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Husqvarna 900: power, weight and power-to-weight
Husqvarna has released technical details and a promotional video for their upcoming 900cc street-bike. We already knew the motor is a punched out hot-rod version of the F800 parallel twin and now that there are some numbers, we can start making real comparisons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRy-O-TUUXwThis appears to be an official "spy" video released by Husky in part of this pathetically tr...
This is Husqvarna’s naked roadster
That 900cc, F800GS-derived, parallel twin Husqvarna’s been showing off? It’s going in this naked roadster. BMW’s Italian dirt bike brand just released these sketches, teasing a product that will likely be unveiled at EICMA in November. So what do they tell us? It’s hard not to draw parallels to KTM here. A dirt bike company getting into street bikes? The hard angles on the minimal bodywor...
Leatt STX: a neck brace for the road
While the original Leatt brace can sometimes work with leathers and on the road, it wasn’t designed to do so, limiting the head’s articulation in a forward-leaning riding position and interfering with the use of back protectors. Now, Leatt’s designed a brace to get around those problems. Ditching the center back support and sitting lower on the shoulders, the Leatt STX is specifically design...
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