Gas Gas Out ???

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Mike Leach

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Hi guys and gals . Been riding Gassers since 03 . Just bought an 18 XC 300 .
Just had a KTM dealer tell me that Gas Gas is pulling out of North America . Anybody else heard this ?
 
GasGas are manufacturing bikes, why would they be pulling out of one region?

If there's dealers who are willing to stock and support the brand, why wouldn't the factory supply them?

Seems like a Orange bike dealer trying to spread some dirt.
 
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rodent said:
If I wanted to sell you an orange bike, that's what I'd tell you also :D
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Exactly! The guy is full of it. Why would anyone trust a competing company about their competitor?

GasGas said they knew how important the North American market was and is pushing to do it right this time. I believe there is no way they pull out of NA unless the company completely goes bust.
 
One of our old salesmen called it F.U.D.
Fear, Uncertainty, Distrust.

Sprinkle it about whenever a customer talks about a competitor.

Sales people are a different kind.
 
Probably Not.

They have such good products right now, it doesn?t seem logical. Every few years they pull back on their budget and it scares the beejesus out of everyone. I could be wrong but I don?t think so.
 
They're not pulling out of such an important market. There are lots of GG haters that can't shut up and tell BS about that company whenever they can.

They have trouble, that's a fact and they will close a flag ship store in the US and another one in Spain. That's my latest information. Currently they are trying to get rid of Torrot and these unnecessary e-bikes almost no one wants.

Your 300 is a brilliant bike and so is mine :-)

May GasGas get strong and healthy again! We need them to show that red is the color too look for in a boring armada of pumpkins and gardeners bikes.
 
Thanks everyone . I might sleep tonight . I was just having a new tire mounted , very nice parts guy , but out of the blue he just asked if I heard the breaking news .

My dealer that I have bought my Gassers from is also a KTM and Husky dealer . He has never run down the Gassers .
 
Rumor mill never ceases to surprise me.

We have been visiting many dealers this week on our way to Pennsylvania for the National Enduro this week, including Halls, Lancasters, Dover, Tri-State, Foxes Trials Barns and now at Matto's as i write this.

I have heard many rumors abound that our offices are closed and the product has been returned to Spain already. I and every GasGas dealer can assure you that this is NOT the case at all. I have been trying to post on facebook and instagram about parts incoming and outgoing but it isn't enough to calm the skeptics.

We continue to receive large parts orders from Spain and i am involved in phone conferences and emails with the new CEO and General manager every week. If they wanted to pull out of the USA, (which is beyond reality) then they have a funny way of discussing it when we are working on 2020 projections and container orders.

We continue to race and although we have parted ways with a couple of riders as of late due to our changing the Regional Rider program, the main guys that we support are supporting us back and we will continue to promote GasGas while the factory gets things in line, but i assure you we are still operating and there is NO talk of pulling out of the US nor will there be.

Mark
 
Hi Mark, thanks for the update and I hope these rumors aren't affecting your work too much or causing too many problems.

All the best, Dave.
 
Gas Gas will continue to have my support regardless of the speculation and restructuring that is occurring. You will have to pry my XC250 from my cold, dead, hands!!

Thanks again to Mark for keeping us informed.
 
From Thumper Talk

Rumor mill never ceases to surprise me.

We have been visiting many dealers this week on our way to Pennsylvania for the National Enduro this week, including Halls, Lancasters, Dover, Tri-State, Foxes Trials Barns and now at Matto's as i write this.

I have heard many rumors abound that our offices are closed and the product has been returned to Spain already. I and every GasGas dealer can assure you that this is NOT the case at all. I have been trying to post on facebook and instagram about parts incoming and outgoing but it isn't enough to calm the skeptics.

We continue to receive large parts orders from Spain and i am involved in phone conferences and emails with the new CEO and General manager every week. If they wanted to pull out of the USA, (which is beyond reality) then they have a funny way of discussing it when we are working on 2020 projections and container orders.

We continue to race and although we have parted ways with a couple of riders as of late due to our changing the Regional Rider program, the main guys that we support are supporting us back and we will continue to promote GasGas while the factory gets things in line, but i assure you we are still operating and there is NO talk of pulling out of the US nor will there be.

Mark

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Mark Berg
COO, Torrot NA Inc
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