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Krannie, on 21 April 2012 - 08:00 PM, said:
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What in the Hell are you talking about??
KTM sells 150,000 motorcycles world wide every year.
Approx 85,000 to the North and South america, up about 30% from 6 years ago. Everyone else is down 30-60% from 6 years ago.
Honda sells that many in a month!
Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki are at about 45,000 a month.
And what is the paridgm shift exactly?
Husky, Beta, Sherco, GasGas, Can Am, Aprillia, and all the other small-production bikes to not even put a DENT in sales of Honda and Yamaha. The demand for these bikes is less than ever, world wide, and THAT is why Honda, and Yamaha don't make these kind of bikes. They have to make 150,000 of a model for it to be profitable.
The reason these bikes exist is because of CHEAP LABOR in countries other than Japan and USA.....and terrible Monetary Inflation in the USA.
What in the Hell are you talking about??
KTM sells 150,000 motorcycles world wide every year.
Approx 85,000 to the North and South america, up about 30% from 6 years ago. Everyone else is down 30-60% from 6 years ago.
Honda sells that many in a month!
Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki are at about 45,000 a month.
And what is the paridgm shift exactly?
Husky, Beta, Sherco, GasGas, Can Am, Aprillia, and all the other small-production bikes to not even put a DENT in sales of Honda and Yamaha. The demand for these bikes is less than ever, world wide, and THAT is why Honda, and Yamaha don't make these kind of bikes. They have to make 150,000 of a model for it to be profitable.
The reason these bikes exist is because of CHEAP LABOR in countries other than Japan and USA.....and terrible Monetary Inflation in the USA.
A paradigm shift is when a new way of thinking and doing things starts becoming prevalent rather than the old standard as in what KTM is doing now. America has devalued because the criminals in government have sold us out.
Where are you getting your information? Honda's 150k units are everything they make, not just the offroad units. KTM only caters to a competition oriented market not the masses. Even with higher average unit price, most KTM dealers that I have seen are hanging tough while one after another Japanese dealers are falling by the way side. KTM now dominates all offroad events around the world. They have won Dakar, Erzberg, World Enduro, American offroad and many other off road events. If ANY of the Japanese bikes were better than the KTM, I'd be on one but they're not even close. I got sick and tired of buying bikes that were always a compromise and now I don't have to. None of the Japanese manufacturers are selling out off road bikes before they are even produced like the 300 electric start 2 stroke and the 350 four stroke. If what you say has any merit, it's a good thing that it takes 150k production to be profitable for the Japanese because that means there will be 150k less junk that's not wasting resources and a larger market for KTM. If you look at history, the asians started the cheap labor thing after WW 2 and they were immatators before they were innovators. One bike for the masses is dead! Get over it.
Edited by vidarapido, 23 April 2012 - 09:20 AM.
! That thing looks sweet! I may end up getting one of those too but I was thinking the little explorer may be fun and that should be out soon; I hope.
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