Remaking Husqvarna The all-new TR650 dual-sport, an upcoming street-legal two-stroke and more 900 Twins aim to get a Husky in your garage.

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[ Coming to America this fall: all-new Husky TR650 single-cylinder dual-sport. Terra model features 21/18-inch wheels. A more street-oriented Strada will come equipped with 19/17-inchers. A full line of adventure-type accessories will be available for both models. ]   Husqvarna history reaches back 300 years to a Swedish arsenal founded in 1689, and it’s arguably [...]

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Husqvarna Nuda Husky’s big Twin is so much fun it’s illegal in the U.S. (at least for now)

Husqvarna Nuda R

Somehow, in the process of giving the Husqvarna version of the Rotax/BMW F800 engine an extra 100cc, the engineers responsible did more: They gave it a character transplant. Ride Husky’s Nuda and you’d swear it wasn’t powered by anything derived from the somewhat staid parallel-Twin of the BMW F800. No, this engine has a syncopated [...]

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Husqvarna Nuda 900 – Riding Impression A Germanic streetbike from the Italian dirtbike people.

In-action shot: Husqvarna Nuda 900

As streetbikes go, the Nuda 900, the first full-on road machine from off-road specialist Husqvarna in almost 80 years, is an oddball. That shouldn’t be surprising, since the Nuda is an oversize, straining-at-the-leash supermoto made by the people known for smaller versions of such machines but with a nod to the practicality and reliability that [...]

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