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The rumor come directly from a rider of the mx1 gp's. Nothing has been signed yet and nothing will be for awhile but it seems like we'll see Herlings on a 450 husqvarna next year.
Indeed, Herlings is moving to mx1 next year but Cairoli doesn't really like this idea, we all know that Jeffrey wouldn't take long to beat him and this isn't a good deal for ktm.
Ktm recently bought Husqvarna and they now need to improve the bike and sell some. Thats the best way for them to do so, with Herlings putting this bike on the podium it'll for sure increase their selling.
Herlings on husqvarna next year is the best way for ktm to have 2 top riders in their rank but not directly competing each other on the same brand, and it is a good commercial opportunity to make people talk a lot about those new Husqvarna's coming in 2014...
Just rumors yet but it seems to be a pretty serious one in the gp's pits....
Indeed, Herlings is moving to mx1 next year but Cairoli doesn't really like this idea, we all know that Jeffrey wouldn't take long to beat him and this isn't a good deal for ktm.
Ktm recently bought Husqvarna and they now need to improve the bike and sell some. Thats the best way for them to do so, with Herlings putting this bike on the podium it'll for sure increase their selling.
Herlings on husqvarna next year is the best way for ktm to have 2 top riders in their rank but not directly competing each other on the same brand, and it is a good commercial opportunity to make people talk a lot about those new Husqvarna's coming in 2014...
Just rumors yet but it seems to be a pretty serious one in the gp's pits....
If so, it's not necessary to use Herlings as a marketing claim.
If I was Herlings I would want some serieus money for me to step on a husky...
The biggest problems of the Husky's were their engines, now with ktm's engines it'll be a totally different bike.
I find it interesting, i've always liked Husqvarna, this seems to be the last chance for the brand to come back on top, and i don't believe ktm bought it for no reason, there must be something hidden under that and i believe the hidden part is Jeffrey....
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Edit. Kongols beat me to it. Would be interesting to see Herlings on a Husky, but I bet they'd have to throw a lot of money at him.
Same people building the bike.
http://goo.gl/VISpg
do we? I see Cairoli handling him... Searle was trading wins with Herlings last year and he hasn't been close to Cairoli's pace this year
yeah yeah I know different bikes different years and all that but I'll be very surprised if herlings goes up and starts beating him consistently (if it all)
I'll be more surprised to see Herlings on a Husky/KTM but I've been surprised before haha so I'm not saying it won't happen
I heard a rumour that Honda is buying out Herlings from KTM and going to start make some serious hits against the euro-brand !
and if he has to ride mx1 it will be under the mx2 team of Everts and not the mx1 Rinaldi team.
So looks like the #84 and #222 will not be team mates next year
Yeah I know, they could run a prototype bike since this is the GP's but that seems kinda stupid since everyone would rush to their local Husky dealer if Herlings is starting to get wins on that bike. But we are after all talking about KTM here, they could just pull the same move as they did with the RD5 replica and release it later in the season. Seems stupid though but I'm not a sales expert either.
I don't know, lots of unanswered questions here. But why not?
Pit Row
http://vurbmoto.com/blogs/breaking-news-herlings-ktm-husqvarna-deal/13250/
He' d have to have at least a few options that would earn more money than what Husky could put down on a better bike in the GPs or in the USA.
I see it more than possible that Everts and Herlings both get on a Husqvarna , the frame of the husqvarna is pretty sick to ride with it handles superior the only problem they have is suspension and engine.
I'm pretty sure husqvarna will have WP suspension components on their new bike's , Engine they have come a long way and it's seems more than likely that they wil use the RD5 engine on their stock bike's with a different clutch component as they have many problems with them at this moment
Everts is a person that can fine tune and make a bike work within a small window off time , combine that with Herlings feel for bike's and they will absolutely be 1 sweet Husqvarna
Iff Herlings is winning on the Husqvarna i say 70-80% of the european riders will take a look and probably 50% will buy the new Husqvarna,
I still get the grins, thinking about it. Great PS!
And do you know Husky is selling about a third of KTM's volume? (not a micro brand as everyone seems to believe)
It is not April fool logic, just a good way to make money
Tuesday i saw a mx1 rider, i wont say his name but one of the top rider who told us that. It is a real rumor going in the gp´s pits and hé said it seems serious. Why would he joke again about it?
Like the tittle of this topic says it is only a rumor and theres yet absolutly nothing to confirm it, why take it so seriously?
I just find it pretty interesting and a really good idea from Ktm. Im tired of seeing orange every weekend on the gp´s too so itd be interesting for the fans to see Herlings battling Cairoli on a brand new husky.
We Will see in a couple months if it was just a stupid rumor or if its true. Nevertheless i find it interesting
Or I will send my bodyguard to handle you!
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They have enough influence to make it happen.
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