The first 5 line are what I like to see Husaberg builds 100 persent off road bikes no street legal hope it stays that way
The street legal dirt bikes are what sells in a lot of places due to limited trail access and the need to connect trails via roadways. Our local dealer probably wont be one for long if they go that route. Those are the bikes that sell here. The 310 dual sport being the most popular bike in the line up.
OK So go buy a KTM then They are the same just different colors Let husky do what Husky use to do Built Race Bikes and Win races
The new england enduro flyers generally seem to call out what they will inspect for, sound, headlight, registeration watever. The ones over in Ohio basically say the rider is supposed to be legal and leave it at that. Maybe you are one of the guys entering enduros on dealer plates which the rules allow but I think isn't fair. Even for turkey run or dual sport ride chances are the trend will be up to the rider to comply with all rules for the road section. It remains to be seen how husqvarna is positioned, like you wish or going head on against the big four Japanese.
The plate is icing on the cake for many. There is a difference between a race bike with a plate and a DS bike. Many would love plate is for nothing else to hit some road between trails to make loops. Plated race bikes is what sold MANY huskys and KTMs int he past. I see nothing wrong with that. They do need to offer two versions though like the TXC and TE. Choices are good IMHO.
Is this a review of our future? The answer is no. The new 250 has dramatically changed from the one listed above. The first 5 lines of that article are no more.
I still bet the only street legal bikes will be the 350 and 500 as they are the only motors that KTM has homologated for EPA approval. There wont be a 250 or 300F street legal bike from the new Husky.
That's an excellent question, especially because the KTM 500 exc's engine is entirely different from the FE501. In order to make an FE501 emissions legal would drastically change the performance to levels closer to a 449, even if the SAS valve were added.
