It would be a total nightmare for me if Husky somehow got a fat AL frame ... I can see some cracks in my bet for riding the last ITL huskies till I quit but I can make it work out I think. If I was to decide to purchase another bike in the future 2-3 yrs, a fat framed Husky might be impossible for me to own.
I might have ridden 1 bike around a small track that had a fat AL frame so I have no idea on how they feel ... The look of the bike with that huge slash (frame) across the meat of the bike just does nothing for me ...
that Evo Set is a custom build enduro racer on a base TM125 done by one of the French moto import companies EuroBoost. They are the French importer of Valenti Suzuki and Honda Red Moto from Italy. This is in the same vein as their other 2 products that are built in Italy Valenti builds Suzuki customs for Enduro racing and Red Moto does the same (Red Moto builds what HM used to build from Hondas) Salvini rides a Red Moto WEC bike.. They turn MX machines into FIM legal enduros they build Japanese "KTMs". The Honda based enduro machines have more than a few enduro world championships with the alloy chassis (not my choice but it does work)
they have proven to be very strong and pretty much worry free but harsh as they do not give. MX/SX aluminum bikes work well on groomed tracks and jumps/high speeds. I hate them because they are harsh and make the bike really hard to work on. KTM has proven steel frames are just as good or better at SX/MX. Lastly it is odd but aluminum frames are cheaper to build. They cast a bunch of the parts and weld them together where a steel frame takes a lot of parts, welding and manufacturing.
I think it's funny the first alum framed bikes were deemed to stiff....but some manufacturers still claim every year the new models are stiffer with less flex & thats better.
kinda like how jeremy mcgrath kept running a steel frame when honda introduced the aluminum frame? after a few years they were supposed to be softened up a tad. i still think it was a scheme to make the bike look cooler and save money in manufacturing.
