Well I took out an 09 Berg 450 today and I must say i was most pleasantly surprised.
I thought the average punter like myself wouldn't be able to probably notice the changes in this bike.....well i was wrong.
Immediately after sitting my rather round frame on this bike and taking off i could feel the subtle differences.
For one the EFI and the linear power that it delivers from the bottom all the way to the top is awesome making riding difficult terrain easy...and the open stuff even easier...no hesitation and no bogging.
The bike seems to just hook up and not wheelspin everywhere this must be due to the geometry of the frame, rear shock, front forks etc very nice indeed.
The handling of this bike is very 250 like. Its so light and the tip in and cornering is unlike any other 450... makes my 450 ktm feel top heavy..i switched from the Berg to a ktm 07 250 exc and could say the Berg felt as light to ride.
Also noteworthy was that the Berg is all stock suspension. It coped with big square edges fine and ate the big whoops up. The ultimate setup is only springs away or a few clickers.
So from the seat of my pants review i think the bikes a winner....well done Husaberg
Reliability will be the only question?? And only time will tell that....
I will be keeping an eye on that department out here in the desert where we seem to load up the bikes from all the deep sand.
All in all a great bike.....
I thought the average punter like myself wouldn't be able to probably notice the changes in this bike.....well i was wrong.
Immediately after sitting my rather round frame on this bike and taking off i could feel the subtle differences.
For one the EFI and the linear power that it delivers from the bottom all the way to the top is awesome making riding difficult terrain easy...and the open stuff even easier...no hesitation and no bogging.
The bike seems to just hook up and not wheelspin everywhere this must be due to the geometry of the frame, rear shock, front forks etc very nice indeed.
The handling of this bike is very 250 like. Its so light and the tip in and cornering is unlike any other 450... makes my 450 ktm feel top heavy..i switched from the Berg to a ktm 07 250 exc and could say the Berg felt as light to ride.
Also noteworthy was that the Berg is all stock suspension. It coped with big square edges fine and ate the big whoops up. The ultimate setup is only springs away or a few clickers.
So from the seat of my pants review i think the bikes a winner....well done Husaberg
Reliability will be the only question?? And only time will tell that....
I will be keeping an eye on that department out here in the desert where we seem to load up the bikes from all the deep sand.
All in all a great bike.....
