What to expect for 2016?

[desertgasser300]

Lets talk about something more optimistic for a change.

Is there anything Mark or Rod you can discuss that we can look forward to in the model line-up for 2016?

 

[memphis2857]

Yes! Let's hear the gossip! How about air forks? Fuel injection? Lighter? HID lighting? Better Footpegs?


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[mtnmanseth]

Sorry, but if they can't afford to pay factory workers to build 2015 bikes for the last 6 months I highly doubt they've had their R&D engineers working on 2016 upgrades. Looking forward to the dust clearing from this shakeup. 2017-18 will be good recovery years for GasGas...

 

[gasgasman]

Bold New Graphics.

 

[JP4]

Optimistically speaking, the brand will still exist.

If it does, the factory may turn out a few 2016 bikes that missed months of development, have been hastily built by workers that have been laid off for months, have components from unknown suppliers - Zokes is gone, the rest that got stiffed in a liquidation are not likely to be eager to return; think stuff like swingarms, brakes, carbs, cables, plastics, nuts & bolts, etc. GG has struggled with fit and finish issues in the past, and this is not going to make that better.

Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me to purchase a 2016. If they can get through it, 2017 and beyond may yield great results.

Unfortunately for me, my 5 year plan dictates that I will be purchasing a 2016 ride, and it won't be a GG. Lots of stuff I like about the brand, but there are things that I would like to see addressed before I drop $10K on a new 2016 model. Given the current situation, I don't see that happening, and I'm not willing to take that chance.

I get that the liquidation/re-structure has to happen to secure the brand's future, but it will compromise the 2016 bikes.

 

[Jakobi]

DG, I'm all for being optimistic and can see what you were hoping to achieve with this thread, but already in a few posts I can see it swinging the other way.

Realistically, I agree with the others above.

I feel they will be lucky to produce a decent run of bikes for 2016, and even luckier if they can find a market to buy them. I hate to be gloomy, but people want confidence when making a purchase that they will continue to receive post sales service. Its hard to be confident when the factory has been stagnant and in the midst of restructure.

I'm hopeful (and quietly confident) that Gas Gas will move forward through this challenge (as they have in the past), but I doubt 2016 will hold much more than trying to implement the new business model.

It's a shame, but sales will/and have been lost.

 

[JP4]

Bold New Graphics.

I'm thinking more like '2015 parts bin leftover, or whatever fits'.

Anybody see what the Italian Husky factory produced after the SP/KTM buyout in 2013? Some of those bikes looked like they were put together after a blue light clearance parts special!

 

[VxZeroKnots]

Bahaha yup.

 

[siaknijustin]

I hope that is what 2016 brings me!

 

[mtnmanseth]

This is a GasGas forum, fellas, so bring your new allegiance to an appropriate audience elsewhere, if you must. In the meantime, let's keep things classy and get back to supporting those of us who own, maintain, and operate a fantastic Spanish offroad motorcycle. Let's continue to help keep our own bikes running strong on the trail and in contention at the races. Life goes on, and so does the pre-2016 GasGas braaaaaap...

 

[husky47]

The end

Sorry guys as of the 16 May she is all over.

http://www.diaridegirona.cat/economia/2015/05/20/gas-gas-no-aconsegueix-renegociar/725297.html

 

[MargusV]

Sorry guys as of the 16 May she is all over.

http://www.diaridegirona.cat/economia/2015/05/20/gas-gas-no-aconsegueix-renegociar/725297.html

No it is not over. Trials world no. 1 manufacturer will not die just like that. Brand name and models will survive. There is number of suitable manufacturing facilities around in Girona so there is no need to purchase the whole shebang.

 

[gasgasxc]

Would like to hear from Rod Overstreet on whats really going on.
Straight up.
His Dad usually has an opinion about things also?

Not calling anybody out here, just wanna hear whats going on.
If youve been following this closely for awhile now and you read back through previous threads or remember the details of those conversations then an explaination is deff on the line here.

 

[phoenix]

I've heard Elka shocks twice now. I hope everything pulls through. I love my 2014 200 and hope my next bike can be a GG too.

 

[djroggen]

I have confidence that GasGas will not die like this. We have a farmer in town who has filed bankruptcy 2x now, and he is easily the largest farmer in 200 miles. He had to spend a little time in jail, but none the less he is back bigger than ever. I think they need to have a GasGas 300 Phoenix edition, from the ashes. Kinda lame idea but I know one forum member who would be interested.

 

[webmaster]

Would like to hear from Rod Overstreet on whats really going on.
Straight up.
His Dad usually has an opinion about things also?

Not calling anybody out here, just wanna hear whats going on.
If youve been following this closely for awhile now and you read back through previous threads or remember the details of those conversations then an explaination is deff on the line here.

Mark Berg gave response and gave clear description of state of affairs.

Anything more is just muck raking. Isn't it?

Jeff

 

[95jersey]

The company is on the verge of being dissolved which greatly impacts all the forum members who ride and support Gas Gas, so being able to freely discuss that on a Gas Gas forum should not be frowned upon or shut down. Sure the conversation will get heated because this is a major issue for all of us, who have many thousands of dollars invested in these machines.

 

[phoenix]

I have confidence that GasGas will not die like this. We have a farmer in town who has filed bankruptcy 2x now, and he is easily the largest farmer in 200 miles. He had to spend a little time in jail, but none the less he is back bigger than ever. I think they need to have a GasGas 300 Phoenix edition, from the ashes. Kinda lame idea but I know one forum member who would be interested.

I like!

 

[gasgasxc]

Mark Berg gave response and gave clear description of state of affairs.

Anything more is just muck raking. Isn't it?

Jeff

Wasnt my intention.

Does one work with or for the other?
Do you have a clear picture and are confident in the picture that had been painted for us?
Does it resemble the prior picture.
Just saying.

 

[gasgasxc]

Has been painted is what I meant.

This is the time to be 100% upfront about what is happening.
Optimism is a wonderful notion as long as its realistic, and truthful.
People will hold off jumping to another brand if they see a comeback as an option.
But if you bullshit those people at all, one bit especially the way this has unfolded.
Once they are are gone, its gone baby gone.
And alot of Gas Gas riders are fanatical.
Many will feel the same way about the next brand they choose.
Getting them back will not be easy.

Thats what Im saying.