Royal Enfield to Buy Ducati ?

[Moi]

Didn't Aprilia win a bidding war for Guzzi against Ducati? Maybe they will just buy Ducati also and keep it Italian.

I thought Aprilia and Moto Guzzi were both part of the Piaggio group.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Appears to be a lot of speculation presently.

All denied by parties including Ducati of course.

I have often wondered why one of the big Japanese companies don't purchase a company like this on the side.

Sounds odd but if you think of a fairly conservative company like Honda they could experiment on the wild side with a company like Ducati at the more exotic end and if successful introduce it via Honda as globally acceptable sanitized 'Honda' version .....

Make money both ways.

Just a thought.

Plus both use red paint a lot!

the issue being that VW have made Ducati profitable and will be looking for a return on the substantial capital invested. I think I recall somewhere they expected the sale price for Ducati to be over 1.6BILLION Euros

[Voltaire]

The Space Ranger looks somewhat familiar.....


or the unforgettable Super Bike





http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/why...kof-1687556766

[HenryDorsetCase]

I'd buy a bike called the Space Ranger.

In fact I may get all the graphics changed on my current bikes to say just that. Its cool as fuck.

[Voltaire]

I'd buy a bike called the Space Ranger.

In fact I may get all the graphics changed on my current bikes to say just that. Its cool as fuck.

or OUTLAWyer.....

[Daffyd]

The little KTMs are built there too.
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/a...hmentid=228690

The little KTMs are also being built in a new facility quite close to us in the Philippines. Locally built 390 Dukes are predicted to be ₱40,000 (NZ$1170) cheaper than imports from India.