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Originally posted by imperialdataThat’s one hell of a big piston flying round!
Many bikes have much bigger pistons though.
Suzuli DR800 (single), 10 years back.
For example.
Honda VTX1800 (twin), current bike.
Plenty more.South Yorkshire / Notts. border Cookeye.
Where abouts in Suffolk are you? I go there now and again.
Don’t have a scanner, Imperial Data.
To have a daytime MOT (and therefore be street-legal) it must have a stoplight and reflector, a horn of some sort and be silenced to some degree.
Quite how this thing got through the noise side of things, I hate to think, as it is very loud and sounds terrific.It is just SO light, though.
The very low weight, just makes it accelerate and also stop really well.Been out superbike-hunting today.
2002 Fireblade owner looked rather startled when I rode round the outside of him on a left-hand hairpin bend and got to 90 before he caught me up, by which time, there was a 40mph bend.
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]Being a small market, of course it is not like getting bits for a CBR600 (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz) Honda, but make the effort and you will have little trouble finding what you need. Huskysport will look after you.
Put ‘huskysport’ into google or similar.
Gives you Huskysport, the dealer. Select ‘new’ or ‘used’ and have a look.
‘New’ includes the amazing new 450cc bikes, with radical engine technology. Singles which rev to 10,000rpm!!!
Many makers are going for the 450cc category and I will be down-sizing to a 450cc next, I reckon.
Aprilia have a 450cc v-twin Supermoto coming out, which is awesome and a tiny little motor no bigger than a single. Could be FUN!As long as you are prepared for the few downsides, I say DO IT!
You will love the light weight and punchy performance, with great brakes and handling.
Easier to keep your licence, too and cheaper insurance / servicing.If you want a gentle introduction, get a KTM Duke.
More serious? Get a Husaberg 650 or Husky SM570R or RR.
RICH? Get a Husky NOX…the absolute business, but rare and expensive.Look up that bike. Husqvarna NOX.
With this bike, every little extra counts !
I have shaved it down to 112kgs (dry) so far.
The weight of a smaller sprocket and therefore also a chain with a link less, is only small, but then it is ‘driven’ weight, so absorbs a fraction less power, also.
I run it on ‘Super Unleaded’ also, as it works better with the new (very high) compression, again helping the power.I always ride in 2-piece leathers and keep my body weight down to what it was when I was 25, 21 years ago.
Every little counts!
The other thing, is that the top-quality suspension and brakes have such an easy time of it, with such little weight to deal with.
Also, whereas my friend’s GSXR400 produces it’s 59 bhp at 12,400 rpm, this bike kicks out it’s 62 bhp at just 7,200 rpm, so the power is so much more immediate. Naturally, there are downsides to a Supermoto.You have to endure higher levels of vibes, compared to a silky 400cc 4-pot from Japan, starting from hot can be difficult and they can vibrate a few bits off, from time to time, but, with regular checks and love, I believe that in 2004, there is no better type of bike in the world for a fun-loving biker to own!
The way I explain the performance to people is this.
The Husky now weighs the same as most 125cc bikes, but has the rear-wheel power of a 400cc Supersports, like a RVF400 Honda or GSXR400.
If a GSXR400 weighed the same as a CG125 it would fly…this does too.
I wanted the lightest, most powerful (4-stroke) single I could buy.
Light, cheap to run (if not to buy initially), simple mechanically, easy to repair and with outstanding handling and braking, that can upset a few superbike owners.
(I ‘wasted’ a guy on a GSXR1000 on a twisty road last week, because we could only get to 70-80 each time before traffic or a corner intervened.)Being light myself, the bike makes full use of it’s 112kg dry weight and 62 rear-wheel bhp. The low gearing makes it very rapid, 0 to about 90, which is where we spend most of our time on the road, if we are honest, nowadays.
I had enough of 180mph bikes that I made no use of.I just had a braided line made up and bought some better pads for the standard caliper.
A ‘wavy’ disc finished the job.It stops like hitting the QE2 now!
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