KTM into Administration and Rare Italian Exotica for £2,500

[@SUVRVing]

I'm a new rider. I've been riding for only about a year. I've bought two Hondas and a Yamaha. KTM has never been on my radar because I just constantly hear bad things. Reliability issues, poor support, charging money to unlock features already in the bike, etc. It's all of their own making. If you want to protect the integrity of your brand, don't do things that harm the integrity of your brand! 🤷‍♂️

[@kwak1k]

Wait for the, " I've had five KTM 's in five years with no problems" owners to show up in the comments 😂

[@blacksheepspaniard3978]

@@kwak1k some people just wanna be contrarians lol

[@Trevor_Austin]

I think you are correct. Brands need integrity. Whilst on paper KTM have built some amazing bikes they do love to chisel their customers. That was an expensive mistake.

[@JCRule69]

3 bikes in a year? Wow.

[@likkitongue]

What people don't understand is performance has a price.

[@toomuchjam]

Fantastic episode Freddie, again. You create a great community and vibe with these interactive podcast videos on this channel. An absolute pleasure.

[@wiseguyrob2005]

Hey Freddie. Rob from Wales here and a big fan of the podcast and your videos. Going to”bust” is different to self administration. Whilst I dislike ktms as they look horrific in my opinion this will likely be the first of many Bike or Car companies to use this as they look to restructure to a world and global economy that changes and not for the better. It allows them time to cut costs where required and they’ll continue to trade with no impact to the consumer. Just be careful using such terminology as It may land you in hot water 👍. Book will be ordered too so look forward to it pal

[@StephenClarke-l4s]

I think you are right. KTM thought they were untouchable. They seemed to have assumed the 'fanboys' would not walk away. Some haven't but many have. You can not treat your customers in a shoddy way in this day and age.

[@thebrowns5337]

You can, and some do - Apple, Amazon, Temu. You just need to get very big first - and that's not going to happen in the motorcycle world.

[@davidforsdike4343]

We have probably reached peak motorcycle . The 90s sportbike riders have moved on to adventure and retro models. Now not enough riders to replace them.

[@tuesdayatdobbs]

Completely agree

[@williambell12]

1970s riders now in their late 60s pushing into their 70s. More than likely down-sized like myself, or thrown the towel in. It's gonna happen one day for everyone. Cheers all from NZ

[@BUGBYTE_]

​@@williambell12that's where my mom is at she's been riding since around 1970. Shes 67 and still rides her 1250gs today. She has plenty of miles left.

[@anchinkan]

I think so too. Plus more and more restrictions worldwide doesn´t improve the situation...

[@trevortrevortsr2]

"The best bike for touring is the one you have now" Indeed don't faff about and grasp the moment - I did my first tour on a 1954 Triumph Terrier - the longest tour on an FJ1200 taking in 11 countries and my most frequent tours on an XJ600

[@tuesdayatdobbs]

Triumph Terrier- just googled this🤩 I’d never heard of it in my life!

[@stevezahn8056]

The best bike for touring is the bike you have now. And the best time to go is today. If you figure that out early in life, you’ll always be happy

[@johnnythefox9830]

Thanks dobbsey. Great as usual. 👍✌️

[@HamRidez]

As a KTM owner, I’m obviously biased and make no apologies for it. However, I’m not too concerned with this news. At least there. Recognised the problem and are doing something about it. I think they will sort themselves out. I’ve had a 1290 Superduke r and now a 1290 super adventure s and both have been faultless and absolutely bags of fun. The super adventure is a brilliant all rounder. What I find most sad about all this. Is some of the comments on KZbin videos seemingly relishing in KTM’s problems and happy to see them go. These people seem to forget we are all bikers no matter what we ride and having more manufacturers making bikes ensures innovation is continuously pushing forward. Also KTM make some of the most unique bikes you can buy in looks, engines and the way they feel. Is my super adventure beautiful - absolutely not. If I wanted pure beauty I would fork out £40-50k on the new Norton RSV4 tbh. Saw it at motorcycle love and the detail, quality of materials and machining on every single little part was absolutely unbelievable. But…. I neither have £50k or unlimited funds to own multiple bikes. So a do or all adventure bike as your only bike makes perfect sense to me. And KTM already had me at the Superduke. I didn’t get it for years. In fact had a bit of a disdain for adventure bikes and what they were doing to the biker market and pushing out other models. However, the super adventure is a better bike overall than the Superduke in almost every way apart from the handling and brakes. We should all be sad for the state of all motorcycle manufacturers as none of them are having a particularly good time besides the Japanese manufacturers and probably royal Enfield.

