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Thanks!!! Ahh, I love it so. So elegant!! So graceful!! So subtle - when riding, doing little unconscious manouvers like lane changing and going around or over little things, I used to feel the other bikes I've ridden. On this 'Berg, there was ... nothing. Just beautiful fluid motion.
Beautiful fluid motion that just happens to have over fifty horses in its rear wheel. Nice. Or ... not horses - freakin' unicorns.
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Beautiful fluid motion that just happens to have over fifty horses in its rear wheel. Nice. Or ... not horses - freakin' unicorns.
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If the 570 your test rode still had the factory exhaust an on it, THAT is the reason you did not get the raw/wild/visceral riding experience you were hoping for. Guaranteed. The factory can is preposterously restrictive, and the bike is horribly overmuffled and hamstrung as a result. Short of gutting the can and eliminating whatever modest spark arrester capabilities it had, there is nothing you can do to the factory can that will let the bike run like the engine designers intended. Mount an FMF 4.1 and the best rises from its sleep.
Make sure you have the competition map, specially if you go with a less restricted muffler.
Here's a good read for you:
http://husaberg.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16204
Here's a good read for you:
http://husaberg.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16204
Joined Nov 2012
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Iceland
I have now accidentally wheelied the 570 more often, longer, and higher, than I ever managed to do on the DR-Z400 on purpose 
I'm growing very very fond of this bike. Especially as the handling reveals itself. It's really quite something. Hard to explain, but it's quite cool how it just follows the arc you've set for it. Not just the line on the ground but the three-dimensional arc it's taking through space-time. It's a whole new form of awesomeness. I like it!!
I'm growing very very fond of this bike. Especially as the handling reveals itself. It's really quite something. Hard to explain, but it's quite cool how it just follows the arc you've set for it. Not just the line on the ground but the three-dimensional arc it's taking through space-time. It's a whole new form of awesomeness. I like it!!
Now you have me thinking I should upgrade my FE450 to the 570. Only had the 450 for a month and really like it.....but the 570 sounds like more, much more of what I like in the 450. Congrats on a beautiful new bike.
Joined Nov 2012
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:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
I've been sick and/or on business trips since I bought the bike and my girlfriend hadn't even seen it. I dropped by outside our apartment before taking it to the garage. Called her and asked her if she wanted to look out the window and see the awesome new bike!!! ... Window opens. Head peeks out. "Cool!! It's awesome!!" But then she confides that she wouldn't really be able to tell the difference between new and old bike (In her defense it was dark out. heheh)
I've been sick and/or on business trips since I bought the bike and my girlfriend hadn't even seen it. I dropped by outside our apartment before taking it to the garage. Called her and asked her if she wanted to look out the window and see the awesome new bike!!! ... Window opens. Head peeks out. "Cool!! It's awesome!!" But then she confides that she wouldn't really be able to tell the difference between new and old bike
(In her defense it was dark out. heheh)
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What a nice, nice bike. I'm getting to know its agility better and better. And the fueling system seems to like having gas flowing through it - it's getting angrier and peppier bit by bit. Looking forward to stripping and cleaning.
Buuuuut ...
I still can't stop thinking about the 550 I rode this summer I'll need to get one in the end. Maybe next year?
Say, do you know - does the obsession to hoard bikes stop at some point? Can it be satiated? Or is it "just one more" forever?
Buuuuut ...
I still can't stop thinking about the 550 I rode this summer
I'll need to get one in the end. Maybe next year?Say, do you know - does the obsession to hoard bikes stop at some point? Can it be satiated? Or is it "just one more" forever?
read an article a while back on the FE570 and they called it the last of the big bore dirt bikes...
given we all like the 570 engine so much, i wonder why bikes in this range are disappearing. dirt bikes all seem to be going down to a maximum of 500cc. while more dual purpose bikes like the TE610 and TE630 are being turned into far heavier adventure-style bikes.
you'd think there would be a good market for a bike capable in the dirt and enough cc to be good at dual purpose riding... e.g. the FE570 with a cush drive hub and a larger fuel tank. or a DRZ400 bored and stroked to 570cc with RMZ suspension.
given we all like the 570 engine so much, i wonder why bikes in this range are disappearing. dirt bikes all seem to be going down to a maximum of 500cc. while more dual purpose bikes like the TE610 and TE630 are being turned into far heavier adventure-style bikes.
you'd think there would be a good market for a bike capable in the dirt and enough cc to be good at dual purpose riding... e.g. the FE570 with a cush drive hub and a larger fuel tank. or a DRZ400 bored and stroked to 570cc with RMZ suspension.
Maybe there is hope for a big bore Husky? TE610 could be done with the KTM engine, no problem. Id even think about buying one.
Until then my 570 still rocks!
Until then my 570 still rocks!
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Bluto said:Just get the 550.
I will for sure! Just have to get my wallet into alignment and wait for the right '07 or '08 550
Yeah, the big-bore lightweight adventure bike market is sadly underserved at the moment
The DR-Z platform is roughly suitable, except for the 5-speed box - but it can make very good power and still retain reliability, and the chassis is totally not bad, just held back by the suspension. The suspension components are fine, they are improved a whole lot by revalving and respringing.And then let's see what KTM/Husky do with their platform. Maybe something a bit heavier-duty can be built on top of the current 500 platform, as the 570 came from the 530. I'm not particularly interested in the 690 for some reason.
I think part of the problem is that many people don't know what dirt bikes can be. They lump them all into one category: tall, scary, high-maintenance motocrossers. People think they "need" an 1190 to travel on :/ I know that I had no idea before I got into the sport myself.
... btw, I just found a medium-tall seat for the 570 for sale for a good price locally! Sweet!
Joined Nov 2012
2K Posts | 821+
Iceland
Ahh, what a bike.
A clean air filter makes a bit of a difference now doesn't it! None of the slight-ish hesitation during the last ride that I had been feeling before. It was black, I didn't realize how bad it was until I changed it.
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Gobs of ultra-smooth power everywhere. Dial-a-roost from almost any RPM. Very therapeutic.
A clean air filter makes a bit of a difference now doesn't it! None of the slight-ish hesitation during the last ride that I had been feeling before. It was black, I didn't realize how bad it was until I changed it.
[attachment=0:2sa3uq61]Air-filter---before---after.jpg[/attachment:2sa3uq61]
Gobs of ultra-smooth power everywhere. Dial-a-roost from almost any RPM. Very therapeutic.
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