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[VCheng]

Yes bro. Though things at the mass market level (which is now 250 to 450 cc, 20-25 to 40-45 bhp) are becoming way too expensive now, with the clever price creep year on year, so that the once massively bang for buck bikes are now quite exorbitant for the common man.

The KTM 390 that was a brilliant value proposition 11 years ago at 2.25 lacs (the Gen 1 that I ride), is now a crazy whopping 4.5 lacs (the Gen 3). Can't help whinge at the fact that you get essentially the same bike (cubic capacity and bhp and torque) with a lot of useless (in my very old school opinion) electronics, for nearly double the price.

Such inflation is all things automotive and motorcycle related is fairly common all over the world. But I wonder how much of what KTM is doing in India, by persisting with an older platform, in a market where consumers reward longevity of design (thus ensuring easier serviceability), is related to its recent international financial troubles:

KTM enters self-administration, debts of over $3 billion

KTM enters self-administration, debts of over $3 billion: KTM facing the toughest challenge of its history with enormous debts.

www.cyclenews.com

 

[Sharma Ji]

Wow you know quite a bit about Islamic sects. I even did not know.

Waay waay back in the day at the old forum I'd troll a lot calling people wahhabi, and how Sa-ooodi was the root cause of all evil lol, learnt it from the Iranians there I think .. and eventually picked up the nuance to it. Damn Bersians.

 

[Lulldapull]

Muji ikbal from the other place has got to be the most retarded person over there.

He got expelled from here for posting nonsense.

 

[Sharma Ji]

He got expelled from here for posting nonsense.

He's fully retarded, *&*&*& him... ae vekkho.. iska bhi accha zeopoltix analysis hota hai

 

[Sharma Ji]

Lay, banning ho gai Teri

 

[Sharma Ji]

Delhi L-G ordered crackdown on immigrants: 2 Bangladeshi immigrants arrested for overstaying in Capital

During questioning, the DCP added, Ahad, who works as a labourer and hails from Bangladesh's Sylhet, admitted to entering India on December 6 with help from a Bangladesh agent to find work.

indianexpress.com

@Krishna with Flute @Bilal9

 

[Sharma Ji]

There's MILLIONS of em here !

 

[VCheng]

Waay waay back in the day at the old forum I'd troll a lot calling people wahhabi, and how Sa-ooodi was the root cause of all evil lol, learnt it from the Iranians there I think .. and eventually picked up the nuance to it. Damn Bersians.

Both the Saudis and the Iranians see each other as the devil, and want to be the sole leader of their concept of ummah. The rest of the world is only too happy to capitalize on this deep schism in the religion to their own advantages. The zealots ruling the asylum cannot see that at all in their desperation to enforce their own set of views on the gullible fools, to no avail, very predictably.

We should let things be in peace, since reality remains reality, like it or not.