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why did Berg stop making the 570 engine in 2011? a friend of my said that it was waaay to exspensive for husaberg to make
end of 570 engine?
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Nobody really knows 
They did switch to die-cast cases in the 2012 KTM bikes to lower weight. Plus the financial crisis hit just when Husaberg was releasing the new bikes in '08. It probably wasn't judged to make financial sense to retool for a die-cast sloper motor with diminishing dirt bike sales globally, so away it went ...
They did switch to die-cast cases in the 2012 KTM bikes to lower weight. Plus the financial crisis hit just when Husaberg was releasing the new bikes in '08. It probably wasn't judged to make financial sense to retool for a die-cast sloper motor with diminishing dirt bike sales globally, so away it went ...
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whatever the real reason ktm justified axing it because the new 501 with its lower cog and lighter crank handles better than the 70 deg bikes
new 501 is crank 4.4 kgs and 129mm OD not sure what the 570 crank is but it looks about 5kgs
my lightened crank is the same weight as the 501 but 133mm OD
new 501 is crank 4.4 kgs and 129mm OD not sure what the 570 crank is but it looks about 5kgs
my lightened crank is the same weight as the 501 but 133mm OD
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no no impossible!! teh 570 r teh best biek evar!!!! *sticks fingers in ears*
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my take on it is that they didn't make the supermotos road register-able in the USA. this wiped out 30% of SA sales. that alone would have been enough but they then decided that it wasn't worth making the SM WORLDWIDE - now this then becomes serious!
there's a recession and you then wipe out 30% of your own sales yourself...
after that I think the bike needed a facelift after the first three years to keep it fresh and and make right some relatively simple start-up problems.
it was at this pooint they pulled the rug.
I reckon it was virtusally three coin tosses and the bike lost all three calls.
even calling it a HUSKY must have been another toss of the coin.
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there's a recession and you then wipe out 30% of your own sales yourself...
after that I think the bike needed a facelift after the first three years to keep it fresh and and make right some relatively simple start-up problems.
it was at this pooint they pulled the rug.
I reckon it was virtusally three coin tosses and the bike lost all three calls.
even calling it a HUSKY must have been another toss of the coin.
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I'm quite sure it wasn't husaberg that stopped the production of the 70 degree engine. A husaberg representative told me when I was trying the, at the time, new 2013 models that they didn't stop due to design but it was a business decision from KTM (not officially but between the lines). He also told me to never sell my 570, and if I was so stupid I was to call him so he could buy it..
And it makes sense. Husaberg has never been the big famous brand worldwide and to keep production costs down in a financial crisis it makes sense to use as much KTM parts as possible.
In addition they probably gave the husqvarna brand to the husaberg engineers to make the bikes easier to sell. Husqvarna is world famous and established since Steve McQueen and US MX.
I hope that the "huskyberg" engineers get more engineering freedom the years to come so we do not end up with more tweaked KTM's.
And it makes sense. Husaberg has never been the big famous brand worldwide and to keep production costs down in a financial crisis it makes sense to use as much KTM parts as possible.
In addition they probably gave the husqvarna brand to the husaberg engineers to make the bikes easier to sell. Husqvarna is world famous and established since Steve McQueen and US MX.
I hope that the "huskyberg" engineers get more engineering freedom the years to come so we do not end up with more tweaked KTM's.
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The '11 FE570 & FS570 *were* street legal in all 50 states over here - even in California. I know, I have the FE and a friend has an FS (that he converted to FE-spec).
I think the '12s were street legal too, but I know that the '09s and '10s were not street legal in California. They might well have been what we call "green sticker" in California (that means you can legally ride them on state-managed off road areas year round).
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I love my 570 and have no plans to get rid of it any time soon. It seems like the power is endless and the bike has a personality like no other. I think their reason for getting rid of it was purely financial but for the lucky few who own them, they tend to hold on to the slant 570's.
Pretty sure it was 2011? I get a laugh out of people telling me i shouldn't be riding mine as a commuter due to the crazy service maintenance required, but when i took it into my local Husaberg dealer for the ECU flash the mechanic asked me how often i change the oil..i told him i had been changing it every 1000km's and he laughed at me and said what are you doing that for? you can change it every 3 to 3500'kms with this engine no problems they are bullet proof. The valves haven't moved yet and its done a little over 6000km's now and all i do it ride it everyday and put fuel in it..fantastic bike even if it does burn holes in my work pants! wish they were still making them.
2012 it has the funky yellow frame.
http://databikes.com/imgs/a/c/p/n/l/husaberg__fe_570_2012_3_lgw.jpg
http://databikes.com/imgs/a/c/p/n/l/husaberg__fe_570_2012_3_lgw.jpg
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Yes funky indeed, love mine But there was only FE in 2012, no FS. The last FS was 2011.
But there was only FE in 2012, no FS. The last FS was 2011.Ya that's an FE not an FS. Would have been cool if the FS supermoto wheels had come in the blue anodizing that the FE wheels have instead of just black powdercoat.
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