Husqvarna doing a street bike.

[berth]

Husqvarna revealed its new street bike designs.

Let the kibitzing begin...

https://www.theverge.com/transporta...vartpilen-vitpilen-interview-maxime-thouvenin

 

[jumph4x]

Very old news. Sadly this uses the same flawed motors from India, AFAIK. If the production moves elsewhere, i'll be interested again.

Until then, have fun.

 

[ratpick]

Very old news. Sadly this uses the same flawed motors from India, AFAIK. If the production moves elsewhere, i'll be interested again.

Until then, have fun.

Yup,I have no interest in anything manufactured in India.:thumbup

 

[NoTraffic]

And they're both singles . . nothing new from the engine dept.

 

[Jalopyshoppe]

Wait! A repackaged unreliable KTM?
NO WAY!

 

[strictlyJDM]

so this vs the 790 duke...interesting

 

[DTM74]

So the 401s made in India, the 701 made in Austria??

 

[Entoptic]

I'm on the list for the 701.

 

[1962siia]

I just cant get into these fugly rear fender thingies. :afm199

 

[jumph4x]

So the 401s made in India, the 701 made in Austria??

I'm talking about engine assembly. Yes, the quality and place of assembly are not unrelated. Surprise!

However, the even sadder news is that even the Austrian 701 is experiencing bad failure rates. The old 690 design and manufacturing (empirically speaking) had significantly better street reliability credentials. Yes, even with taking into account the rocker arms which turned out to be a service interval item due to bearing play/scoring (frequently but not in all cases).

At least the flagships are still mechanically dependable.
This is coming from a guy who owned the 1st gen USDM 690 SMC, 2nd gen LC8 as a 990 SMR and currently a modified 3rd gen LC8 in my 1290 "SMR" trim.

 

[pepesm]

Somewhere in India, “Harley Davidson manufactured in USA?? I’m sorry, I don’t buy crappy stuff from USA, no!”

 

[mototireguy]

+1 for the interesting headlight/instrument cluster.

-1 for the cheezy low-spec parts/build I see on the low-budget Ktm 390D.

 

[fast4d]

701 is $12k you'd have to be dedicated to buy that husky....

 

[rootkit]

Somewhere in India, “Harley Davidson manufactured in USA?? I’m sorry, I don’t buy crappy stuff from USA, no!”

Except not at all. People want to buy shitty American HD crap around the world, including India.

 

[redtail]

Not the most attractive Husky I've ever seen, looks like they drug a magnet through the parts bin and stuck a couple of wheels on it.

 

[berth]

I actually kind of liked how it looked. Then I saw it in white.

 

[pepesm]

Except not at all. People want to buy shitty American HD crap around the world, including India.

Yah, I know, I was juuuuust be sarcastic.

On the other hand, Enfields are looking good.

 

[budman]

I am just happy to see them give it a go.

 

[nebulous]

Advertising Propaganda on the instrument cluster..... not cool!

+1 for the interesting headlight/instrument cluster.

-1 for the cheezy low-spec parts/build I see on the low-budget Ktm 390D.

 

[Junkie]

Looks like Husky versions of the Duke 390/690.