and the KTM Moto GP team may well be wound up

Or taken over by Red Bull and operated alongside their F1 team.

Be difficult for Dorna to operate as before without them - most of the Moto 3 field are KTM bikes, as are the national and Jumior GP "feeder" classes. Moto 2 probably not affected, as the notional KTM teams are the same Triumph engines & Kalex/ Boscoscuro chassis as the rest of the field. Those KTM affiliated teams running WP suspension will be able to revert to Ohlins - assuming they survive.

Seems a lot of bad decisions taken by what appears to be an arrogant and out-of-touch management, plus their divisive one-trick-pony Kiska styling, poor handling of the camshaft issue, dubious sales practices (pay an arm and a leg more after 30 days or a mileage limit to continue to be able to use features the bikes came with) and an equally dubious reputation for reliabilty (deserved or not - perceptions matter ! ).

Too many poor back-up stories (bikes languishing for months in dealers waiting to get resolutions on warranty claims) - these may be a minority of bikes, but the internet allows these to be broadcast and, as earlier, perception matters - why take the risk on a KTM when there are (probably less expensive) alternatives ? "Keep Throwing Money" or "Keine Tausand Kilometer (not a thousnad kilometers) " epithets for the brand have not materialised without some reason.

The current overstocking due to poor reading of the market, and subsequent deep discounting, have also helped devalue the brand.

The straw that boke them appears to be the electric pushbike sector, which KTM are also big in - again a mis-reading of the market, thinking that a surge in sales during Covid would be maintained afterwards so a big ramp-up of production. Post Covid e-bike sales plummeted so yet more unsold expensive inventory (KTM pushbikes are top-end pricing, like their motorcycles).

I guess the next 90 days afforded by the administration process will reveal the nature of their demise, or maybe smaller survival. Whether or not they survive long-term depends if they learn from their past mistakes.

Nigel B.