What's your journey that got you to your Husaberg?

Lets hear how everyone worked there way through the makes, to end up owning your Husaberg! Or perhaps you've been on a Husaberg all along?

For me, it went like this;

'73 Honda Trail 50
''78 XR75
'86 XR80
''86 XR200
'88 XR250
'85 CR250
'89 CR250
'85 XR600
'87 XR600
'92 CR250
'95 XR600
'00 XR650R
'02 CRF450R
'04 KTM 525 and '02 DRZ 400s
'10 HUSABERG 570 FE
'13 HUSABERG 501 FE!!!!


What can I say, I grew up in the Honda dynasty (86-96 in the U.S.). . :?

Several Honda xl185's
Honda XR 200
81 Maico 490
86 KTM 495
Honda CR500 engined sidecar

Running a fleet of Suzuki LT50 and 80 quads.

Chinese pitbike 125-140 modified for supermoto.

02 650 Berg, knobblies and supermoto wheels.
08 450 Berg enduro.

650 now converted to flat tracker/street tracker

74xr85 76mt125 78rm250 83xl600r 86cr250 01yz250 02sr50 06crf450 02rm125 11fs570 Wow 10bikes lucky me

Tora by Rockford
Honda 50 mini trail
80 Suzuki rm125
1983 Suzuki 550 katana
1962 Harley Davidson Chopper
1942 Harley Davidson WLC 45c.i.
2007 BMW f650gs Dakar
2002 Husqvarna cr250
2008 Husqvarna cr125
2009 Husqvarna wr144
2001 Husaberg fe650e

So far, 11 in my lifetime
Still have the last 5. :cheers: :cheers:

Very cool lists!! Interesting history.

Started ride at 10

? Honda 50

1974 - Honda XR75

1976 - Yamaha YZ125

1978- Honda CR250

1984- Suzuki RM 500

Took about 15yr off

1987 - Yamaha XT350

2007- Suzuki DRZ400S

2004- Gas Gas 280 TXT Pro

2004- Husaberg FE450

2007 - Gas Gas 280 TXT Pro

2009 - Gas Gas EC250

2004 - Suzuki Hayabusa 1300

1981 Suzuki TS125
took about 13 years off (university, family, you know...)
1987 Honda CBR 600 Hurricane
2002 Yamaha YZF R6
2005 Kawasaki KDX220R
2008 Suzuki DR-Z400s
1985 Honda XL350R
2011 Husaberg FE390

Was going to get a Ducati Sport 1000 with Zard pipes. That's the one I fell in love with first. I don't have one - but I will someday. One like this:



Then I didn't consider offroad capable bikes until by chance I read about the DR-Z being a good beginners bike. So I got a '07 Suzuki DR-Z400S last year. Love it to bits!



Then somewhere along the way I found Husaberg. I'm not sure how or why. I remember only 2-3 years ago I thought Husaberg enduro bikes were something scary and unreliable and you had to know the black art of the kickstarter. I think I found the 70-degree bikes by chance when I was reading up on an older 450 'Berg that a friend told me he bought.

Bit by bit, it was revealed to me what off-road riding is really about. And what's good about the DR-Z and what's not. And you wonder "hmm what if a bike was like this ... and had that ... but was lighter ... and had a modern engine ... and had good suspension ... and could tackle anything off-road ... and you can still strap the necessary luggage to it and travel on it? ... and looked sexy and scary at the same time?"

And now I have an FE 570!

No good pictures of it yet - need to ride it more. Urgently.

Not counting the road bikes.....

'81 DT250MX

'85 TY250 (twin shock)

'87 TY250R

'86 TSX250

about 15 years of road bikes only, then.....

'02 XR650RY (Stolen by some thieving scumbag)

'10 FE570

Grew up riding my dads old Bultacos, he collects them. I also had a Honda Trail 90 somewhere along the line. When I was in high school I bought a blown up 87 XR600 and fixed it myself, then bought a 97 KX250. Friend of mine let me ride his 01 FC550 and I bought it off him. I kept it for a long time but also picked up an 02 KTM 520 that I still have and most recently added an FE570. It replaced the KTM as my all time favorite bike. If I won the lottery tomorrow and could buy any bike I wanted, Id choose another 570!

Just my dirt bikes which I came to late in my riding career, in order of acquisition.
Gone:
DT175
IT250
IT175
IT490
And still in the shed:
FE501
FE650
DR650
SY250R
XT1200Z

Of all the bikes I've ridden, owned and still own, the FE650 is the one that gets my adrenaline flowing like no other.

