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Just waiting to see who would buy in 2 or 3 years those austrian wonders when they became yunk.
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As stated way above, if you are worried about the companies well being go buy a new Suzuki. Do your part.
I have nothing against Suzuki at all, it is just comical when people are shown cold hard facts, that they cannot see past their delusions.
Please point out to me where KTM is in trouble. I even provided their sales figures link. I do not think you understand that smaller companies produce smaller profits.
http://www.ktmgroup.com/globalassets/media/files/financial-reports/2017…
EDIT: Actually according to these newest figures Suzuki is gaining ground
http://www.globalsuzuki.com/globalnews/2017/1102.html
Really?
Husqvarna, too?
KISKA?
Wow, I guess I'm really not seeing what I'm seeing and the sky is falling.
They built tons of engines for all different kinds of vehicles they know what theyre doing. In a way it was smart to have a solid bike and just make very small changes for almost a decade. The time has now come where the bike is very dated and they need to reinvest and create a new base with major changes get people re-interested again drop the weight wayyy down add the e start and then they can just do the same thing again for the next 8 years if they want to again off of the new platform.
Just looking at the numbers quickly it does appear that KTM makes a significantly higher profit percentage on their revenue, though........
Ktm has a leadership with Pierer that is truly passionate about racing and especially winning races and that is why they have such a big Motorsports dept that is like a black whole for money. I am sure that the partnership with red bull helps out a ton as well. As a company they are highly specialized in motorcycles which allows them to focus on 2wheeled offroaders and they can keep making money because every year they take market share from the other OEMs. But 60million is small compared to the others so its probably more of a decision by the Japanese to just let that market share go because they have bigger fish to fry than selling dirtbikes. Winning races is still important to establish your brand though but if motocross does not attract viewership/clicks you can be sure that some of the big OEMs will let that go by the wayside too in the medium term.
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However imo Suzuki realises that their vision and strategy has not worked and will not work, and more importantly that the strategy that KTM uses (which is working) is so far removed from Suzuki's mindset that they know it is very unlikely it will work for them, and if it is going to work it will be a very long, hard and painfull process to change the culture and strategy. So it's easier and less risky to just reduce spending.
There are so many things KTM (and Husky) is doing that Suzuki is not doing, but what surprised me the most is that OEM's ditched youth classes. Can't speak for worldwide, but over here (Netherlands) i'm quite certain that KTM and Husqvarna sell more bikes in 50-85-125cc as Suzuki (or kawa or Honda) is selling in 250f-450f.
Which is nice for growing revenue (especially with almost no competition, so margins should be nice), but maybe even more important is that KTM and Husky is building great brand & dealer loyalty for a whole generation of MX riders and families that Suzuki and others are missing out on.
With KTM gaining huge market share over the last decade, and with Husqvarna (under the guidance of KTM) starting to do the same in combination with the MX market getting smaller it is quite simple: something has to give.
I was looking purely at the motocross/offroad segment. Which is shrinking and depending who you ask, is pretty much doomed. ( I mean for real, parents make their children wear helmets to ride a kickboard nowadays, where does that leave motocross?) So when a company like suzuki looks at the sport of motocross and try to think what money can be made from selling dirtbikes in the next 10-20yrs , you cant fault them for not investing heavily. who knows how a retreat from motocross competition at the pro level will affect their brand/image as a whole.
Money is being put into the right direction as a business. OFFROAD has never been Suzuki's bread and butter and never will be.
A lot of simple minded individuals on here that think dirtbike racing is something of a huge sport. Reality is that this sport is really insignificant to the Oem's and would be the first to go if the company ever got in trouble. The fact that Suzuki is continually releasing bikes says a lot. As for their racing efforts, well that has a lot to do with the upper executives that really dont see the future of offroad racing. Atleast in the direction that its going at this point.
Keep in mind this is a motorcyle page and Suzuki have been pulling back on motorcycle support all over the world
They have had bad sales compared to other Japanese brands
and my comment is based on the motorcyle side of there buisness if they were selling Offroad bikes in good numbers I highly doubt they would scale back there efforts
Appreciate the name calling very original thing to do in a forum
In Australia they don’t even rate in the top 10
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