[@SherKhan-b1kes]

As mentioned by you in the past, my heart goes out to all the ex-Ktm employees and their families who are presently suffering due to mis-management. Oddly and luckily enough Husqvarna, GasGas and MV Augusta don‘t seem to be affected. Ps; if KTM is reading this, we still have a 790 Adventure engine in the yard which we will Sell you for research purposes.

[@richardbrooks4549]

@@SherKhan-b1kes Husqvarna, GasGas and MV Agusta are all affected. Their sales have tanked too

[@SherKhan-b1kes]

Thanks 🙏🏽for the info Richard, they just have‘nt popped up in the news. Just so unfair for people to lose their income, especially so close to christmas. Sales figures are generally down this time of the year for all, let’s just hope motorcycle business can pick up and maybe recover in spring.

[@rossbrn]

@@richardbrooks4549 And not just their sales, but the resale value of current bikes. And as its current owners most likely to upgrade to 2025 models it’s made it harder for fans to upgrade. Even if they wanted to!

[@Leef3477]

About 8:00 in. You are SPOT on about governments disguising tax grab as enviormental protection. For example in Canada why tax us SO much to ride motorcycles and not incentivize it to save on fuel consumption? It is because they don’t care. I 100% agree with you Freddie!

[@garnet4846]

Canaduh is a clown country. I live here, I know.

[@specialized500]

@@Leef3477 Are you saying govts should only allow us to ride 125 cc motorbikes because they have good fuel consumption?

[@davidchapman2439]

40 or 50 years ago we did have S.L.R and T.L.R camera's, it wasn't the dark ages.

[@judythomas2939]

And Kodachrome 😊

[@davidrobinson4118]

We did have good cameras before the 'digital' age Freddie. And some of us even knew how to use them!

[@rumien1383]

😊

[@jeremybyth7991]

Always love your videos.... especially Tuesday@dobbs... your zest and passion, wonder and absolute joy for biking would rival, and possibly challenge that of a child with £500 let loose in hamleys just prior to Christmas. Every week I watch serves to re energise, and re ignite my own feelings for the lifestyle we all love and the bikes we ride. You have, over the year's built a virtual motorcycle club to rival the ton up boys of passionate bikers the world over. And your reviews helped me buy a BMW R9T... a Triumph Speed Twin 1200, and finally now a new Triumph Rocket 3 GT Storm. Long live the FDMC ( Freddie Dobbs Motorcycle Club).❤

[@donaldelder540]

Loved your rant about the rego across the ditch. I whole heartedly agree with what explanation about governments trying to make us live in a nanny state

[@trailingarm63]

I foresee CF Moto attempting a reverse-takeover of KTM for the sake of the heritage, expertise, branding, etc, while shifting all production to China. What's going on in New Zealand? I thought the country was a bastion of commons sense. Sounds like it's all going south.

[@NTF-UK]

A good Tuesday Freddy, great stories. The green Tax thing, totally agree. Its horse shit. Cars are going electric to "save the planet" But they weigh 2.5 tons, Massive tyres, full to the rafters with batteries and stuff not needed, that are literally costing the earth to make. A total disregard to something that might actually "save the planet". Have you seen the new prototype of Jaguar... This is not going to save the planet..... Over and Out **** KTM has Started in MotoGP in the last 4 years, I hope that's not the reason, Suzuki dropped out 2 years ago to funding reasons. Probably the biggest investment of any bike manufacturer. Looking forward to your book.

[@specialized500]

So nice to hear from a real climate scientist and an automotive engineer on line . So glad these experts are getting your well researched opinions . Well done ! 😅😅😅😅

[@flyjayUK]

Book ordered, looks good. Happy to give a little support to the channel, your content has been fantastic

[@johnhawden4118]

The stories arent lost Freddie, we recant them round a fire in a field everytime we get together,.

[@peterdocter4659]

Nice stories, and good luck with the book, hope all the people in it, also receive one.

[@paulbiddulph7620]

Happy birthday, Freddie 🎉. Nice cards on your sideboard

[@andrewjuniper487]

Rego fees in NZ are high not because of environmental issues but due to our ACC (Accident Compensation Commission) fees, Motorcycle riders in essence cost more to the health service here when involved in an accident so previous Govt upped the ACC fees on motorcycle registrations, not saying the higher fees are right but don't assume it's related to environmental related issues. And some of these fees are used to fund rider training schemes, and other accident reduction schemes for motorcycles and to the health service here in theory.

