Yeah and it's been at the guys shop for 4 years only ridden down the street once a month and serviced because the owner has been fighting cancer the odometer says it only has 1,6xx miles now the guy has medical bills up the *** so he told me $3,000 cash and its mine along with a 6 gallon jug 2 full sets of gear including helmets and camelbacks, an aluminum work stand made for the bike and a 6' aluminum ramp....now I just have to find the money the good thing is its not posted for sale or anything

 

Truly a symbiotic, mutually beneficial relationship if there ever was one. KTM greatly benefitted by 'berg engineering and Husaberg greatly benefitted by KTMs money. Win win.

Someone on KTM Talk posted their "spy cam" photos of their factory tour at KTM and it was very cool seeing the Husaberg's and KTM's being built and assembled side by side on the same assembly lines. Just a small shop by comparison to modern Japanese bike daily quotas, I'm sure. But each part is hand fitted and assembled, and each bike dyno-tested before heading off to its new owner.

I'd have no reservations with that 'berg other than it would be way more bike than I could effectively use.

Oh, here's the spy cam tour:

http://www.southbayriders.com/forums...ad.php?t=65207

 

Nice bike! Kinda makes you wonder what an FE650 would do.

 

ive owned a husqavarna before just about the same. AND yes hard to get parts for and maintenace=$$$ nice and powerfull but expensive if you crash. good luck

 

that's my logic as well. If I were buying a European bike, I guess it's a no brainer for a Husqvarna. Their bikes are a step above the rest in technology and they have world championships that wrap around the block. Not to mention most of their thumper enduros are street legal.

 

KTM aren't doing too badly either, 16 world titles in 2008 says a lot about the product.
As for dealerships, there are 47 in California alone.
For Husaberg there are fewer dealerships but they do have a presence in almost every state in the USA.
These bikes (Husquana, KTM, Husaberg, Sherco, TM, Gas Gas) are like cricket, you can't understand the enjoyment if you've never played. And just because everyone else in the world doesn't play doesn't mean it's a crap game.[smugg]

 

Me too. Well maybe not a palm tree but a tree nonetheless. Too much bike for me on all the single track I ride. I'd get killed.

 

Yeah I'm thinkin about it and I didn't even ride it in the dirt but I'm pretty sure it will be a handful I'm more than likely gonna throw some street tires maybe even supermoto rims on it and just have one hell of a canyon carver and something that can actually get up and go and pass people unlike my little klx which will probably be pretty neglected as soon as those keys are in my hand

 

Everyone is talkin KTM so I had to throw this in...WOW!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQcMqwmLKfw