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    What happens if KTM goes bust?

    My money is on a piece of KTM being bought by each - covering the KTM models that each of those companies already builds. I don't know what happens to the KTMs still assembled in Austria. Or what happens to the KTM nameplate.
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    LA Fires

    It's this. Jimmy Kimmel Breaks Up Reacting to L.A. Wildfires: “We Don’t Even Know if It’s Over”
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    Any GTAM'ers own an electric vehicle?

    Yes, mine (2023) retains that setting. Now if only it would retain the "sport mode" setting ...
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    LA Fires

    He has a good comment a few posts down about fire resistant construction.
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    LA Fires

    Also: https://www.threads.net/@dave.huebel/post/DEyv3tLRcmr?xmt=AQGz5kKZ4XeRKrUvAai5Yru7E0SwDevEfLsYeqbJ7SaYQA The place was a bone dry tinder box due to drought, and strong Santa Ana winds will blow sparks and embers a long way.
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    LA Fires

    Reminder: Angeles NATIONAL Forest.
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    LA Fires

    Not wrong ...
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    LA Fires

    Misinformation and disinformation is rampant. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/la-fires-burn-california-fema-false-rumors-misinformation/ We're not immune to brush fires, floods, tornadoes, etc. Risk mitigation is a fine balance. The downsides (if nothing else, the cost) of any countermeasures...
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    Any GTAM'ers own an electric vehicle?

    I use it in traffic jams. Turning that mode on or off is one physical button. I don't like one-pedal drive outside of traffic jams. The Bolt has a "paddle shifter" - more like a thumb brake - that slows it down with regenerative braking, and the car holds stopped if you stop it with this (no...
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    LA Fires

    Interview with a local news reporter:
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    LA Fires

    The pending insurance situation in LA (which hasn't played out yet) isn't necessarily claims being denied, but policies being cancelled over the last few months. A CNN article about it was posted above. Here's more...
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    LA Fires

    Couple reminders here. Yes, these fires affected the properties of some rich people. They also affected thousands and thousands of properties owned by regular people trying to get by, who have now lost everything. It's understandable that there will be charities involved. That's what they do...
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    What happens if KTM goes bust?

    Aye but Stellantis has its own set of nightmares to deal with already!
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    What happens if KTM goes bust?

    BMW already builds motorcycles, but doesn't have a dirt-bike lineup. I can see BMW considering almost everything in the street-bike lineup to be a competitor to what they already build, thus redundant (even if it really isn't). One interesting aspect of this, is that it would buy BMW into...
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    KTM's Parent Company Isn't Doing Hot, Shifting More Production to China and India

    That shipment starts soon. Week 3 in January is when they pack for the Sepang test, and the shipping crates don't return until the first European round (Jerez). The creditors meeting is in the middle of all this.
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    KTM's Parent Company Isn't Doing Hot, Shifting More Production to China and India

    https://gallacemedia.wixsite.com/mondogp/post/the-logistics-of-motogp
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    KTM's Parent Company Isn't Doing Hot, Shifting More Production to China and India

    Season starts 28 February in Thailand. Let's see if there are any KTM bikes (and badged as such) on the grid! My guess is "no". And if it gets pushed that late, barring a "hail-mary" bailout, there's going to be a shortage of bikes on the grid. Not a good look. (Dorna takes care of...
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    KTM's Parent Company Isn't Doing Hot, Shifting More Production to China and India

    They're under administration ... it's sure not me making the decisions. None of us are privy to what's going on inside.
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    KTM's Parent Company Isn't Doing Hot, Shifting More Production to China and India

    At this point, there is still at least a theoretical possibility of a hail-mary from Red Bull or some other party interested in buying out the MotoGP operations without incurring a penalty. If they shut it down now then that penalty becomes guaranteed. And, yes, can't get blood out of a stone...
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    KTM's Parent Company Isn't Doing Hot, Shifting More Production to China and India

    That order may not come until the creditor's meeting, which is supposedly sometime in February, and right now they're operating on hopes and dreams that someone will buy out the operations. KTM is under contractual obligation to Dorna (MotoGP) for a certain time period, too, so they can't just...
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