical data can be twisted to create any outcome you desire. All you have to do is look at it from a different angle and the results change dramatically.
 
Never mind...got a weird result on Craigslist search....

I do think BMW pushed a lot of product at deep discounts. Not sure how much of a negative this is. More bikes in circulation and it's not like the gov promoting nothing down house sales.
 
jtemple said:
That just shows you how statistical data can be twisted to create any outcome you desire. All you have to do is look at it from a different angle and the results change dramatically.
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The article says the increase is in deliveries to the dealers. The way it's worded that could mean that there is twice as many bikes sitting on the showroom floor but not necessarily sold to the public. In 09 I went in to a KTM dealer in CO and they had so many unsold KTMs (about 50) that they didn't have room in their building for one more bike delivery... The same dealer had 2 new Huskys on the floor. They are not a Husky dealer any more but if they were and had 4 on the floor this year their sales would have doubled as far as the factory was concerned. (at least the way it's written up here)
 
glangston said:
I do think BMW pushed a lot of product at deep discounts. Not sure how much of a negative this is. More bikes in circulation and it's not like the gov promoting nothing down house sales.
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Around here I notice a lot more Husky bikes around but that may be because I have a couple myself; I have bought (2X) 2011 models (A TE 630 and a TXC 449) in the last 12 months but in each case there was at least a $3000 rebate/price reduction on them. If I was looking at paying around the original MSRP on them I would have most likely ended up with a KTM 690 and would have kept the KTM 530 that I replaced with the 449.
 
i totally agree that no matter what the data there is always a way to pitch it so it's look's good when you want it to. But like others are saying I too am seeing more and more huskies at event's. I can't wait to see the review's on the improved TE310. Sure some of the bikes have issues just like any company. Run over to Thumpertalk and your gonna find ever manfacture has issue that everyone is talking about. Husky needs to address these if they want to continue growing but for now these numbers are certainly trending in the right direction. :thumbsup:
 
Yeah, there's a few issues that seem to pop up, it's not all unique issues. They'd do well to improve at least a few of those. I'm also interested to see the reviews. They've made some great improvements this year.
 
I agree you can write numbers anyway you want. I still remember the bragging when a bunch of US bikes went to another country and we got credit for them. I wish there was a way to place a bet on the 2012 TXC 310 like a horse race. That has to be a winner. As long as all the Keihn FI gremlins are gone Husky should have no leftovers.
 
Yes, you can twist any data to make it work in your favor or your stock holders, if you had 2 crappy sales years ( the motorcycle industry has sucked for a long time) back to back and have a modest increase the next year you can lay claim to giant increases. Husqvarna has stepped up their dealer network, more dealers=more sales, I am in the auto business and see the wacky claims the car companies use to sell their cars.
also, i have other brand bikes, Kawasaki, Berg, and on their forums they have similar issues just like our bikes, "starting hot, not starting, bad seats, new JD tuners to run right, list go's on and on, remember you hear the bitches and complaints more, than the 95% that love their bikes and have had zero issues, I know the type of riding most of these bikes get is hard for the most part they perform well and do break,fail once in a while, just part of owning a higher end bike IMO, I love my 511TE
 
We had one dealer here in SW Pa, now we have two (new dealer used to have loads of KTMs). sales must be growing, otherwise, a competent buisness man wouldn't invest in it.

Also, I am one of the 95%er's

P.S.

I wanted to be the only jerk on the trail with a Husky.
 
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