End of The Husaberg name????

if my memory serves me correctly, the 1st Huseys were spawned from the early Husky 510 & 610 design. The early years of the Husabergs were "niche bikes" and not known for reliability. The latest generation of Huseys were cutting edge design & technology! Owning a 70 degree 570 puts you at the top of the food chain! Long Live Husaberg! :cheers:

It's done. The official dealer letter came out today.

Ruger said:

Well crap. Now BOTH of my bikes have been made instant classics by industry perterbations. First my 1997 Buell S-3 Thunderbolt, and now my 2011 Husaberg FE570S. Damn, on a roll, and it's all down hill.

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Well actually, in my opinion, you ride a 70degree 570s KTM lovechild which should be inherently worthless.

The 04-08 550's are the real cult classics and have just been immortalized :cheers:

berger said:

It's done. The official dealer letter came out today.

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Ok, I'll bite, what did it say?????????????????????????????????????? There's a lot of speculating going on here, but
little if anything of an accurate nature!

Barshoe said:

berger said:

It's done. The official dealer letter came out today.

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Ok, I'll bite, what did it say?????????????????????????????????????? There's a lot of speculating going on here, but
little if anything of an accurate nature!

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I saw a copy of the dealer letter yesterday, I just could not figure out how to post it over here.

Barshoe said:

berger said:

It's done. The official dealer letter came out today.

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Ok, I'll bite, what did it say?????????????????????????????????????? There's a lot of speculating going on here, but
little if anything of an accurate nature!

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May 16, 2013 - In a Thursday letter sent to dealers, Hubert Trunkenpolz of KTM Sportmotorcycle AG and Stefan Pierer of Pierer Industries announced the reunification of Husaberg and Husqvarna under the Husqvarna brand.

"After a careful analysis and evaluation of all aspects, it was concluded to reunite what
arose from the same roots 25 years ago. ln other words, combining the worldwide
heritage of Husqvarna with the latest state-of-the-art technology of Husaberg will lead
Husqvarna to a new era of great success."

An all new Husqvarna lineup is in the works to be debuted in October, 2013 and will include Enduro, Motocross, Sportminicycles and Supermoto segments. The new group company "Husqvarna Sportmotorcycle GmbH will be operational in Mattighofen, Austria as of October 2013. It appears all Husqvarna dealers will be retained and all Husaberg dealers will become Husqvarna dealers.

"As of October 2013, the new group company "Husqvarna Sportmotorcyte GmbH" based in
Mattighofen, Austria, will be fully operational in the production and sale of the new
model range to the Husqvarna network of dealers and distributors, which will be based on
the existing Husqvarna and Husaberg sales network. Parts supply and Customer Service for
all Husqvarna models up to and including Model Year'13 are guaranteed for the years to
come and will remain at the current site in Biandronno (VA-ltaly)."

We are very sad to see the Husaberg brand go, however, the Husaberg philosophy is sure to live on in the new Husqvarna product. Husqvarna fans should be very excited. The brand will get a major technology boost and parts & accessories will be much more available using KTM's distribution network.

The current 2013 Husaberg models will be the last of the blue models coming from Austria. Inventory is already low and these models are sure to sell out as soon as news of this merger gets spread. Our current inventory includes an FE250, FE501 and a TE250. Contact Jesse in sales for more information, 304-932-0437.

This afternoon I had a conversation with a friend who is the autorize Husaberg dealer here in Venezuela, and told me that the 2014 husaberg models will have a deeper blue plastics with the same technology of the 2013 model with just one detail, it will have the husqvarna badge! No more Husaberg brand!
Husqvarna is coming back to his Blue and Yellow born land colors.

However you put it ... it's very sad news for me :cry: :cry:

:cheers:
ZAGA

A fair end to this story would be the new Husqberg come out with the 70deg engine

How about that ??

:cheers:
ZAGA

It looks to be a sea change at Husqvarna. Their largest displacement dual-sport is 100cc smaller than the Husaberg FE570. Their TE511 is 477.5 cc and weighs the same as the Husaberg 570. I think that we can expect a complete redesign of the Husqvarna lineup. Will they see the wisdom of the 70 degree engine design? Time will tell.

from TBM

The move brings to an end the existence of the Swedish Husaberg brand which was created by a group of disgruntled Husqvarna employees, upset at the famous Swedish marque being sold to the Italians back in the late 1980s.

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so the fact that the factory had gone to Austria and left them all behind and unemployed is tywisted into 'disgruntled'.....MMMMMMMMM :angry:

They decided to launch and manufacture their own brand of motorcyle – Husaberg – which despite its relative lack of racing pedigree, went on to have more than its fair share of world championship success in MX, enduro and supermoto.

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"relative lack of pedigree"? WTF, well if you're a new brand you lack everything I suppose but the designer was the guy at Husqvarna and went straight in and got it right, winning from the off so I fail to see how that statement bears weight? :angry:

Though ironically when the brand faltered a few years ago, it was purchased by KTM in Austria.

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a few years ago? a few years ago!!!!! 19 (bloody) 95 for God's sake! I wish I could cast 18 years off with a cursory 'a few years ago'.

but in the end it is stupid enough to just make you laugh! :cheers: :cheers:

I mean why be close when you can be a mile off!

regards

Taffy

Our current inventory includes an FE250, FE501 and a TE250. Contact Jesse in sales for more information, 304-932-0437.

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304 area code is west (by god) virginia. WTF?

