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Big things comming? Kinda bought out by KTM. I think they will make a big push in MX over the next few years. Please post pics and comments, thoughts or advice for the brand.
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trailhopper 3/28/2013 10:22am
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Stick with chainsaws and lawnmowers and stay out of MX....POS
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That 125/144 is drop dead sexy. The 4 stroke red head engines are extremely compact looking, they are on to something there. Lower weight placement in the thumper has to have a positive effect on handling and feel. Obviously they seem to have their issues but so did KTM a few years back. With the Japanese brands currently in a holding pattern, they need to make something happen pretty quick. Not sure how much longer the previous big 4 can go before bringing out something fresh, new and trick. Honda could offer up a few new things at the drop of a hat with all their money and mfg. capabilities. Question is, will they.
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Bytor 3/28/2013 10:43am
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The start of the GNCC in Georgia a couple weeks ago saw a shit load of huskies and they were holeshot kings!
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Spartacus 3/28/2013 11:03am
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trailhopper wrote:
Stick with chainsaws and lawnmowers and stay out of MX....POS
That was said about the rice burners many years ago.......

Todays reality is just that.

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newmann wrote:
That 125/144 is drop dead sexy. The 4 stroke red head engines are extremely compact looking, they are on to something there. Lower weight placement in...
That 125/144 is drop dead sexy. The 4 stroke red head engines are extremely compact looking, they are on to something there. Lower weight placement in the thumper has to have a positive effect on handling and feel. Obviously they seem to have their issues but so did KTM a few years back. With the Japanese brands currently in a holding pattern, they need to make something happen pretty quick. Not sure how much longer the previous big 4 can go before bringing out something fresh, new and trick. Honda could offer up a few new things at the drop of a hat with all their money and mfg. capabilities. Question is, will they.
Must agree with ya on that 125, very sweet indeed.
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BAMX 3/28/2013 11:27am
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trailhopper wrote:
Stick with chainsaws and lawnmowers and stay out of MX....POS
This sounds like what everyone said about KTM's...Who is the last one laughing there?
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TerryB 3/28/2013 12:26pm
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trailhopper wrote:
Stick with chainsaws and lawnmowers and stay out of MX....POS
Because the Japanese have always dominated MX, right?

Just as the sport has come full-circle in being dominated by four-strokes, it is entirely within the realm of possibility that it will also once again be dominated by European marques.

If your logic were to follow, honda would still be manufacturing piston rings for Toyota. Yamaha would merely be a manufacturer of fine pianos, Suzuki would still be making looms for the silk industry, and Kawasaki would still be building boats, instead of currently branching out in to the Aerospace industry.

Where's Studebaker, Rambler, or even Pontiac for that matter?

Yes, everything will always stand as we see it today. Brilliant.
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nytsmaC 3/28/2013 2:07pm
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They're pretty good for a POS.

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HenryA 3/28/2013 2:13pm
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^ That guy got taste. Look at the exotic bikes in that room!
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nytsmaC wrote:
They're pretty good for a POS. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2013/03/28/husky1_991093.JPG[/img]
They're pretty good for a POS.

Very nice stable.
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GuyB 3/28/2013 3:35pm
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We'll be playing with a 125 soon, for the MTA Two-Stroke World Championships on April 7th.

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Torco1 wrote:
[img]https://i10.servimg.com/u/f10/14/70/75/60/ma_hva11.jpg[/img]
Man it looks like they could have dropped that whole bike about 4" with all that space above the cylinder head.
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JW381 3/28/2013 4:03pm
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The Leach family that runs Albany MX got into some deal to ride Husky's a few years back. Ryan Leach is still in good shape, but Robbie was the one that usually ever did any riding. I think he got the Husky's for free (2008-2009 models, I think) and Robbie said they were good bikes, but he wouldn't choose them over any Jap bike or a KTM. The foundation seems to be there tho, just have to see what they make of it.
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PC 3/28/2013 4:17pm
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I could care less about 4 strokes, but the Husky 2 smokers are sweet. Love my 125 w/ 165 cheater top end.
Handles like a porn star, reliable as a hammer and doesn't look like the rest of the bikes out there. Meaning it isn't orange.
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JW381 3/28/2013 4:37pm
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PC wrote:
I could care less about 4 strokes, but the Husky 2 smokers are sweet. Love my 125 w/ 165 cheater top end. Handles like a porn...
I could care less about 4 strokes, but the Husky 2 smokers are sweet. Love my 125 w/ 165 cheater top end.
Handles like a porn star, reliable as a hammer and doesn't look like the rest of the bikes out there. Meaning it isn't orange.
How exactly does a porn star handle? Just asking out of curiosity lol
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nytsmaC 3/28/2013 6:48pm
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PC wrote:
I could care less about 4 strokes, but the Husky 2 smokers are sweet. Love my 125 w/ 165 cheater top end. Handles like a porn...
I could care less about 4 strokes, but the Husky 2 smokers are sweet. Love my 125 w/ 165 cheater top end.
Handles like a porn star, reliable as a hammer and doesn't look like the rest of the bikes out there. Meaning it isn't orange.
JW381 wrote:
How exactly does a porn star handle? Just asking out of curiosity lol
At the end of the moto the bike wants you to pull out and finish all over the front number plate.
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41NDT 3/28/2013 7:02pm
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PC wrote:
I could care less about 4 strokes, but the Husky 2 smokers are sweet. Love my 125 w/ 165 cheater top end. Handles like a porn...
I could care less about 4 strokes, but the Husky 2 smokers are sweet. Love my 125 w/ 165 cheater top end.
Handles like a porn star, reliable as a hammer and doesn't look like the rest of the bikes out there. Meaning it isn't orange.
JW381 wrote:
How exactly does a porn star handle? Just asking out of curiosity lol
nytsmaC wrote:
At the end of the moto the bike wants you to pull out and finish all over the front number plate.
When they do pit bits in MXGP its the TM's and Huskies which I enjjjoo.....shit gotta go to the bathroom for a private moment
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Test bed for D.I.
Steven_Perry 3/28/2013 7:09pm
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My brother bought a new 310 dual sport and loves it.He had to get a lowering link.lol
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X-RACER 3/28/2013 7:18pm
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How can anybody not like the Husqvarna's---this is my old 2001. My first one was a 1978 125CR
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jeffro503 3/28/2013 7:21pm
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nytsmaC wrote:
They're pretty good for a POS. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2013/03/28/husky1_991093.JPG[/img]
They're pretty good for a POS.

Cam.....that is a sexy looking fleet you have there! Some damn fine machinery!

PC.....get that 165cc bike of your ready man.....few more weeks Mtn View opens up. Me , you and Smoker gotta do some serious roostage this next summer!


Moto120......that is one sweet looking Husky right there!
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reded 3/28/2013 7:21pm
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What's the deal with this thing.....it's as ugly as it is cool. Definitely different.

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I sponsor a guy Jon Seehorn that races the AMA Endurocross series and many large local Desert and Hare Scrambles events in the PRO/AA Class on a new 2013 TXC 310 bike has been super reliable, He raced a 449 last year at a couple races with good luck also even thought the bike was quit weird.

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