KTM announce 81.4 million euro loss

Uh oh

I knew there was a reason the_lone_wolf was having a clear out..

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[the_lone_wolf]

Old noooz doood - Back in the summer we knew it was going to be rough, nothing like launching a flawed product into an unfamiliar market during the biggest recession in living memory to hit profits...

[Richie]

They Blew it a few years back...

When they backed out of "Long way Round" and BMW stepped in.

Originally Posted by Richie

They Blew it a few years back...

When they backed out of "Long way Round" and BMW stepped in.

+1 if ewan and charlie would have failed they'd have not been able to blame the bikes anyway. Unless they failed through maufactuer fault, so KTM are not too convinced by their own product IMHO.
Saying that...I still have the EXC

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by leedsmatt7

so KTM are not too convinced by their own product IMHO.

Perhaps they were too busy winning the Dakar Rally for the last nine consecutive years running only to have the organisers change the rules to disallow their bikes because nobody else stood a chance to worry about what a couple of celebs do with their bikes and an entire backup crew farting off round the world on a personal jolly?

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

Perhaps they were too busy winning the Dakar Rally for the last nine consecutive years running only to have the organisers change the rules to disallow their bikes because nobody else stood a chance to worry about what a couple of celebs do with their bikes and an entire backup crew farting off round the world on a personal jolly?

And those celebs and 2 series have done more for adventure biking in the last few years than anything else .

[Richie]

oh oh oh ... wheres that hang bag photo.........!
# damn.. can't find it....

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

And those celebs and 2 series have done more for adventure biking in the last few years than anything else .

I wouldn't call a string of GSs parked outside Starbucks a progression for adventure biking...


I'll take that saucer of milk to go thanks

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

I wouldn't call a string of GSs parked outside Starbucks a progression for adventure biking...


I'll take that saucer of milk to go thanks

I`d call that progression of GS`s outside Starbucks a quantifiable profit and not a massive 80 odd million Euro bumming in sales , take that as BMW getting the cream off that saucer of Milk you just talked about .

[Spiderman]

pah, thats the sort of money i drop down the back of the sofa and not even notice.