2020 HUSQVARNA 701 SUPERMOTO
R I D E R E V I E W
P66
But mine is a race bike, not a street bike like the 701, and
this year marks the first time since 2016 Husqvarna's unruly
animal of a street bike has come in for a facelift. Back then,
I said, "It doesn't ride freeways well at all, doesn't feel that
great going to the shops for the milk run, and doesn't take two
people. If buying for these reasons alone, a Husqvarna 701
SM would be about as far from the top of your to-do list as a
hot tub rendezvous with Kathy Bates and Donald Trump."
However, I countered it by saying, "But, if buying for the
reasons we, certainly I, ride—such as face-splitting laughter,
fear and adrenaline—a Husqvarna 701 SM would be about as
close to the top of your to-do list as a hot-tub rendezvous with
Miranda Kerr and, if you're that way inclined, Ryan Gosling."
You can hit up dirt
roads quite easily
on the 701, but the
Continental tires
are best suited to
the black stuff.
