Farewell to Fatfreddie?
- Thread starter barkeater
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Sooo what exactly does this mean? Did the latest importer drop out? ( Iron Mountain Motorsports ) or do I have this all wrong? I mean WTF!? If we can't get a reliable importer of these great bikes I'm outta here! I've had 4 Gasser's, including an 03 FSE! I'm what you might call "brand loyal" but... I can't keep from feeling that soon GASGAS will go the way Of TM.
Just My 2 cents...
Just My 2 cents...
barkeater
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No, no, no. No chicken little scenarios. Just a personnel change and corporate re-arranging to take advantage of the US/Canadian markets from what I understand. Brett was tired, and if you've seen his "photography", I would have quit the bike thing too so I could take photos! (www.brettsaunders.com - websense will block it.)
Don't take out ads on your bikes just yet.
The future is so bright for Gas Gas (and Husaberg) the bikes should all come with a pair of shades.
From what I understand, Barrett Marketing Group owns a good chunk of Dixie Sales (if not the whole thing) in the US. Iron Mountain will be the "motorsports" arm of Dixie. Brett left for personal reasons and BMG/Dixie/Iron Mountain will replace him in due time with a qualified person.
I'm not getting any of this first hand, so if someone feels like correcting me, jump on in. There are people out there who know boatloads more than I do.
As both brands get more quality dealers on board things can only go uphill.
Don't take out ads on your bikes just yet.
The future is so bright for Gas Gas (and Husaberg) the bikes should all come with a pair of shades.
From what I understand, Barrett Marketing Group owns a good chunk of Dixie Sales (if not the whole thing) in the US. Iron Mountain will be the "motorsports" arm of Dixie. Brett left for personal reasons and BMG/Dixie/Iron Mountain will replace him in due time with a qualified person.
I'm not getting any of this first hand, so if someone feels like correcting me, jump on in. There are people out there who know boatloads more than I do.
As both brands get more quality dealers on board things can only go uphill.
I'll bet $1 on Fred Hoess. But I'm just grabbing names out of the air. I like to start rumors.
...That would be cool!
jeff
No kidding ? If it's true then he'll be sure to keep the 2-strokes coming. I'm under the impression that the reason he left Husky was because they weren't sending 2-strokes over here.
Confirmed. This was posted by BMGs Western Canada Sales Rep on husaberg.org...
fryguy wrote :
"Fred Hoess will handle east coast sales and whatever comes his way in racing. I cannot speak for the finer details of his job description, I can say that he is good man and has a wealth of experience in marketing offroad motorcycles. Fred and I spent the last 5 days together, and I was unaware of his experiences with Huquarna and Ducati."
jeff
fryguy wrote :
"Fred Hoess will handle east coast sales and whatever comes his way in racing. I cannot speak for the finer details of his job description, I can say that he is good man and has a wealth of experience in marketing offroad motorcycles. Fred and I spent the last 5 days together, and I was unaware of his experiences with Huquarna and Ducati."
jeff
fury1
New member
I got a chance to run up a few miles with fred this weekend,we had our snow run enduro,he showed up and borrowed a bike from another Gasser ride Jake korn,who has a slight hand injury and couldnt ride,he caught up to me pretty quick going into a check,and I got(tried to )to follow him for a few miles,he just kept pulling away,I ended up burning three checks for 6 penalty points which cost me any shot at a trophy,leaving me dropping a 20 for eighth(first dropped a 13) Oh Yah fast freddy dropped a whopping 4! and won the overall besting alot of very fast A and AA riders by more than a few minutes who got caught a couple minutes early into a very controversial check, Way to go Freddy
