KTM vs. Stark

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Sooooo..... what's worse?

Stark taking a lot longer than expected to deliver bikes...

OR

KTM inundating dealers with 2024 bikes while tons of 2023 owners are sitting on useless bikes that have backordered parts....

 

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LungButter 10/12/2023 9:58am
10/12/2023 9:58am

Great first post.....are you going to try to make this username last longer than your previous ones?

 

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Marty_The_Great 10/12/2023 10:16am
10/12/2023 10:16am

First post or 1 millionth post... 

Comparing new to market direct to consumer delivery bike issues vs. dealer's wholesale ordering bikes while their previous year bikes are selling slower than they had hoped for and parts for those 2023 bikes are not in stock.  

What exactly are you trying to compare if not apples (B2C) to (Wholesale B2B buying and parts availability) oranges?

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fourfourone 10/12/2023 10:19am
10/12/2023 10:19am
Marty_The_Great wrote:
First post or 1 millionth post...  Comparing new to market direct to consumer delivery bike issues vs. dealer's wholesale ordering bikes while their previous year bikes...

First post or 1 millionth post... 

Comparing new to market direct to consumer delivery bike issues vs. dealer's wholesale ordering bikes while their previous year bikes are selling slower than they had hoped for and parts for those 2023 bikes are not in stock.  

What exactly are you trying to compare if not apples (B2C) to (Wholesale B2B buying and parts availability) oranges?

What were your last 4 usernames on here...? 

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Marty_The_Great 10/12/2023 10:21am
10/12/2023 10:21am
Marty_The_Great wrote:
First post or 1 millionth post...  Comparing new to market direct to consumer delivery bike issues vs. dealer's wholesale ordering bikes while their previous year bikes...

First post or 1 millionth post... 

Comparing new to market direct to consumer delivery bike issues vs. dealer's wholesale ordering bikes while their previous year bikes are selling slower than they had hoped for and parts for those 2023 bikes are not in stock.  

What exactly are you trying to compare if not apples (B2C) to (Wholesale B2B buying and parts availability) oranges?

fourfourone wrote:

What were your last 4 usernames on here...? 

Vitard, TMZmx, BoredAtwork, KeyboardSXChamp

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LungButter 10/12/2023 10:41am
10/12/2023 10:41am
fourfourone wrote:

Swing and a miss Butterlung. 

Somehow I hope to survive this mistake....

Knowing that all the tools so worried about "wHAt VIN iS yoUr Stark" have seen this and don't have shit to say about it is enough for me Tongue

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fourfourone 10/12/2023 10:44am
10/12/2023 10:44am Edited Date/Time 10/12/2023 10:46am
fourfourone wrote:

Swing and a miss Butterlung. 

LungButter wrote:
Somehow I hope to survive this mistake.... Knowing that all the tools so worried about "wHAt VIN iS yoUr Stark" have seen this and don't have...

Somehow I hope to survive this mistake....

Knowing that all the tools so worried about "wHAt VIN iS yoUr Stark" have seen this and don't have shit to say about it is enough for me Tongue

I will never own a stark but will certainly spend my entire day telling people they will never get their order... Silly. That all I gather from that thread... 

 

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LungButter 10/12/2023 10:46am
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fourfourone wrote:
I will never own a stark but will certainly spend my entire day telling people they will never get their order... . That all I gather from...

I will never own a stark but will certainly spend my entire day telling people they will never get their order... Silly. That all I gather from that thread... 

 

Exactly.  It'd be more legit if you didn't even ride though, then your opinion would really carry some weight LOL

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dansfx 10/13/2023 8:06am
10/13/2023 8:06am
Cayden Thompson wrote:

What parts are backordered?

Lots for KTM.  I have a 2023 350SX-F

Took me 3 months to get a new swingarm chain slider.  It took about a month to get a replacement front fender when I fell and scratched mine up.

I also got the $1500 Power Parts deal when I bought by bike at the end of February.  Parts were ordered in March and it took till September for me to get the 48NM shock spring and KTM levers.  I had ordered the lowered seat as part of the deal but gave up on ever getting that and got oil change kits instead.  

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ROCKNDAWG 10/13/2023 12:55pm
10/13/2023 12:55pm
Cayden Thompson wrote:

What parts are backordered?

Tons of new TBI 2 stroke parts. Mostly when some people have had them completely exploded with really low hours and need most everything. I have one and have had zero problems though, knock on wood! Real had to get pistons, base gaskets, cylinders, radiators ect ect ect.

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