[@williambell12]

Agree 👍

[@903lew]

Its a bit like the price of insurance isn’t it? When we as bikers stop crashing so much rates will go down.

[@FullmetalSP1]

@@andrewjuniper487 Based on his knee-jerk, reactionary response to the news, coupled with the comments that Freddie is liking, I think we now know all we need to know about Mr Freddie Dobbs. “We need to resist all governments, everywhere” gets a like? Good grief.

[@andrewjuniper487]

@@FullmetalSP1 Agree, Freddie does tend towards clickbaity behaviour at times but I have also seen he will run a correction when he's wrong, would be good if fact checked before he pontificated on stuff like this.

[@andrewjuniper487]

@@903lew Not naive enough to believe that would be the case but first we as riders would need to improve crash rates, certainly in terms of serious injuries and fatalities before we could test that hypothesis.

[@johngilbert7357]

Love the story of Sa'id, I had the 650 Bandit great bike! This will go on for Ever, Hope this lad has plenty of adventures on it!!😊

[@BUGBYTE_]

I'm looking forward to the book. I just preordered it. Thanks Freddie. 🍻

[@gzk6nk]

I've been to Ouarzazate on a BMW bike tour. Rode my 1150 GS from Cheshire to the Sahara and back. It was an amazing experience with a great bunch of people. I do remember that when we stayed in Ouarzazate it led to endless Tommy Cooper impersonations! "Wazzazat"! 😁

[@peteduch2151]

As I understand ktm production was moved to China yet the pricing was Austrian and the product was not good enough shame

[@faraway5828]

Only the 790 (and some Asian only models) are MIC

[@richardbrooks4549]

It wasn’t. The vast majority are made in Austria!

[@WainwrightWalksWiaLocalLad]

You understand it incorrectly!

[@bimsb6]

The 125 and 390 duke are made in india .

[@faraway5828]

Per KTM: "CHINA The partnership between KTM and CFMOTO oversees the global production of the two LC8c models: the KTM 790 DUKE and the KTM 790 ADVENTURE. This strategic collaboration is instrumental in KTM's global production and distribution strategy."

[@cliveadams7629]

I think they used cameras to take pics back in the 70s. Much as they had for decades before and after.

[@jefflambert8603]

2020 I wanted a 650 - 700cc Bike My local Dealer Sold Kawasaki's & KTM.. my Heart was Saying KTM . Journalists were Raving about the 790s Scalpel like Handling. But in the End I got the less Exciting Kawasaki Z650 it's Never Given me any Problems Starts every Day Handles Well and It's at the Milage some KTM (not all) are getting Cam Problems. .. I would be getting a Bit worried now if I had Gone for The KTM

[@paulcharlton2353]

Belated but Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Fred, I hope you had a great day.

[@tuesdayatdobbs]

Thank you so much, Paul!😀

[@903lew]

While I enjoy the gammony conspiracy talk the NZ-plan is actually quite sensible from what another commenter explained. Must keep the insurance rates down if nothing else? See, the problem in countries with public health insurance is that we bikers crash a lot. That’s fine and all but someone has to foot the bill at the end of the day. Considering the cost of healthcare these days I’d dread the day we as a collective actually have to pay what we could potentially cost society as a whole.

[@paultaylor7184]

Just ordered! Thanks for that Freddy, another Christmas pressie sorted! With you on KTM, they refused to help Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman, BMW stepped in and the rest is history!

[@russthebiker]

That old guy is the same age as my dad , epic last year, my old man rode on the back of my Guzzi in the Lord Mayors Show I am a bit younger ( not much though) and looking forward to riding my Guzzi again, even bought a beeline 11 for it ready for a trip next year

[@danielsale3805]

I own a k6 model 1200 bandit and I love it. They are amazing bikes and a bit of a do everything bike. Plenty of power for the roads and parts are plentiful.

[@HiViNewsByRegina111]

We need to resist all governments everywhere. Cheers from Germany

[@jasonhoward9029]

Ditto from Osnabruck

[@HiViNewsByRegina111]

@@jasonhoward9029

[@specialized500]

Don't be silly

[@mrcintheuk4641]

A classic meaningless sound-bite comment for people with short attention spans, which ironically is what governments do so well!

[@jackn4853]

Go on, don't keep us in suspense. How do you plan to resist your Govt? Sixth form revolutionary.

