For the first time in decades a Husqvarna was on the first step of the podium at a National Enduro here in South Africa when Altus de Wet won the event on his TE 449. Altus de Wet (Husqvarna Racing) became the third winner in the 2013 Liquorland National Enduro Motorcycle Championship when he won a wet, slippery and cold ‘KEI National Enduro’, the third round of the championship that took place on Saturday (11 May) at the Spring Valley Farms outside East London in the Eastern Cape. De Wet (28) won all three of the longer special timed stages during a well organised event where only a handful of points (seconds) separated the competitors.
Cool to see how won it on a 449. These are great machines that just needed the attention and continued development like any other bike. Sad to see it go before everyone realized how good it is and can be.
Looks like in SA they have been developing the 449 platform. So much so that it now looks like an X-lite.
Seems he alternates between the 449 and the 310 so perhaps junos got it wrong http://wforacing.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Altus-deWet-National-Offroad-Rnd1.pdf
