Öhlins sold ?

To former Marzocchi owner Tenneco ?

https://blog.motorcycle.com/2018/11/15/industry-news/ohlins-sold-tenneco/

 

Woo-hoo

Time to rebrand from "Swedish Gold" to "U.S. Gold"

 

Hopefully these guys don't run it into the ground like they did with Marzocchi a few years back. Hopefully quality doesn't take a hit.

 

Yup. Done deal. What I read said they are very interested in the electronic technology.

 

I can't remember why Yamaha sold its stake in Ohlins.

 

I kind of remember it being Ohlins buying it back from Yamaha.

 

And the it went downhill imo. Not that it is crap, just not as good as it was w/ Yamaha

 

Good thing I have the 25mm kit.

 

I'm just happy that when WP changed their name.

 

I always thought that was a bit of a head scratcher. Who thought using that name after 1968 or so was a good idea?

 

White Power!

 

I may have missed it in the announcement but Tenneco also owns Monroe Shocks so the do have some background in the bouncy business if that's any consolation. ;-)

 

THAT'S RACIST!

 

And now also Federal-Mogul https://www.tenneco.com/tenneco_announces_close_of_federal-mogul_acquisition/

 

Well it is a Dutch company so I have a feeling the racial connotation doesn't exist there in the same way that it is in the USA.

 

I found interesting that the new BMW S1000RR has Marzocchi forks

 

The pussy's over here tend to do that to most things.