[@graemetaylor629]

another nail in the coffin for ktm was the subscription service , what a rip off

[@weemark67]

I recently purchased an accessory loaded Yamaha MT07 on a mid23 plate. It has the low seat. I have a short 27 inch inside leg. Trade in prices are rubbish, due to the dealer needs to make a profit. So, after seeing you every week looking up good buys on Facebook marketplace. I decided to put my mint Honda Rebel 500 up for sale. Didn’t think it would sell, at this time of year. But after 3 weeks it has a new owner. I gained £1250, over the trade in over. I will miss the bike as It’s the only bike I can comfortably flat foot. The new owner has got a great bike. So with the money I have ordered a Datatool tracker for my MT. This only makes a £10 difference on the insurance, but peace of mind. I had one fitted to the Rebel.😊

[@zerofighter42]

Freddie, last year I rode 5000+km around Morocco over 2.5 months with over half of that off-road, including two 160km waterless desert crossings. I saw countless numbers of big adventure bikes blasting along on the asphalt, often in a long line of a dozen or more, but only one motorcyclist riding off road (on a KTM). I talked to a few riders who were part of an organised tour who told me they were riding up to 400km daily. . It did make me feel at the time that they were all missing out and had exchanged quantity (of accumulated km) over quality of experience. So it was interesting to see that Sa'id chose that beautiful 1250 Bandit rather than a big adventure bike. BTW I was riding my Surly ECR bicycle.

[@monkeyzx9]

KTMs reputation took a hit with the chocolate cams, but it has always been questionable at best. They also lost out on the “Long way round” deal when they refused to supply bikes to Ewan and Charlie, some say they didn’t trust even their own machines. With regards to rider aids…none of my bikes have them, a 1998 Zx9r (138bhp), a FireBlade 954 (154bhp track bike) and a 2011 CB1000r (130bhp), I’ve never ridden a bike with them apart from my Mrs’ Speed 400 (which is a cracking little bike). You should really try a Trackday Sir, you would get such a thrill.

[@903lew]

That BMW room that punt really (really) paid off. The bikes even broke and still the great publicity must have sold more than 50 thousand GS’s of all shakes and sizes since then. That KTM missed out on that cash cow is…quite unbelievable. Then again, KTM durability being what it is (and was!), would the boys have made it out of the EU?

[@dankorolyk5917]

Great job on another entertaining episode

[@Simulera]

Well 50 years ago we collected incredible pictures because, believe it or not, cameras had been invented, color film and easy, cheap film processing! All invented! Crazy 🙃 bit true. Plus motorcycles had been invented. So pics of motos…. possible even 50 years ago. ( yes, i’m old!) . Great channel, keep riding and doing whatever this is!

[@johnharvey5338]

The BMW 850 GS is the same bike as the Voge 900, as you like the 850 you should get them to lend you one to test.

[@DiscoFang]

Hi Freddie, New Zealander here. It's worth putting those bike registration charges into perspective. An average petrol powered car is around $100 per year. My 3L diesel is $170 per year. Annual bike charges of $800 is utter insanity. The fundamental reason/justification is accident and injury costs borne by other taxpayers.

[@snakesocks]

I work in automotive. KTM has reported debt of ~€1.5Bn, but the inside rumour is that it's closer to €3Bn. Even if you don't ride KTMs, this is bad. Many dealers stock them and will take a massive financial hit if they can't shift their bikes. which means even more dealers may go bust.

[@NickyLong89]

I agree about the 850GS, it’s a lovely looking bike and i was very close to buying one, then i test rode the CF Moto 800MT and bought that instead, i just couldn’t ignore the value for money, i am very pleased with my purchase but the 850GS was very tempting, certainly a lot more tempting than the 1200GS.

[@simonryder4857]

Fantastic story about Peter Ray!! I’m 70 and next years annual tour of Europe will see me doing 2,500 miles around France in 12 days on my Multistrada. If Peter’s anything to go by I can look forward to another 21 years of touring, perhaps not on the Ducati but at least on my Triumph Scrambler 400 X which is so much lighter!! 😂😂

[@kevindarkstar]

24:00 engine built by Loncin 😊

[@roddyb]

Happy Birthday Fred!