1976 or before mini bike
Brand new 1977 Yamaha YZ80
1978 Suzuki RM125
1982 Honda CB650
1984 Yamaha XT200
Then I crushed the 5th Lumbar in 1993 on a borrowed 1982 YZ465 and took 11 years off.
2001 Honda CR500
2005 Honda CRF450R
2007 Honda CRF450R
2005 Husaberg FE650 #1
2005 Husaberg FE650 #2
2008 Suzuki GS 500
2013 Yamaha TW200
2006 Husaberg FE650
2013 Triumph Bonneville 900

Currently own the 05 Husaberg, the 06 Husaberg and the Triumph

pollo

Started with a beat up Suzuki GSX750ES -83
Then came a beautiful Suzuki Tl1000s -97, the bike of my dreams. I loved it.
Studies at the university forced me to sell the TL but a newly found friend had an FE600 -99 and one drinking night he promised me a loan if I bought a Berg. The next day I took him up on the offer and bought an FE650 -01.
Being born and raised some 3-4km from the factory in Sweden I had both family and friends working there so it felt right in more than one way.
After that came a bunch more after I finished my studies...
I think they are in the right chronological order of purchase.
FS650 -03, bought new
FS650 -04
Yamaha R6 -99
FS650 -05, bought new
Yamaha XT660x -06
FE450 Force edition -04
FS650 -06
FE570 -09
Kawasaki ZZR600 -92
KTM 250 Racing -05
KTM 690 SM Prestige -07
KTM 350 Freeride -12

Still have the 570, ZZR, Freeride and 690

may have missed a few, but the following since 1975...
QA50 x2
GT80x2
TY80
XR75
XL100
XL125
YB100
xL175
DT175
YZ125D
TL250
KS125
TS185
cx500 x2
KLX650
DRZ400 X2
DRZ400SM
Husky 610SM
XR400
SR500
FZR400
KTM 525EXC X2
CB900
WR450F
DR650 X2
KTM 690R
TE610

Current bikes:
DR650 for adventure riding
Sherco 290 for trials
FE570 for dirt, woohoo.

Mini bike - mower engine
YZ 80 D
YZ 80 G
YZ 80 J
KX 80
KX 125
XR 250
CR 480
YZ 250 WR
TT 600
KDX 250
WR 250 Husky 96
WR 250 Husky 99
TE 400 Husky
KTM 520 - mate had a new berg in 02, rode it loved it didn't like the 400's power....loved the way it rode, always thought the ideal bike would be that chassis with a big bore motor...ie the 550 Berg
Harley Softail
Harley Custom
Harley custom FXR
KTM 625
KTM 640 Enduro

Current stable:
FE 550 - pride and joy for the fast stuff
KTM 950 Adventure - with all the off road bells and whistles for the really fast open stuff
Harley - for the cruising

78 xr75
80 yz80j (started racing)
82 kx80
81 yz100
83 rm125
85 cr125 cbx250
86 cr250
87 yz125
88 yz125
88 kdx200
89 kx125
90 yz125
took a few years off race go carts
1991 gsxr750
1992 gsxr750
1995 zx9r
1993 wr500 back to racing
2000 yz250
2004 husaberg fs650 loved them since i seen one in motocroos action magazine.
Brought it in 2007 Drove 16 hour to pick it up and have been modifing and rebuilding it ever since.

1st bike at 16
? Honda 50
Aprilia RS 125
Aprilia mx 125 stolen
Honda CBR600f
Suzuki gsxr 750 srad
Yamaha R6
Husaberg fc600 stolen on Monday

Not had much luck with bikes!!!

Honda xlr 250 Baja
Cagiva canyon 600
KTM SM 625

and after my fs

75 honda 50
77 yamaha DT 80
86 kawasaki KX 125
92 yamaha DT 125 euro/french
94 yamaha DT 125 euro/french
2010 kawasaki KLX250s
2011 Husaberg fe570s !!!!!!
2011 Husqvarna 630TE
2012 Honda CRF450x plated

next year I will buy a Husqvarna TE501

Iso 125
Vespa 150
CZ 125
SL 125
TT 500
XT 500
XT 550
XR 600
1981 GPZ 1100B1
XT 500
XR 600

FE 570
Raptor 700
Next Bike 2014 FE 501 :bounce3: