RIDING IMPRESSION
P70
2014 HUSQVARNAS
SWEDEN,
HERE WE COME
We ride the new Austrian-built Husqvarna off-roaders.
BY KIT PALMER
A
ustria might be Husqvarna's new home, but the
gun-sight marque will forever be associated with Sweden,
the country where the Husqvarna
legacy was born some 110 years
ago. This explains why Husqvarna and its new owner KTM chose
Sweden as the place to introduce
its first line of Husqvarna off-road
and motocross models since
the KTM/Husqvarna marriage
last March. More specifically,
Husqvarna chose the Uddevalla
Circuit near Gothenburg to host
its world media/re-launch of the
all-new Huskys, and we were all
too happy to attend - even if it was
for just one day.
Husky's model range for 2014
is pretty impressive with 13 machines to chose from, though the
US will see just 10 - five enduros
and five motocrossers. Husky's
model designation is pretty easy
to decipher compared to before,
as there are only two - TC and
FE - to remember. "T" stands for