[@alistairrobinson3865]

I have a theory, Ewan Mcgregor and Charlie Borman are the most commercially influential bikers ever to have lived, 20 years ago bmw gs1100 were still relatively obscure bikes, but then they did their tv shows and the entire bike market pivoted to huge adventure bikes as BMW marched away to dominate sales. The unintended consequence is that now younger people are wondering why the hell are bikes so huge and expensive?!!! 😂

[@CarlosTilbury]

hi Freddie, I bought a 1200 bandit as my first big bike after passing my test, I must have been crazy! I sold it for a 1200 GSA, but I do fancy buying another one!! keep up the great content.

[@decordelights_]

the bandit is a very very reliable pretty much unbreakable , the older models are solid but you gotta be a careful driver to handle all that torque with no traction and no abs .

[@mantarayal]

Kiwi here. Sold my last bike a while ago and I felt relieved because I no longer had to pay the NZ regoistration which was TEN times more expensive than our cars. It is to do, apparently, with our accident compensation system whereby certain (nearly all) accidents are covered in terms of ongoing care. All good. However, motorcycle accidents are deemed the fault of the rider (basically), but you can play contact sports like rugby, and break any bone in your body, or go skiing and break any bone in your body, and it is deemed a no fault injury. I believe anyone who plays sports such as these should be held financially responsible for their injuries. Why should the rest of us pay for their decisions? Motorcycling on the other hand, soothes the soul and benefits the planet. We should be paid to ride.

[@DiscoFang]

Yep it's a valid point about other sports injuries and ACC coverage. I think even more pertinent is that mountain biking or road cycling as a sport or just your average commuter incurs ZERO charges.

[@chrisdowns3725]

I tried to persuade my grandad to submit some stories, he was one of the original ton up boys. I'll buy him a copy and hopefully he will submit some for volume 2.

[@0scartheCat]

when I was 16 I used to go to school on a Suzuki GT185 ( 2 stroke smell ) & pick my mate up at the bus stop, then see if we could get air over the train bridge, parked it around the corner then went to school.

[@ZZR1200ZX]

When was the last time anybody saw a Politician on a motorcycle?

[@tuesdayatdobbs]

Funnily enough, Michael Gove is apparently quite a big motorcycle fan, and he was at the Bike Shed Show 2023, and give heard from someone in the industry that Boris Johnson was one of the first to buy a new Goldstar for both him and his dad. I can’t confirm if either are true, and apart from these two exceptions, I strongly agree with you. This is especially apparent in London, where for some insane reason there are many bus lanes that motorcyclists aren’t allowed to use- creating more danger and forcing more traffic

[@MrB1967]

Lembit Opik was the chair of the All Party Motorcycling Group in the HoC, was communications director for Motorcycle Action Group and was, for a while, hanging out of the back of both of the Cheeky Girls. Word 😎

[@SamOnABikeSweden]

I've been looking at the CFMoto 450mt, fun bike to ride but the fact is I dare not to buy it, due to reliability concerns. CF Moto being affiliated with KTM doesn't help at all!! Quite the opposite, is it a KTM in disguise? Does this bike have the same reliability issues? And im not only talking about the cam issues, how about the electronics? Only the future will tell abot CF's reliability... until then I keep on buying japanese motorycles.

[@v795619]

Great content as always Freddie 😀 Question - could CFMoto engines have the same cam shaft issues (sorry if I missed something)?

[@joedudz]

If they cared about the environment air travel would be stopped immediately as one of the worst polluters. Motorcycles are one of the most economical and environmentally friendly methods of transport. Why would any government discriminate against them?

[@Snoozzzzzze]

Don’t give them ideas ! They already tax air travel although that was admitted to be for revenue not environmental concerns. Private jets would obviously be allowed to continue anyway.

[@merzto]

My bike uses 4,5l / 100km which is as much as my mother's small car. And there are plenty bikes that use more

[@volt8684]

Yeah and starmer 17 foreign trips in 6 weeks. The royals flitting around the world. Planes are the worst. The priveleged ignore this and tell us we have to drive electric cars

[@kevindarkstar]

Because they don't like bikes and never have

[@dannyhampshire2825]

Enjoyed that Freddie nice one

[@dwaynecorrea9775]

ANOTHER GOOD ONE!!! THX!!!

[@thebrowns5337]

Freddie just read my comment from his last video out! I got chills😊

[@Uncle_Tijikun]

A friend of mine had a dorso duro. Amazing bike, he wrecked it in a crash. He still misses it even though he has a triumph now. Auch a cool bike

[@WreckingCrewHR4K]

Well chosen Well capable Well deserved choice for Bike of the week even though it's late boxer engine cousins still have what it takes to tour the globe with ease and comfort,...PS, Great to hear that you went ahead with your book, I will be putting an order in for "The Lost Biker Story's" after the Christmas Rush,... OAP Wales UK.

