RUST magazine: 2017 Husqvarna Special
RUST tests the 2017 Husqvarna enduros. The new model season continues, this time it’s the turn of Husqvarna. And so RUST travels to Husqvarna – the town – in Sweden, to connect with Husky’s heritage and to test its future. It’s all new engines, all new chassis for the 2017 enduros, so there’s a lot to discuss – and to evaluate. Do they make the grade? Only one way to find out... Happy reading! Jon Bentman (Editor, RUST)
RUST tests the 2017 Husqvarna enduros.
The new model season continues, this time it’s the turn of Husqvarna. And so RUST travels to Husqvarna – the town – in Sweden, to connect with Husky’s heritage and to test its future. It’s all new engines, all new chassis for the 2017 enduros, so there’s a lot to discuss – and to evaluate. Do they make the grade? Only one way to find out...
Happy reading!
Jon Bentman
(Editor, RUST)
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World Launch<br />
over on the bike and so would be inclined to<br />
fit the mx pegs to give my back an easier<br />
ride (not to mention a higher seat and just<br />
possibly a small rise on the bars too).<br />
In the Swedish forest the suspension felt<br />
good, plush even. I know these new WP<br />
units at the KTM <strong>2017</strong> launch (on hard pack<br />
in Spain) had left our testers there not<br />
entirely convinced (opinion being the fork<br />
action felt too harsh), but on the Huskies in<br />
this terrain the WPs were all good. It’s worth<br />
stating that the Xplore forks are different on<br />
the Huskies, having the addition of external<br />
tool-free preload adjusters – and it’s quite<br />
possible they are valved slightly different as<br />
well. Meanwhile the shock is WP-Monoshock<br />
(ie linkage) not WP-PDS so again it’s a<br />
different unit – and who’s to say the action<br />
of the rear isn’t in some way influencing the<br />
action at the front?<br />
Curiously, I found myself having to check<br />
the sag on a few of the test bikes (and these<br />
were found to be way out), but once reset,<br />
and on standard settings on the clickers,<br />
I was quite happy. A few of the faster guys<br />
dialed in some preload on the forks and they<br />
were very happy with the results – good for<br />
keeping the front high when charging<br />
through the whoops. Equally I was finding<br />
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