Husaberg is a Swedish manufacturer of off-road and supermoto motorcycles.
This company manufactures off road motorcycles with four-stroke engines only.
These machines are known for a particularly good chassis and larger displacement engines and for their race-oriented philosophy.
The name
Husaberg
was only
made
official
by
Gustavsson
when
entering
an
enduro
race at
Skillingaryd,
as he
was
forced
to
declare
the make
of his
motorcycle.
The
Husaberg
team
tried to
compensate
for
their
lack of
funds by
their
courage
to rely
on
technical
innovations
and
could
never
afford
to hire
established
professional
riders
but
rather
ambitious
rookies.
The current lineup includes enduro and supermoto models only.
The motocross and cross-country (wide ratio gearing, no lighting kit) models have been discontinued.
The model names are all composed of two letters: "F" as "Four-Stroke", then either "C" for the motocross, "E" for the enduro, "X" for the Cross-Country, or "S" for the supermoto models, followed by a number representing the engine displacement, then one last letter, either "E" for the electric-start, or "C" for the kick-start models.
Some older models were also listed with the number of gears: 4 or 6.
The current models for 2008 are as follow:
Enduro:
- FE 450 E - 450 cc enduro with electric start
- FE 550 E - 550 cc enduro with electric start
- FE 650 E - 650 cc enduro with electric start
Supermoto:
- FS 550 E - 550 cc supermoto with electric start
- FS 650 E - 650 cc supermoto with electric start
- FS 650 C - 650 cc supermoto without electric start
Previous models included different displacements, such as:
- 501 cc enduro and motocross
- 470 cc cross-country
- 400 cc enduro
- 350 cc enduro
Although Husaberg motorcycles have been produced at the KTM factory in Mattighofen, Austria since 2003, the developmental department remains in Sweden.
The current KTM slogan, "Ready to Race", was also taken from Husaberg, whose current slogan is now "4 Stroke Force".