oh gawd, did they bring the BMW designers with them. WOW thats freaking horrendous. Really WTF were they thinking? Doesn't even look like they tried. they already make some really cool looking versions of that bike I dont understand why they let someones 1st grader design this one. Looks like the crap BMW conceptualized. (Barf) Maybe they saw BMWs crappy concept bikes and thought thats what the husky crowd likes.
I used to love the classic BMW's R75, R90s, etc... Even the early K models but once they started with all the sight gags like on their car bodies they lost me. Like the pseudo Harley, "Cruiser" lines the Japanese started to design. Never could see what their draw was. To me bikes are about KISS Designs. We ride because it's simple and form follows function. Today we have some silly design folks directing things. I mean if they all are now KTM engines, until that changes, it will be sight gags galore for differentiation. Hope I'm wrong. I'm probably just getting old and it's a sign of the times. If in the end the motorcycle is merely a bland box hung between two wheels with some fancy bodywork I will be walking. I don't want or need a fancy scooter. Honda and the rest already make them. Make me a neat scrambler that's light and traditional in appearance and I guarantee a sale.
I think no one should post another pic of that bike and keep this one back in our minds. At lest this pic brought back 1994 with the wild green look.
This is from their Facebook page. The waiting is over, the bike is unveiled: here it is, the prototype of the Husqvarna 701! It is a glimpse of the future Husqvarna design direction, the philosophy that future Husqvarna’s will follow, where the surfaces of the bodywork are understated, focusing on simplicity. What the hell is understated about that piece of shite? If that's the design direction they are going to follow, get yourself an Italian husky while you can.
The only possible explanation I can possibly think of, is when that bike is actually released, regardless of what it looks like, people will applaud the design. I.e. lower expectations to an absolute minimum.
Take hart. Concept bikes or cars are the ones they let the owners daughter design. They never see the production line.
I too was surprised to see the 1994 Cagiva Husky, Flo-Yellow (always looked green to me) trim on this prototype bike. Jacky Martens' TC610 1993 MX500 GP World Champion.... First Modern 4T World Champion was Husqvarna..... not Husaberg, KTM or Yamaha.
I think they are trying to compete with the bike from the movie "Oblivion". http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/96838...on-Motorcycle-in-Tom-Cruise-Film-Feature.aspx
