Funny as the few comments at the bottom of the article mirror what is said \ asked about the bike on the pure Husky sites
Still best to reserve some judgement untill after the first few races. if it goes well you will be amazed at how many converts there will be. I do wish them well though. It is time for Husky to step to the plate on the MX side. I think great MX machines attributes definately trickle down to the enduro bikes.
"Huska-beemer!" I also wish this well and we should find out soon. When will this bike be tested or produced? Early Fall?
For me,this was not the direction I was hopeing a new 450 would go.They had the most reliable and ease of maintance motors out there.Now you have this mantance nightmare of a BMW that happens to say Husqvarna on it.Just wait till you have to adust the valves on that motor.
And????????????? I've adjusted plenty on both HSQ and BMW. The BMW is only a tad more time involved but still not as labor intensive as a traditional DOHC. One of the cams utilizes finger followers while the other is cam over. Takes about 20 more minutes then current DOHC HSQ's if that side needs an adjustment, but they seem to stay pretty spot on for the first 90-100hrs in non-competitive use. The fact that then engine is A LOT lighter then the current HSQ platform and put's out about 10% more hp per cc is a very nice feature too!
Like I said,this is not the replacement I was hopeing for.As for the BMW motor being lighter and having more HP than the current motor,yes your right.I'm sure Husky had their next generation 450 motor too.I would have liked to have seen it and then pass judgement.It really dosen't matter now,BMW has all the marbles and they will do it their way. As for valve adjustment,as soon as I have to pull cams, I'm sorry, give me Huskys current layout
