Licks Cycles: 2024 GASGAS v KTM v HUSKY: PRICE & PARTS COMPARO

18 minutes in the past | Phrases: Andy Wigan | Pictures: KTM IMAGES

As keyboard warriors world wide by no means fail to level out, the off-road fashions from GASGAS, KTM and Husqvarna all use the identical engine and body platform and roll off the identical manufacturing line at KTM’s Austrian HQ. However how do dealer-floor costs for the three manufacturers now evaluate in Australia? And extra importantly, what elements do and don’t come as normal gear for these various RRPs?

Most individuals know that Husqvarna’s enduro fashions, for instance, get a number of additional and/or up-specced parts relative to their KTM counterparts (corresponding to billet triple clamps, map selector swap and a few protecting elements) to justify their worth premium. And ever since GASGAS was introduced into the KTM fold, it has been positioned as a less expensive different with a part spec and pricing construction designed to convey prospects into the KTM group – in different phrases, fewer equipment as normal gear and a price ticket to swimsuit.

However how precisely does the usual part spec on these three manufacturers’ enduro and motocross fashions evaluate? Because the ‘Part Spec’ desk beneath demonstrates, the distinction between them is considerably larger than many individuals realise. Hopefully, this useful desk will enable you to put the value differentials for every model’s equal fashions in higher context and, in the event you’re available in the market for considered one of these machines, permit you to make a extra knowledgeable buy resolution…