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Many of the issues that are turning up are with peripherals, the design of the V4 seems sound, as you expect from the bloke that designed the 675 Triumph. The issues seem to be, as I said, with cutting corners. I dont agree that they have zero, the V4 and the 650s will I think be very important for them. From what I have read its not totally re engineering, its getting right the things that were rushed and skimped on.We seem to be talking at cross purposes. I’m not blaming TVS, on the contrary really, I feel sorry for them as I think they got truly shafted (AKA Garnered). They bought a company with 3 ‘ready to go’ motorcyle platforms, yet here they are, many months into their ownership and they have zero. In fact the only ‘progress’ seems to be them finding even more problems!
So, they’re gonna have to start again with the designs it seems. Therefore, if they’re starting with new designs, it really seems that all they bought was a name with sketchy TM provenance. Oh, and a big headache caused by the old companies designs of which they had not part in!
I sincerely hope they proceed and succeed, there’s a lot of value (PR etc) in a V4 type flagship bike. And the 650s were very well received by public opinion, and should sell well.
But if their press releases are true, and they’re having to virtually re engineer the entire bikes (V4 and 650s) then there’s no way they’ll be on sale this year…
They wouldn't have put the investment in this that they have with a new factory for example if they don't have a viable plan and I see the V4 as a major part of that.