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Hilde44
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  		   Posted 9/17/2006 3:10 PM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
We've got our second taste of European 2007 supermoto artillery, this time in the distinct form of a Husaberg FS550e. Check it out.
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  		   Posted 9/18/2006 11:12 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Wow !!! This needs more exposure, more seat time, more seat time after the suspension is set-up for the rider hitting rough public roads. So what do you have to do to get it? MCUSA buy one? Or is there long term loaners?

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  		   Posted 9/18/2006 11:32 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I have been following what Husaberg has been rolling out for awhile now. I believe the price is 100% justified. There is no other street legal supermoto bike that offers the performance, and quality parts that Husaberg offers.

A long term super moto bike would be freakin' badass!


... You can't tell that I am a supermoto fan... can you?

PS: How were the headlights? --- lol, just kidding!

"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost."

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  		   Posted 9/18/2006 11:46 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Yeah when the front wheel is in the proper loft, does the head light see the eagles?

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  		   Posted 9/18/2006 2:14 PM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I was thinking more for flashing the jets and planes when they fly. I'm glad we are thinking along the same lines of logic though, Lou. haha

"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost."

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  		   Posted 9/18/2006 7:55 PM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I'd personally like to know if the bike is like a smaller engined KTM 950SM on the streets....
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  		   Posted 9/19/2006 9:38 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I'll take a wild guess on this, and say..............Show me the streets...............(actually back roads). What the road looks like, would show a favor to one or the other.

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  		   Posted 9/19/2006 9:54 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
It would be a guess for me as well since I haven't ridden the KTM, but I'd say the bikes are significantly different on the streets and for obvious reasons. The differences are much more than a discrepancy in power.

Elevated ground clearance and suspension travel and a shorter wheelbase indicate that the Husaberg is much more dirt oriented. It's nice to think that the big 950 is going to get dirt time, but in reality I suspect that it has a much higher street bias and is targeted for that use. An additional 175 pounds and over 1 degree less rake add more support to the street-biased theory.

Since pavement performance is what you are discussing I guess the lack of dirt application on the KTM isn't so important, but the fact that the Berg is derived from an enduro means there will be big differences once it takes to the canyon twisties.
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  		   Posted 9/19/2006 11:13 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
That's my thoughts as well. Actually I was just thinking pavement, but types of pavement. Either bike would shine in the twisties, but the Husaberg would freakin demand a nasty behavior get displayed (because it can). I mean, knarly bad boys can't help themselves on this, it's the very reason they became knarly bad boys, in the first place.
However, getting to the twisties, would favor the KTM, so.......... kinda depends on where the rider lives, and how many bikes fit in the garage, and maybe, ability to trailer to the high country?
If actual dirt is involved, the Husaberg wins, hands down. (still just guessing, on my part)

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  		   Posted 9/21/2006 11:36 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Alright, thanks guys. I've never ridden a SM and a dirt bike only once, so I gotta find out from those who know. I'll likely only be interested in street performance around the city and the twisties on the way home. The KTM has great reviews for both, however it has a rather prohibitive price tag. Until I know I can do better for the money, it looks like the SV650 will be the bike of choice....
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  		   Posted 10/28/2006 10:40 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Swedish? really?
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  		   Posted 10/29/2006 11:21 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
@umarth

In europe KTM comes with a new 690SM with 65bhp.....
The motor is an updated LC4 with balance shaft. Don't know if it comes to the USA too.

Link for dutch ;-) introduction but there are also some pictures.


http://www.motormaniacs.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=428&Itemid=40

regards,

Gerrit-Jan
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  		   Posted 10/30/2006 9:51 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Welcome, warmbakkertje.
 
Yes, Husaberg is Swedish. We've had this discussion here before and the confusion seems to stem from the bikes being produced in conjunction with its Austrian sister company, KTM. Though they share some technology and assembly line production, Husaberg's engineering is performed in Sweden at the company's HQ.
 
As for the KTM 690SM, we did our own little preview here which you might not have seen, and, it's in English!
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