There’s some good deals about on the gen 3 Superduke R - £13k for a brand new Evo https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11644580...BiXODHj/qxGF/uJSsZ42PnaQ==|tkp:Bk9SR8qa3MSSZQ And £12k for the non Evo https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11644580...wJ/Xq58KQZtN5EYRcfsuNsObg=|tkp:Bk9SR86a3MSSZQ
I see KTM’s CEO has been fired, and I’m glad, I think that the shareholders and investors needs to see that the guy who walked them into the mess they are in is gone. I realise there was a board, but he’s at the helm and this is a mess he knew was coming for a long time
I doubt very much that it will all "come out in the wash", but I would particularly like to know how much of a part the cylinder head lubrication problem had a say in their downfall, and if it did, why the hell didn't they jump on it more quickly, as apparently the earlier, very similar design version was okay? if we knew behind the scenes at a lot of the major manufacturers, I get the feeling that many of them are hanging on by their fingernails right now, it's just that we don't know yet.
I think they are, if you read/listen to the reports around Nissan for example they are in really quite a terrible state with months to survive! They are looking to partner with Honda who are also struggling, can you believe it, Honda struggling. one for another Thread but I’m convinced that the Japanese have simply just not moved with the times, the Europeans have upped the reliability and always had the nice interiors and design, the japs haven’t improved in that regards and it’s cost them. Same with bikes, they are just getting left desperately behind. im starting to think that KTM’s issue is only partly the slow down in sales, and mostly poor pricing strategy, poor manufacturing supply/demand balance and then terrible after sales treatment of customers.
that old advert has just popped into my head - "the future's bright, the future's (not) orange" - a great shame.
I loved my 890R and it had no issues, but, I knew the cylinder head problem was due to hit the press so got rid. List nothing on it. A week later the issue was in Mcn and the value plummeted and dealers are very wary of them. A lot won’t even take one in. The massive discounting put a lot of people off as well. Pay£18k for a bike then next month it’s £14k. Plus as already mentioned dealers had to take any stock KTM sent to them whether they wanted the bikes or not. That’s why my local dealer at the time got rid. I don’t know where KTM go to from here. If you can buy a £17k+ bike for less than £12k what’s is it worth as soon as you ride out the door. If KTM cannot sell bikes then they are doomed. As for Nissan my son worked there until last month and he knew that Honda and Mitsubishi were rumoured to be joining forces. It’s all to do with this electric car shite and the ‘fines’ they would be charged on every car they don’t produce under the governments target. Absolutely pathetic.
Pieter resigning as CEO appears a tactical move, nothing else. The new one was his Co CEO employed by him. They're just swapping roles so Pierer is still there still on the board.
