Ever since Indian mega motorbike company Bajaj Auto stepped in to save KTM's bacon, it's seemed like the motorbike world has breathed a collective sigh of relief. Because the truth is, few (if any) people actually wanted to see the brilliant orange dream of KTM completely disappear from the world.
After all, motorcycling would be a boring place if everyone only ever did exactly the same thing as everyone else, wouldn't it? There's a reason that KTM, as a brand, has so many fans worldwide, and it's definitely not because of some questionable decisions in how it dealt with customer complaints about certain camshaft issues. But since I brought that issue up, it's also the same reason that many will collectively forgive the company for a mistake that big, and likely allow Team Orange to win back their trust.
It's also the same reason that RideApart received some interesting responses to the news that KTM itself said it couldn't continue with the X-Bow project after its restructuring with Bajaj in charge. Even though that news came from KTM's new CEO, Gottfried Neumeister, and was stated by him in an interview in absolutely no uncertain terms, it seems that bad news was too much for some to bear.
