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http://www.husaberg.se/HUSABERG-2009.186.0.html

Wow!

 

Thats pretty impressive!!

 

Those bikes are awesome. James Renazco owns the FE650, but says it's too much bike for him in the tight stuff. I think the 450 would be just about perfect.

 

Yeah, but a Plastic Subframe????

 

Seen a husaberg in the back of a truck this week. Not sure on what size it was, but looked good. Not sure on having no linkage for the shock though.
Gerry-if engines and weapons can be made of plastic, I am not too alarmed with having a plastic sub frame.

 

The linkless on my EXC feels fine to me. Some folks don't care for them though, but most can't tell the difference.

 

I like the EFI and because of the fuel pump required by that, that allows the gas to sit lower than the intakes. This allowed them to put the bulk of the gas tank under the seat and the air intakes are up near the gas cap. That's got to make handling with a full tank of gas a lot better with it sitting lower. And with the intakes so high up now, you can go a lot deeper in water if you have to. No one likes a drowned bike. There's a whole lot to like about the Husaberg. IMO, the real dirt bike innovations are coming from Europe, not Japan these days.

 

Why not? They must be using a plastic with a favorable modulus of elasticity (higher yield point) as compared to most metals. This would mean the subframe on this bike would be more likely to survive a big get off that would bend a metal subframe. It would also be a benefit in manufacturing; molding a plastic subframe would be more cost effective than welding individual tubes to form a metal subframe. It would have a higher initial cost to develop the tooling (molds, dies, etc), but after that cost is amortized, the parts would be very cheap to make. This would be especially true if they share the same subframe across several product lines.

 

Sweet, yes. Too tall, yes. With a seat height of 36.6", they just don't want me to have one. I'm 5'8" tall, the KLX fits me just fine.

 

hahaha, just make sure to place your foot on the uphill portion at a stop. 36" is a lot, and I am of the same height as you. 32" makes me use the ***** of the feet.