[@thetreadtrader7565]

BSA group were at one time biggest in the world. Poor management always. Who would take on KTM in this current world.

[@Br1anuk]

Motorcycling in the UK is over. Too expensive and too hard to pass the test, then the insurance costs a fortune for what is basically a toy. Most bikers are now in their 50's and 60's and don't want to spend £15,000 on a BMW the size of a shire horse.

[@thebrowns5337]

The test isn't too hard but if you are young it is very repetitive and expensive. Insurance is ridiculous and they blatantly rip people off. They pretty much admit it on the phone when, all of a sudden, they can just knock off several hundred quid to match another company. Trouble is even the 'cheap' insurance is expensive now.

[@BOZr-l9r]

Never had one never wanted one so I won’t personally be affected but this is what happens when large companies become greedy and sell budget built bikes for profit 😮

[@everydaybiker]

Hey. Great video as always. Can I ask, do you know what is included in the new Zealand registration? I know the Australian one includes the minimum insurance requirements to ride on the road.... 350 quid for road tax and insurance sound pretty good to me. Cheers

[@the.communist]

So do cfmoto engines have those camshafts problems as well?

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

2024 is becoming an Annus Horribilis for motorcycling...such a shame.

[@tuesdayatdobbs]

It’s been a brutal year

[@peteduch2151]

@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne that's also a great description of the governement

[@davidcoleman4941]

I've recently sold my two Yamaha adventure bikes my T700 and Super Tenere 1200 both new. And due to Anxiety attacks I now ride RE HIMALAYAN and RE Classic 350cc desert

[@sirkitchalott]

🏍️ Re ktm... Yes I own a 1290... Quote from MCN "KTM confirm goodwill scheme will cover the costs of all historic and future LC8c camshaft repairs "

[@IndigoJo]

I thought New Zealand's new government was meant to be right-wing and anti-woke, and had abandoned the plans to ban the sale of cigarettes to young adults on an escalating age? Why are they hiking road tax so much? Have they cut taxes elsewhere and realised they need to tax someone to pay for stuff?

[@williambell12]

NZ has a centre right government. Centralist governments are still nanny state wokesters. These bastards are still attempting to drive NZ bikers off the road. They still like to control and take away your free thinking.

[@G58]

I’m not at all convinced that there’s any real difference between any of the main parties in most western countries. They all take their orders from the WEF, NATO, WHO, and the other psychopathic elite entities. The objective is obviously to cull us all eventually, and maintain us in a perpetual state of tax, debt and mind slavery, whilst feeding us the illusion of choice through rigged elections, and feeding us fake news via the thoroughly corrupt legacy lamestream media. Have spent the last two decades since 9/11 studying the evidence, and been routinely accused of being a ‘crazy conspiracy theorist who’s off his meds’…! Now so-called far-right alternative podcasters are featuring CIA whistleblowers who literally confirm everything I’ve discovered independently. That despicable horse faced tyrant that was in charge of NZ during the so-called ‘covid pandemic’ (which was obviously the biggest psyop since they came up with the climate myth), has been rewarded with a job working with Diana’s eldest son on a climate project. Nothing is as it seems mate. Peace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@FullmetalSP1]

7:33 - I cannot stand this strand of reactionary nonsense in the motorcycle community. You have no idea why the registration price has increased, the economics of life or transport in NZ, or any information other than what Roy gave you, yet you feel absolutely confident that this is designed to “price people out of motorcycling”. How about you gather all information before forming an opinion?

[@specialized500]

@@FullmetalSP1I agree it is extremely lazy to make these statements without doing any research . Many vloggers are the same and I find it annoying .

[@johngittins6244]

I respect KTM for the off road ability, but a bit like an Alfa Romeo. I’m put off buying one due to a poor reputation around reliability. Why risk it when there are lots of great and reliable motorcycles out there.

[@WainwrightWalksWiaLocalLad]

"Self administion" is not going bust. KTM have a trading arrangement with CF Moto, neither has any money in the other. Bajaj has a 49% stake in the KTM/Pierer Mobility group.

[@mrcintheuk4641]

Yes, going into administration is generally an accounting way of halting loan repayments, renegotiating debt, making staff redundant without payouts and looking for financial backers, etc, without actually going bust. However, if this can't be achieved they will go bust.

