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Cycle News 2018 Issue 01 January 9, 2018

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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VOL. 54 ISSUE 19 MAY 19, 2017 P85 VOL. 55 ISSUE 1 JANUARY 9, 2018 P85 Is the special edition Husky all that special? BY THE CN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER LIKE A L ike KTM's Factory Edition special models, Husqvarna now has a special edition of its own: the Rockstar Edition. Husqvarna has taken its 2018 standard FC 450 model and updated it so its factory race team riders can have the very latest in motocross technology that Husqvarna can give them for the 2018-racing season. And Husky homologated just enough them so that you can race one too—if you don't mind paying a few dol- lars more than you would the standard and act quickly enough to get one. But if you can wait, odds are that this year's Rockstar Edition model will be next year's (2019) standard model. (Husky hasn't announced an MSRP for the Rockstar Edition yet, but the standard FC 450 sells for $9699.) ROCKSTAR

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