Is KTM Actually The Smartest Moto Brand Out There?

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Eazy
KTM Factory Edition 450

"It can be all yours for the price of a Norwegian child!"

You know, I rip on KTM all the time. Outside of BRO, I really have no issues with the brand. Yeah, they have this weird cult following and make toasters, but can you really blame them for that? I just make fun of KTM because it is so easy. Same thing with Mike Alessi, it just requires no effort at all. I like that. They are like the Mormon kid in school – they stick out like a sore thumb and go out of their way to be different, which means that it is very easy to alienate them and make myself feel like a cool guy. That’s what I did in high school when I was not cheating on exams (A’s across the board) and nailing the attractive Spanish teacher, and that’s how I operate now. Like an asshole.

Anyway, the core moto BROs have probably already noticed that KTM is debuting the Dungey KTM 450 pretty soon. This is, of course, the bike that Ryan made sure that they would produce specifically for him to race before he signed on, because there was no shot in hell that he would ride the 350. Understandably, KTM was all “What the fuck, BRO? Now we have to produce and market a completely new bike just for Ryan fucking Dungey.” That’s right, bitch; for Ryan fucking Dungey. But here is where KTM nailed it: they priced the bike at $9,600. Now, a regular 450 runs you around $8k, but anyone who’s anyone knows that you have to be the easiest mark in the business to actually pay full retail on a bike. But with this bike, KTM is just going to say “Fuck you, pay me,” which we most certainly are not going to do. And they know it. So rather than rush thousands of bikes into production and distribution, the BROs in orange are just going to produce like 500 of those bad Larrys and just watch the top tier of idiots pay out the ass for them. Supply and demand at its finest. General props in your direction, KTM BROs. How about giving Dungey some revenue sharing deal to make up for the cut in win bonuses he undoubtedly took in signing with you.

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  • Zook

    I dont think thats accurate. Like you said KTM has such a loyal following, that those fucking BROS WILL go and pay 10k for a bike. KTM already sunk the money into R&D for the bike, they wouldn’t overprice to delay production of them. Unless they decided, like a boss, that they could give a fuck about the bottom line.

  • http://www.brotocross.com Uhh.. Wrong, BRO

    Uhh I believe Eazy has caught a little stint of being mistaken, BRO. The whole reason this bike is being debuted was so that Dungey could race this Dungey-tailored bike for SX and MX. Regulations state that for a bike to be raced professionally there needs to be at least 400 in production by April or some shit. Since, all PROs have to race bikes that are in production and can be readily available to the ever-so-loving JOE. Sure, they’re going to get the KTM idiot consumer to spend 10k on a bike that has little more than stock but who wouldnt do that? KTM is a smart business and they handle it. Now, Eazy, you must drink from the magical fountain that replenishes your mistake. Also known as, Kevin Windham cock. No need to say “no-homo” either when suckling his man-juices.

    Your Welcome. Winky Face.

    • jonesin

      dude thats what he was fucking talking about… do you know how to read? you pretty much just wrote what he wrote, but more dumbed down so a 5 year old could understand it, thanks bud we got it

      • http://www.brotocross.com Uhh.. Wrong, BRO

        Jackass, read this “So rather than rush thousands of bikes into production and distribution, the BROs in orange are just going to produce like 500 of those bad Larrys and just watch the top tier of idiots pay out the ass for them. Supply and demand at its finest.” You did read that, right? Because I did. He is saying they only produced 500 to make money off idiot KTM consumers. That is obviously not why they only produced 500. They only produced them so Ryan Dungey can race that bike. It wasn’t for the sole reason of making a profit, if there is any to be made off of them. I can guarantee they lost money. But winning a championship is worth losing a little money. So I didn’t say exactly what he was saying. Rather, I was saying something completely different. Anything else you’d like to add bud?

        • jonesin

          guy, he said they mass produced a bike specifically for ryan dungey, ryan fucking dungey. wtf is the difference between what u said and that. seriously man do you have downsydrome or something? u dont think eazy read that same transworld article???

  • Johnny BRO’mara

    So, EAZY, outside of BRO do you actually like Mike Alessi also?

  • http://brotocross.com localsavage

    They will sell all of them before they hit the floors. Can you imagine a 450C rider showing up to Loretta’s without the latest greatest bike?

  • http://brotocross.com localsavage

    According to your logic, they should have only produced 400. If it were just to meet homologation, why would they make an extra 100? My guess is that they only figure that at nearly 10K they can only sell 500 of these to Vets and 450C riders.

    • http://www.brotocross.com Uhh.. Wrong, BRO

      http://motocrossactionmag.com/Main/News/EXCLUSIVE-LOOK-INSIDE-THE-BIKE-THAT-RYAN-DUNGEY-WO-8535.aspx

      Here read this article above along with “jonesin” and then tell me why they are realeasing the bikes..

      “There will only be 400 KTM 450SXF Factory Edition motocross bikes made—KTM needs 400 to make the bike legal for the 2012 Supercross series—especially now that the bike is a winner”

      “The 2012 Factory Edition is not the 2013 model, that will come later this year, but is instead a race replica of the bike that Ryan Dungey will be racing. Under AMA rules a manufacturer must make at least 400 production bike before a factory team can race the bike (KTM will be bringing the bikes to the USA in 200 unit increments to meet the two AMA mandated deadlines (the first deadline is 200 bikes by March 1, 2012). It is obvious that this AMA homologation rule is seriously flawed—but what about the AMA isn’t flawed? The rule should be 400 units by January 1 of the race season, not three months into the Supercross series.”

      • http://brotocross.com localsavage

        Settle down Francis. We all know that the underlying cause for creating this bike is for Ryan to “legally” be able to race it in Supercross. That being said, I find it hard to believe that they would make an extra 100 bikes just to be on the safe side. It seems a lot more likely that the know they can sell those extra 100 to the cheddar heads who love all things KTM.

  • jonesin

    ktm did it for both reasons… because they had to. the whole motive behind everything is to spend a lot of money upfront on dungey and these bikes, and have a big return on that investmentlater when he wins (ktms plan, i know he wont win) they built the 400 bikes because they had to, but on the other hand they know they can easily sell them to ktm freaks. its not a hard concept to grasp….