eRIDING IMPRESSION
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By Chris Jonnum
hen the editor first informed me
that I would be visiting Festus to
test the new Husaberg big-bore
four-stroke, I was elated. After all, it's
not every day that one gets to escape the
office grind to go riding with Marshal
Matt Dillon's sidekick from the TV show
"Gunsmoke" - and on an exotic Swedish
four-stroke enduro machine, no less!
Said editor soon brought me back to
earth by explaining that the Festus he
was referring to was a town near St.
Louis, Missouri, where Gary Surdyke the American importer of Husaberg
motorcycles - has based his motorcycle
business.
Though I remained enthusiastic
about riding the bikes, I must admit that
at first it seemed to me like an unlikely
locale for a motorcycle company. After
all, the "Big Four" - Honda, Kawasaki,
Suzuki and Yamaha - all headquarter
their colossal organizations in glitzy
southern California, and even I
