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ons hip-wi nni ng thumper, as well as a new , crank, and a
new, high-capacity oil-filter was added . The stroke was
len gthened and a lon ger connecting rod was fitted to
help imp rove torque. The TE and TC mod els also have
new stain less-steel exhausts and silencers and new skid
plates.
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On the off-road side of the tw o-stro ke Husky lineup,
the changes tha t were wrought on the CR motocrossers
also apply to the WR models - except for the steering
stern. The WR models get the benefit of O-r ing chains
for better d urability in those na sty endu ros, and a lso
have new lig ht s a nd l30-watt lig hting coil s (sha red
with the four-strok e off-roa d line ). The off-road models
all have USFS spa rk arrestors, new end uro od ometers
an d rear shock mud gua rds .
Prices for the new mod els were un available at press
time.
We we re initially expecting the TE 610e dual spo rt
mod el to make it to ou r shores - an exciting prosp ect
because it features the all-new four-stro ke pow erp lant
wi th right-sid e kick II lld electric start, and a cou nterbalancer. Cag iva USA had eve n asked us if we wanted a
test bike. Unfortu na tely, p roblems ge tting the bike DOT
certified ha ve halt ed things for the mom ent. .
"At thi s poi nt we plan to brin g it in, bu t it is d ependen t up on homologati on issues, and if we do bring it
in , we d on 't reall y kn ow w ha t form o r fas hio n it is
going to take," a Cagiva USA spokesma n sa id .
For now , I guess we'll have to keep ourselves busy
with the new CRs.
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