If you haven't been paying attention to current motorcycle industry events for the past few months, you might not know that KTM's been having a rough time of it lately. But if you're reading RideApart, then chances are excellent that you're well aware of the company's numerous struggles.
It's a laundry list that reads like any OEM's worst nightmare: Unsold bikes, unpaid employees—though they've recently been paid in January, thankfully—insolvent subsidiaries, you name it.
We've never claimed to be business experts, but it's likely clear to just about anyone that something serious needed to change at the troubled manufacturer.
