I was trying to explain the Terra to a friend...

I just bought a Terra, absolutely LOVE it!
Of course I posted pics on FB and told all my friends.
I was trying to explain the details of the bike, Swedish company, German motor, made in Italy, and a friend said:

So it's a HusqaBeemErrari!

I am still LMAO!

Ya, it's hard to explain Husky without making a full history report. It's even more complicated than the abbreviated version you posted.

I hope Husky can live on in glory under the new ownership. Whoever the engineers are they seem to be quite good and create pretty dang good bikes give what they have to work with.

Wrong.
Swedish heritage, German ownership, Chinese motor and made in Italy.

Ya, that's a bit closer except now it's Austrian ownership and ??? only history will tell us exactly what that will be.

I wonder if there's any semblance of Swedish influence left?

I hate the fact that ktm has completely ignored the fact that husky was also built in Italy. I guess it's hard to sell a new bike that's inferior to what it replaced. Now it seems when someone younger asks about my husky, they think it's a ktm. Very frustrating! I have to explain to them that this is a real Husqvarna, not a rebadged ktm

Agreed. I reckon it's a minor tragedy that KTM has absorbed and essentially discontinued two great marques; Husqvarna and Husaberg, both of which created some great bikes, some of which were better than or just different from the KTM lineup.

That wasn't a bit closer, it was correct. The TR650 is not build under Austrian ownership, and the thread is about the Terra.

Some might say, that a real Husky is made in Sweden

Thanks to the global economy it might never be described accurately. In that scenario it could be made by "Wee Little Smurfs" on Planet X that emigrated from Outlandia to work in a factory in BFE, ran by a Portuguese company who orders parts made in Timbuktu by Austrian watch makers.

I refer to it as the origami ICBM.

I would agree with this. Along with Volvos, SAABs, and whatever else has left Swedish production.

I'd love to have an old Husky 2 stroke. I think something like this sweet '82 WR430 would go nicely in my garage.



A friend of mine had this Husky 250 for a long time.

its a real shame this little Swedish Husky didnt make it into production

Now I have to put knobbies on my Nuda

i think that's an XC long forks, short fender, no lights nice bike though i'd ride it

would love to have a good look at that motor! it has swede cylinders but a lh chain? and dual disc in the front?

and a 6.8 gallon gas tank that is molded into the bike some where. Looks like packaging fuel tanks was better back then! Then only 300lbs. Makes our bikes out to be hefty pigs with small motors. LOL The Nuda is 429lbs wet and 3.4 gallon fuel tank. I think some numbers were fudged around. If not they were way ahead of their time.

"You mean like chainsaw company?"

...Yeah, I guess.

Hey RA and justintendo, I waited for years but sadly it never eventuated. Given its height, weight and 800cc of 2 stroke power I think it would have been a evil machine, at least for the average joe blow. Flipping at 140k ! or getting blown off the road by a cross wind at 170k sounds possible!.... Bit like the H2 kawa or the XL with the 23" front wheel. hmmm balls of steel

"You mean like chainsaw company?"

DerBrizon, Today at 9:47 AM

I get a lot of
"You mean like the sewing machine company"

...Yeah, I guess. x 2

Yeah now a 800cc dual cylinder 2 stroke would be an awesome offroad adventure bike.

I'm going to use that as a nickname! hahahaha