[@tuesdayatdobbs]

Very interesting re Bajaj- thank you for sharing this

[@MV-XD2]

€3Bn in debt might well make them fold. It’s likely that only Bajaj would be prepared to step in or risk losing their investment but I gather Pierer has already ruled that out? I can’t see CF bailing them out - they could just wait for them to fold then buy the brand name for peanuts. They already have the IP anyway.

[@lipsee100]

Self Adim might not be going bust per sei,,, but lets face it ,it might as well be.. I mean who in there right mind would pay full price(or even heaverly discounted) price for a fully loaded 1290 these days... I doubt anyone will take on KTM,they maybe able to borrow more money,but I would not bet on it....

[@jeffreywatson3534]

Ack! I was leaning into a Husqvarna 801. How will they be affected? Does anyone know?

[@bettermanxx]

Just a little side note my daughters boyfriend has been buying and flipping KTM supermotard s and other off road 400 - 490 ? KTM Models and pretty much all of them have really bad case hardening issues with cams gears this has caused many problems as luck would have it we have a great engine guy

[@MrVulcan1963]

Something up with this video. The volume goes up and down without rhyme or reason. Not the normal excellent Freddie production value.

[@laddie9999]

Rego is $424 pa in Western Australia for a bike

[@Paulfarmer-en4vh]

What about British stories and their biking tales come on Britain . 5:55

[@TheZanshen]

KTM =keep taking money (people’s)

[@TRYLIKTO]

For ktm, do you know what happened to London taxi cars? They decided to produce steering column in china for cheap, borrowed money to buy a large amount of them. They received parts, but they were made with incorrect rotation and was useless. So they gone bankrupt and later bought by chines company. I was delivering containers to that factory with partially assembled taxis. Same will be with ktm, don't trust china

[@tnetroP]

There will be some new KTM owners that now won't be able to pay dealers to unlock those features such as cruise control after the initial 1k period. NEVER buy a bike or car that relies on dealers to unlock features.

[@geofwassell]

What a shock about KTM finances. However. considering that I always equated the big KTMs as exotica in much the same way as a Ferrari. I suspect that the majority of the big KTM owners just pootle around on them and the top end never gets the amount of oil which it should. I wouldnt expect a Ferrari to do well crawling around in an urban environment, I wouldnt expect a Ferrari to do well in UK because even the motorways are too slow. The big KTM has so much torque that I would imagine most riders rarely getting the revs up high enough to throw sufficient oil around the top end hence the camshafts wear out.I know that it is no longer fashionable to know how motorcycles work and owners tend to take them to the menders a lot more than they used to but in the case of the KTM, I suspect that these bikes demand a high level of owner understanding. My wifes private dentist has a big KTM which he uses almost exclusively for thrashing around long distances off road, he gets through tyres like they're made of marshmallow and even has his own tyre changing machine and guess what! no issues!

[@mrcintheuk4641]

I test rode a KTM a few years ago when I was looking for a new bike. A visceral experience that's wasn't to my liking, but that was my problem. However, I would say, to me, KTM has been a company that's never listened to their customers but have always pandered to the media, who in turn have always blown sufficient smoke up where the sun doesn't shine. The stories of questionabke reliability and poor service seems to have always been part and parcel of KTM, not just recently, which they've never come across as looking to resolve or even acknowledge. In the end, there was a straw that broke the camels back and the customers have just walked away. Customers aren't always right but you continually ignor them at your peril!

[@stuartosborn4785]

KTM reaping what they've sown . Had a new KTM in 2018 . Thing was glitchy from day 1 . I swore never KTM again . Seems i wasnt in a minority !

[@birchwoodbiker]

Just drag the moron in goverment and replace them with sensable people, they are here to serve us not us go bancrupt paying for there scams

[@pete36524]

KTM make amazing bikes. Anyone who has ridden one would know that.Those who have ridden a CF Moto 800MT and a KTM 790 adventure would know they are very different bikes. Both good, but different. It’s a partnership, not the same thing. I’m sure KTM will find their way out of administration and hope that any job loses in Austria will be minimised.

[@philg7889]

KTM sounded a tad arrogant when they turned down Boorman and McGregor, and Long Way Down. Who does that? BMW made a fortune on the back of it, and became instantly famous for their GS.

[@903lew]

One does hope that the PR-person at BMW responsible for that got a bonus, a raise and his picture on the wall at the factory. His/her counterpart at KTM must surely have gotten a constant bollocking over the issue.

