Did Factory Husqvarna run out of yellow fenders?

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Edited Date/Time 2/2/2021 12:39pm
Were did go their Factory Edition looks?
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Motofinne 2/1/2021 1:57am
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I wonder why they did that. I thought it was nice with something different, now the bike looks like all the previous ones.
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vansnxtweek489 2/1/2021 3:51am
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Thank goodness...those suckers were looking terrible with the highlighter back fender.
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Meister 2/1/2021 4:08am
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Wayyyy better without the banana fender
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Forty 2/1/2021 4:54am
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I liked the yellow.
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Payup_199 2/1/2021 5:04am
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Probably got word of no more sponsorship contract talks and Husky said "we're going back to white".... thank goodness
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vansnxtweek489 2/1/2021 5:34am
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Every time I saw it I couldn't help but think of one of my favorites, Mitch Hedburg

"I highlight my hair[rear fender] because I think some strands[fenders] are more important than others"
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PNWRider 2/1/2021 7:10am
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Thank goodness. Looked ok on the stand, but it looked like a craigslist bike with mix and match plastic and “a powerband in all five gears” on TV.
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Forty 2/1/2021 7:14am
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I think the new look is like a poser with a drawer full of stickers didn’t know when to stop. Terrible.
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Excaliburbmx 2/1/2021 7:33am
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I wish they would do the 2001 husky theme. I liked the bit of yellow on it
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Steve125 2/1/2021 7:41am
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I'm keeping mine Yellow.. In fact, I swapped to a Yellow front too.
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Johnny Depp 2/1/2021 8:02am
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Looked like a Suzuki. Good move to have brand identity.
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Ugly. Less ugly without the yellow fender though, so I'd say it's a step in the right direction.
Still I cannot understand who gave a green light to the switch from the one of the best looking bikes to those ugly shaped plastics in the latest models. What went wrong?
From this:


To this:

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Falcon 2/1/2021 8:20am
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I like the stock Husky colors. I understand they want to support Rockstar, but they could easily do that with the navy blue in the mix.
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sdmx 2/1/2021 9:02am
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Johnny Depp wrote:
Looked like a Suzuki. Good move to have brand identity.
Yes, during last few laps of H3 I kept asking myself "why doesn't that lapper on the Suzuki just get out of Roczen's way!".
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Johnny Depp wrote:
Looked like a Suzuki. Good move to have brand identity.
sdmx wrote:
Yes, during last few laps of H3 I kept asking myself "why doesn't that lapper on the Suzuki just get out of Roczen's way!".
Confusing. Unsure Grinning


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Turbojez wrote:
Ugly. Less ugly without the yellow fender though, so I'd say it's a step in the right direction. Still I cannot understand who gave a green...
Ugly. Less ugly without the yellow fender though, so I'd say it's a step in the right direction.
Still I cannot understand who gave a green light to the switch from the one of the best looking bikes to those ugly shaped plastics in the latest models. What went wrong?
From this:


To this:

:/
I've got both, for some reason the newer ones ride better when standing up and gripping the bike.

I tried to like the yellow fender, and now I am happy that its gone. Plus, I'd love some of those black shrouds on my 2020.5 Smile
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Johnny Depp wrote:
Looked like a Suzuki. Good move to have brand identity.
sdmx wrote:
Yes, during last few laps of H3 I kept asking myself "why doesn't that lapper on the Suzuki just get out of Roczen's way!".
Ted722 wrote:
Confusing. :unsure: :lol: [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/01/476191/s1200_hep.jpg[/img]
Confusing. Unsure Grinning


He was implying Deano......
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sdmx wrote:
Yes, during last few laps of H3 I kept asking myself "why doesn't that lapper on the Suzuki just get out of Roczen's way!".
Ted722 wrote:
Confusing. :unsure: :lol: [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/01/476191/s1200_hep.jpg[/img]
Confusing. Unsure Grinning


malachi177 wrote:
He was implying Deano......
Deano got lapped? Laughing Maybe should have used the word Ironic to show the white fendered Suzuki.
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skeef 2/1/2021 12:29pm
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Either make the front half of the bike black or just keep it all white. If Rockstar is so hard on the backdrop on the logo being black then make more of the bike black. e.g Yamaha, black fender, black shrouds, blue rear. I agree the white/black/white/yellow has a craigslist special look annnd still looks like one without the yellow.
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backinthesaddleagain wrote:
1983 they seemed to be into yellow seats, i think just on the non-CR models. Not a fan. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/01/476190/s1200_hxc.jpg[/img]
1983 they seemed to be into yellow seats, i think just on the non-CR models. Not a fan.

That same bike with a blue seat and white backgrounds/no backgrounds is a grat look.
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Ted722 wrote:
Confusing. :unsure: :lol: [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/01/476191/s1200_hep.jpg[/img]
Confusing. Unsure Grinning


malachi177 wrote:
He was implying Deano......
Ted722 wrote:
Deano got lapped? Laughing Maybe should have used the word Ironic to show the white fendered Suzuki.
Ah.....I see what you were getting at. No Deano wasn’t lapped!
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vansnxtweek489 wrote:
Every time I saw it I couldn't help but think of one of my favorites, Mitch Hedburg "I highlight my hair[rear fender] because I think some...
Every time I saw it I couldn't help but think of one of my favorites, Mitch Hedburg

"I highlight my hair[rear fender] because I think some strands[fenders] are more important than others"
Any fan of Mitch is alright with me. Legend
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BikePilot 2/1/2021 9:23pm
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I liked the yellow fender but then I raced Huskys in the 1990s.
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c0ncEpT 2/2/2021 6:59am
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The yellow looked like dehydrated piss.

It was easily the worst looking bike in the pits.
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Forty 2/2/2021 8:29am
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c0ncEpT wrote:
The yellow looked like dehydrated piss.

It was easily the worst looking bike in the pits.
Yes. That’s what you keep saying. Dehydrated. Not plain ol piss but dehydrated. Got it

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crowe660 2/2/2021 8:38am
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It’s wild to think a few internet comments saying Suzuki and Austria scrapped the fender but 6 months ago they were all, siiiikkkk design, let’s sell it.
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Mr. Afterbar 2/2/2021 8:52am
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Husky’s around 1999 had yellow rear fenders. I don’t remember so much complaining then.
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crowe660 wrote:
It’s wild to think a few internet comments saying Suzuki and Austria scrapped the fender but 6 months ago they were all, siiiikkkk design, let’s sell...
It’s wild to think a few internet comments saying Suzuki and Austria scrapped the fender but 6 months ago they were all, siiiikkkk design, let’s sell it.
I really think it had to do with how it looked on the TV broadcast. Not only did it look out of place, a quick glance from a distance and it looked like a Suzuki out there.

I think it looks good on the consumer RE version because of the bright yellow Rockstar logo. Not so much the team version with the new, dim and dull, gold Rockstar logo.
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