Ruger said:

It looks to be a sea change at Husqvarna. Their largest displacement dual-sport is 100cc smaller than the Husaberg FE570. Their TE511 is 477.5 cc and weighs the same as the Husaberg 570. I think that we can expect a complete redesign of the Husqvarna lineup. Will they see the wisdom of the 70 degree engine design? Time will tell.

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The Husky motors are dead, they will be KTM engines. The 70 degree motor is dead unless they redesign another one.

I think that we will see big changes in 2015, with the huskys (bergs) showing new technology, if thats not the future it will be a yoke having to brands with the same technology.

They should include a backup kickstart or a place to put one.
pollo

This is very sad news for me, i am bummed. Guess the end of the 70 degree should have been a clue huh. makes me think about how husaberg got started and how they won all those world championships. Amazing it came from a little factory in sweden. Around 2000 or so they had what 34 employees. They revolutionized 4 strokes it wasnt yamaha or honda. it was husky and husaberg. wouldnt be thumpers at every trailhead if they hadnt started the idea of a fast light thumper that had lots of useable power. i have 2 650s now and if i ever get a new bike i dont know what it will be but if they are good it could be a husky. Goodbye husaberg i will miss you.

clbuff said:

I think that we will see big changes in 2015, with the huskys (bergs) showing new technology, if thats not the future it will be a yoke having to brands with the same technology.

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are you Yoking? :lol: :lol:

it takes 24 Months minimum to create a FRESH engine. and why wouldn't you base your engine on a KTM - you'd be daft not too! I say three cheers to KTM technology. if Husaberg were back in Sweden on their own now they'd be like a Beta, like a Sherco or an AJP. sales of 1,000 globally. They not only short circuited quality engineering but had their name shoved in the finest dealer showrooms in 'your' land immediately! instant global success!

those of us that loved all the 4T loved the the brand and what it stood for. don't count any 2T owner in any of this. they are whores and riding this years winner. they'll be off tomororrow.... but it has been a bloody magnificant Indian Summer with the name Husaberg winning an E2 world title and the 2Ts putting the brand on the front page of all dirt papers for its prolific wins.

but soon this will all be forgotten. shall I start a thread where you all advise me on my business plan over the next 18 years? I intend retiring at 70.

I do get pi**ed though that nobody agrees with me over the works team going to 2Ts in 2011 instead of sticking with the LDC engines. If KTM develop an engine for you and a bike and all the least your factory race team up in Sweden should be doing is riding them! end of story! so nobody even comments let alone agrees.... shall we just talk about how big my bum looks again? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

I'm so pleased that a world title was won against the odds by another race team other than the factories. I wonder what Lungren was bleeting about? wah: I need a 2T, wah! I can't ride that big heavy thing, wah! I'll be a winner on a 2T!!!

the 70d died by a thousand cuts. they should have homologated the 570 in the states, that would have kept the FS570e in production throughout the world.

no FS in the states
no FS in the world
if no FS then why build the bike?

it was a close call but rather like pruning a tree back they cut it back and back that hard that in the end you heard the old cry: where's the tree...

I think the brand name Husaberg could have withstood the Husky take over IF the LDC was still being produced as it is it became too vulnerable when it was just a blue badged KTM.

also as I keep saying, they had to build the brand in some countries (not all) by sticking Husaberg in the same shops. this meant that the shop was selling the same brand twice with clashing 450s etc to the same local clients. not good, and as the brand got stronger these new dealers didn't want to let Husaberg go.

now KTM had a problem.

but by calling the Husaberg a Husqvarna they can sell them down the road and be true rivals. but rivals sharing engines.

I would expect KTM and Husqvarna to capture 80% of the overall off-road market. maybe less in MX and maybe more in trail and enduro.

regards

Taffy

My guess: this would be the best opportunity to bring back the 70d engine in a Husky. Great synergy for KTM and great different identity for Husky from KTM.

it seems logicical.

This is a very good opportunity to grow the brand for KTM and fix a wrong caused by the sale of Husqvarna to the Italians back in 1987 that caused the creation of Husaberg in the first place.

While Husaberg has a great recognized name within the off-road industry and amassed great success racing in just a short 25 year life-cycle... the bigger problem has been the amount of funds required to grow the Husaberg brand into a profitable manufacture in scope as that of KTM... and would take a huge infusion of funds as well as years to get anywhere close to where KTM number wise .... (Which was one of the reasons KTM killed the 70º engine) it was to expensive and not profitable.

On the other hand Husqvarna as a recognized BRAND (Chain-saws, lawnmowers, construction tools and motorcycles) is already recognized around the world for their toughness and durability and is an easier way to grow market share fast.

With KTMs partnership with Bajaj in India there's a huge opportunity to produce smaller 125cc and 200cc dualsport and street bikes just for the developing markets as well as the strong financial Asian markets like CHINA pouring profits profits back to KTM for development of Husqvarna/Husaberg dirt and competition models.... (Like the 70º engine)

The merger of Husaberg and Husqvarna fixes the mistakes that both the Italians (Cagiva) and the Germans (BMW) caused by dragging the Swedish Husqvarna brand thru the MUD over the last 25 years or so.

There's even the probability that the Husaberg name will stay on as special edition higher end (SkunkWorks models).

I see great things coming from this. :thumbup:

Taffy wrote: "I would expect KTM and Husqvarna to capture 80% of the overall off-road market. maybe less in MX and maybe more in trail and enduro."

No offense intended, Mr. Taffy, but this is, of course, impossible. Reasons: Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Aprilia, Beta, United Motors, etc. There is no way that the Japanese "big four" will be relegated to a mere 20% or less of the overall off-road market.