The Road tax for bikes here in Sweden is 180SEK per year, that's about 15 Euro. It doesn't matter what Capacity the engine has. Most bikes here is only driven 4-5 months per year and very seldom over 3000km per year. I guess there is more to say about taxing motorcycles in countries where you can ride 12 months per year.

[@cliveadams7629]

Cheese prices rise, KTM goes bust. Coincidence?

[@thebrowns5337]

lol

[@basmca1]

Not even 300 bucks for yearly registration? Idk but that doesn't sound odd to me. Given the costs of fuel, insurance and maintenance i doubt that many people will be send over the edge by 25 bucks a month for registration. Don't get me wrong, i am not a fan of it, but to me it doesn't sound crazy at all. I pay about €250 for my GS1200 and €500 for my Kia Rio hatchback. I used to pay about €750 for my Alfa 147. Diesels start at about €1000 a year all the way up to like €3000 a year for a large diesel SUV or pickup. But Netherlands has always had expensive road taxes so i am used to it.

[@thebrowns5337]

I pay £117/year for my Moto Guzzi V7 but £25/year for my filthy VW Golf diesel - road tax/vehicle excise in the UK isn't anything to do with encouraging eco choices. It's not even linked to road maintenance any more. It's baffling where the money goes and how they get to the figures they want.

[@stevezahn8056]

Well Freddie I’m gonna go out on a limb and say this. I couldn’t care less about KTM. But just like Harley. If I had a dollar for ever time I heard they were gonna go under I would have enough money to buy a new KTM and Harley.

[@blacksheepspaniard3978]

I was in the market for a 2024 Husqvarna Vitpillen 401 but now I’m hesitant …

[@richardbrooks4549]

@@blacksheepspaniard3978 Why?

[@blacksheepspaniard3978]

@ Why? because KTM owns Husqvarna and now the uncertainty of Self Administration… gonna be waiting the 90 days cause that’s what they said… In other words that’s when they’re going to have a public statement… But my hesitation is if they by chance drop Husqvarna from their portfolio, who knows how that’s gonna affect production and or contractual obligations in terms of manufacturing parts for specific models

[@richardbrooks4549]

@ Your contract is with the dealer, not KTM.

[@blacksheepspaniard3978]

@@richardbrooks4549 no I’m not talking warranty, I mean 5,6,7 years down the road if I need a part after warranty expires… again my concern is if they will be still manufactured

[@richardbrooks4549]

@ You think you won’t be able to get a part? You do know that if they go bust they will resurrect with new owners? KTM are not going to disappear! Just maybe their current owners will

[@maxflight777]

FFS Freddie, you don’t run up a €3 billion debt pile, just because of a handful of 790 camshaft problems. The financial woes are related to massive numbers of unsold bikes, excessive losses and stupid errors such as the acquisition of MV Augusta.

[@hughphillips1427]

KTM owned by Bajaj, the same people who are making the Triumph 400.

[@johnstonstewart9683]

Rather than the bmw900gs why not look at the voge 900 ? Same bike different price....

[@gregorydavison3421]

CFMoto also make parts for BMW, look at the vose 900 and compare it to a GS. But the voge brand new with all the bells and whistles for £9K compared to BMW prices.... KTM have been badly mnaged for years. Old year bikes are expensivem then they bring out a newer model cheaper and economics don.t add up. Hope they get an injection of cash and survive! I own a 1290 Super Adventure T. No cam problems for the 1290's, just the 790 and 890 apparently. KTM in the USA under the "Lemon Law," are facing huge lawsuits. Not recognising the problem and ignoring customers will be their downfall.

[@AlanDoherty-ru6iq]

Could robot 😊cars help the motorcycle industry as they take over, in say 10 years? I have no clue, but I am looking for hope.😊

[@Robinbamv]

I suspect that KTM have followed another Austrian engine manufacturer who ditched the reliable German and Austrian engine component manufacturers to source from China. The result was huge reliability problems costing the company a fortune. This manufacturer behaved a lot better than KTM and looks like weathering the storm but I fear that KTM won’t be so fortunate.

[@stevec-b6214]

Did KTM miss a massive opportunity when they turned down Ewan Macgregor and Charley Boorman in Long Way Round back in 2004?. BMW GS sales figures after this epic adventure and film speak for themselves. (I bought one myself)

[@biker_dale]

Companies come and go, bottom line is when people stop buying them for what ever reason, they'll go. New companies grow and take over when they sell something people want to buy at a price they can afford.

[@rumien1383]

I'm not selling my bike to "OUR DRIVER" 😊😊