Bergs Bonus for Aussie Buyers

I look at this and shake my head. BUTMAC (Aussie KTM/ Berg importer) need to take a good hard look at their marketing strategy.

A titanium slip on muffler? Please, dont insult my intelligence.
I would much rather have a voucher for equivalent value in oil, filters, sprockets, chains, brake pads etc. etc.

A factory billet fuel cap? Im flabbergasted. My plastic one works just fine.
I'll swap that for a couple of H/D tubes thanks.

A "Factory Carbon Fender Brace"? . Dont start me on this........

An emergency plastic lever set? . Thanks, but my off road brain told me to fit Bark Busters. Please subsidise the cost of these instead thanks BUTMAC.

Trip Master Switch? Halleiujah!!! Finally a practical, useful "freebie".

Sad that BUTMAC feel the need to attract new Berg buyers with "bling" articles instead of trying to retain previous 02/03 buyers with good commonsense mechanical backup.

to each their own

well, all I can say is not everyone is a hardcore/gofast racer like yourself. I don't need extra booster rockets for my bike, so I would not benefit much from bleeding edge race gear like you would. I'm happy that Berg AU is doing something for the buyers. As it's obvious that you're not happy with their choice in gear, I would hope that you would concur that it's nice that their doing something that I'm sure some buyers find beneficial, no?

All I'm saying is that I'm sure everyone could customise the list to suit themselves better, but that's not an option, so they did the best with what was available to them.

thanks,
json

Ausberg don't be a grump To my knowledge they are doing more than any other distributor. Sure, a couple of the things they are including are not very valuable to hardcore riders, but I for one would not throw away a free chance to try an Akropovic.

I would rather have vouchers or discounts on those things you mentioned to, but vouchers don't sell bikes like a bunch of shiny free parts do. This move is getting Husaberg talked about by guys who would never have thought of them before and that can only be a good thing.

At the very least they should get high marks for effort imo 8)

seems to me that these are items that a racer would be chuffed to have. i identify two or three of the articles as looking good on the bike and the muffler is worth a lot of money and adds power.

these are racing machines and they just get in the wrong peoples hands sometimes....

regards

Taffy

Thankyou Taffy!!!!
Yes, they are racing machines, and they do fall into the wrong hands some times.

Thankyou Knopey!!!
For stating the current shiny bits marketing strategy is to lure people who would otherwise overlook the Berg into purchasing one. Are these the sort of users that Taffy refers to as the "wrong hands"?
I think so.

When KTM first introduced the RFS to the Australian market, they went to great pains to dissuade the recreational" XR" market from purchasing one, as they knew the implications of failed RFS littering the countryside because " JOHNNY XR" expected 2000 kms between oil changes.

And yet, the latest marketing strategy of the distributor is to attract new Berg buyers by a swag of " Shiny Bits?"

Is this the type of buyer they really need?

Surely a new Berg buyer armed with 20 litres of free correct grade/viscosity oil, a heap of oil filters, a spare air cleaner and oil, and some rudimentary training in servicing his bike is worth more to Husabergs reputation in the long run than a muffler and sundry add ons ?

Quote, a local farmer after purchasing a 501 to replace his XR 600:

"its even got an oil filter". I do not believe he had a spare.

Is that the sort of market Husaberg needs to attract in Australia ?.

spoke to ausberg 'sarvo, he thought he may have been a little harsh. i will have to say the 'bergs first priority is bums on seats and sort out the pedigree later. its a numbers game after all.

Sports 501 now looks like his XR600 did; unloved. even though he does rave about to all and sundry. of cause his ride buddies ride gear dropping WR's and YZ's and plodding XR's.

........ but the new generation Husabergs do not require more maintenance than say a EXC/WR, and are no less reliable. The days of Husaberg needing/wanting to confine themselves to a niche market are very much over. Maybe that is what they are trying to tell the buying public. Or maybe they simply want to sell more units.

Either way buyers get free stuff. Noone else does it. So good on Butmac