VOLUME 57 ISSUE 27 JULY 7, 2020 P71
WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU
THROW
EVERYTHING,
EVEN THE
KITCHEN
SINK, AT
HUSQVARNA'S
FE 501S DUAL
SPORT?
T
his bike isn't like most Husqvarna
FE 501S machines you're likely to
encounter on a good old dual-sport
bashing. If you do, it's probably because
you've just run in to Andrew Jefferson,
Husqvarna's North American Media Rela-
tions Manager, on the trail. It's his bike,
after all. And, without an abundance of
reason, he let me ride it—and the $17,000
in extras it comes with—for a whole day.
In a lot of ways, I eyeroll hard at bikes
like these. They are quite liberally barfed
upon by the modification mob and, often,
the addition of bling does little in terms of
usability or performance enhancement. In
fact, I ride so many new stock bikes with
high levels of satisfaction, jumping on a
hyper mod like this just seems silly.
DUAL-SPORT
FANCY
BY JESSE ZIEGLER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
