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and most of you will be lapping it up like a dog on the streets in the summertime heat.
bookmark this post right now...trust me.
There aren't many racers running around at the moment who fit both those criteria, although there are quite a few more who only fit one of them...
IF that were to happen, there would be a lot of money tossed around.
lets examine this.....
bobby said he'd be "riding for" not "riding with".....and since bubba is the obvious person that comes to mind when thinking hated/decorated then JSE fits the bill when saying, "riding for".
but when saying "riding for" that also leaves the door open for it to be any hated/decorated racer in the sports history.
deegan is trying to start a team.
hated?...check.
decorated?.....well, with xgames medals.
he did race mx/sx at one time
i just cant see metal mulisha and dungey even remotely mixing. but it does fit bobby's description.....sorta.
i cant think of anyone else who owns or is involved in a team that has been decorated/hated other than bubba and deegan. anyone else im forgetting?
reed was hated at one time. heard plenty of boos at anaheim. twotwo was in the running.
Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959 -
Total Honda USA 2010 Sales = 1,230,480 Units
Global 2009 = 14,823,000
Global 2008 = 15,392,000
KTM with total production for 2009 at approximately 174,000 units
So KTM>Honda - KTM would have to grow by a multiple of about 90 - Ie Honda = KTM X 90
And economic growth being not bigger than 10% . A few years would be a few 100 years .. :-)
Pit Row
Motocross
Yamaha YZ450F 269 -29.6%
Yamaha YZ250F 253 +4.1%
Honda CRF250R 238 -19%
Honda CRF450R 192 +39.1%
Suzuki RM-Z250 187 -4.6%
Kawasaki KX250F 167 -20.9%
Suzuki Rm-Z450 131 +29.7%
Kawasaki KX450F 116 -19.4%
KTM 350SXF 114
KTM 65SX 83 -3.5%
Dirtbikes by brand
Yamaha 2204 -7.7%
Suzuki 1210 +11.1%
Honda 1196 -18.8%
KTM 849 -13.6%
Kawasaki 691 -6.2%
Husqvarna 519 +10.2%
Husaberg 167 +17.6%
Aprilia 0
Chinese Sales
2008 27M
2009 25M
2010 26M
The U.S. motorcycle market is worth $14.6 billion (2007) and is expected to reach $21 billion by 2011. (1)
http://knol.google.com/k/the-u-s-motorcycle-market#
USA Figures
Motorcycles:
Harley-Davidson 28%
Honda 25%
Yamaha 17%
Suzuki 13%
Kawasaki 11%
KTM 2%
BMW 1%
Triumph 1%
Ducati 1%
Honda produced more than 18 million motorcycles and ATVs in 2010. The Japanese giant released its global production and sales data for the past calendar year, with record-breaking numbers in many categories. Fueling the numbers were increases in the high-volume Asian market. Honda’s North American sales, which include the U.S., Canada and Mexico, decreased from 210,000 to 192,000, a decline of 8.6%.
KTM reported a return to profitability in its fiscal report covering the period from Sept. 1, 2009 to Dec. 31, 2010.
KTM’s latest fiscal report covers 16 months as the Austrian company realigns its fiscal year to match the calendar year, so direct year-on-year comparisons can be misleading. Nevertheless, KTM’s fiscal report can be described as positive with a net profit of 14.0 million euros (US$19.7 million) compared to a loss of 81.4 million euros (US$114.7) announced from its previous fiscal report.
Vehicle sales, including motorcycles, sport minicycles, ATVs and the KTM X-Bow, totaled 85,543 units, a 33.5% increase from the 64,080 units sold from Sept. 1, 2008-Oct. 31, 2009. Off-road motorcycles remain KTM’s specialty with 54,838 units sold, up 50.9% from the previous fiscal report’s 36,331 units. KTM street bikes rose a more modest 19% to 18,531 units from 15,528 units.
North American sales totaled 113.4 million euros (US$159.8 million), up 28% from 88.6 million euros (US$124.7 million). The U.S. remains KTM’s largest single market, representing 18.1% of total sales revenue, followed by France at 10.1%, Italy at 9.7% and Germany at 9.1%.
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