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The airbox does a fine job keeping dirt and water from reaching the air
filter. Two exhaust pipes are used on the Husky to reduce noise.
tend to lock up; that 's good, given
that the motor is rather easy to stall.
While it's a light four- stroke, th e
5 10 Husk y is no lightweight co mpared to O pen-class two-strokes. But
it's suspended so well that it doesn't
feel as hea vy as it really is. Still, wh en
trails get tight an d rocky, the ex tra
weight is noticed . Li fting and pushing th e Husky is not easy.
The Husk y is co mforta ble to ride.
It sits a little tall in th e rear, but the
handlebars, sea t and foot peg placement ar e perfectl y a ligned . The sea t
is firm , a nd lik e th e ga s tank, is narrow , m ak in g th e H usky easy to throw
around.
A Husk y-made speedo me ter / od o meter is used , wh ich is easy to read,
and th e odometer ca n be reset fairly
quickly. We averaged aro und 75 miles
per tank of ga s.
We put over 300, (m ostly tight an d
ro ck y) mileson th e Husky , a nd while
it held u p fairl y well , a few things di d
break, in cl ud ing th e pla sti c housing
a ro un d th e sp eedometer ca ble, th e
kick sta nd sp ri ng, and both rear exhaust pipe m ounts. The grips wor e
out quickl y. None of th is would've
ca used a DNF in a n en d uro, bu t th e
broken pipe mounts did ca use th e
bik e to vibrat e even more.
After riding th e new Husky 510
four-st roke end uro , we can eas ily see
why th e Husky did so well durin g th e
six-day s in Spain. It 's eas y to ride a nd
start; ha s a powerful , yet manageable
moto r; excelle n t sus pe nsion; good
brakes; precise handling and reli abilit y. It 's by far the best big-bore fourstroke end u ro bik e we've ridden . •
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