General KTM bankrupt

[ManDingo]

I was hoping on upgrading to a 500 excf or 690 supermoto in future.
Looks like that won’t be happening. 😢

Goodbye KTM - the brand goes bankrupt, leaving a backlog of 300,000 bikes in its warehouses

Does the KTM brand sound familiar to you? This is more than just a motorcycle brand, it is a symbol of adventure and speed. But even giants go through bitter

unionrayo.com

 

[Uncle Tom Doug]

I just checked price in some of my local shops and am not surprised that the demand is so low. The prices are fucking retardedly high. Almost 9k for a 125? Get fucked.

 

[Jesus X]

Their marketing is pretty bad as a person who used to ride motocross bikes in the mountains. When ever I went out to buy a bike Kawasaki,honda or Yamaha was the most visible brand KTM was maybe my 4th considered brand and a distant 4th too.

 

[RussfromNH]

Their marketing is pretty bad as a person who used to ride motocross bikes in the mountains. When ever I went out to buy a bike Kawasaki,honda or Yamaha was the most visible brand KTM was maybe my 4th considered brand and a distant 4th too.

My first Rm250 cost 2k back in 88
If I remember correctly KTM made a better 4stroke than a 2stroke
Everything today is way overpriced

 

[ManDingo]

I just checked price in some of my local shops and am not surprised that the demand is so low. The prices are fucking retardedly high. Almost 9k for a 125? Get fucked.

Yeah
I got a drz400sm for like $7k (overpriced imo)
But a 350 or 500 exc-f $12k and that before sumo conversion

 

[ManDingo]

I

My first Rm250 cost 2k back in 88
If I remember correctly KTM made a better 4stroke than a 2stroke
Everything today is way overpriced

I had a 1990 Rm250 😍
If I remember the late 80’s Rms hit the hardest

my 90 screamed

 

[RussfromNH]

I

I had a 1990 Rm250 😍
If I remember the late 80’s Rms hit the hardest

my 90 screamed

That bike scared the fck out of me
The exhaust valve and pipe made those things hit like a rocket
On the trails I had no problem keeping up with a CR500 open sand pits not so much
Big yellow beast

 

[ManDingo]

I had Boyesen RAD valve and Power Reeds and Fmf gold series fatty pipe and powercore silencer

 

[RussfromNH]

Bringing back some great memories

Back when $10 and 5gallons of gas a jar of 2st oil would keep you riding all weekend

 

[RussfromNH]

 

[ManDingo]

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Thats what mine looked like but with upside down front forks

 

[RussfromNH]

I had Boyesen RAD valve and Power Reeds and Fmf gold series fatty pipe and powercore silencer

I had the fmf reeds/valve/pipe combination w/spark arrest (started a few brush fires spitting carbon lol)

 

[ManDingo]

That bike scared the fck out of me
The exhaust valve and pipe made those things hit like a rocket
On the trails I had no problem keeping up with a CR500 open sand pits not so much
Big yellow beast

@crowbar you still have your 500?

 

[RussfromNH]

@crowbar you still have your 500?

fck that
I rode a quadzilla 500 a few times but back then I did not have the balls to ride a 500cc dirt bike

 

[ManDingo]

fck that
I rode a quadzilla 500 a few times but back then I did not have the balls to ride a 500cc dirt bike

Only know one person that had a quadzilla

A banshee was one of the first things I ever rode lol

 

[RussfromNH]

Only know one person that had a quadzilla

A banshee was one of the first things I ever rode lol

Just as bad ass vtwin 350 2stroke

 

[RussfromNH]

lol go big or go home

 

[ManDingo]

My drz

 

[ManDingo]

New tires
Dunlop mutants

I wiped out pulling away, right after taking pic lol

 

[Wiggy]

Were KTMs that popular here in the States? I always felt that they were more popular abroad, but I also don't know that market for shit either, though.

 

[ManDingo]

Were KTMs that popular here in the States? I always felt that they were more popular abroad, but I also don't know that market for shit either, though.

Not as popular as Big 4 but I seen them around plenty.

 

[Uncle Tom Doug]

Yeah
I got a drz400sm for like $7k (overpriced imo)
But a 350 or 500 exc-f $12k and that before sumo conversion

The first motorcycle I had was a DR125, I got it when I was 14 because in Tennessee you could get a motorcycle license for it and drive it on the roads within like 10 miles of your house. I think it was around 3k back then in the 90's.

I had 4-wheelers starting at 8.

 

[ManDingo]

Growing up at the end of my street was woods with trails. People used to come from all over the place to ride. Was always bikes, quads, three wheelers etc riding up and down road.
at some point it got popular with people in jeeps and shit and the trails got rutted out bad

 

[ManDingo]

Any of yall been to Woodstock Harley - KTM - Triumph????
In Illinois