P120
RIDE REVIEW I 2024 HUSQVARNA SVARTPILEN 401 & VITPILEN 401
27 lb-ft of torque. I say unconfirmed
because Husqvarna USA doesn't
publish power and torque figures for
legal reasons,
but that's what the
Euro bikes are making.
The
LC4's larger airbox mates to
a reworked fuel injector and 46mm
Dell'Orto throttle body. There's four new
camshafts, reworked DLC (diamond-like
carbon) -coated cam levers, a new pis
-
ton, crankshaft and gearbox that links
to
a new quickshifter (Husqvarna calls
it Easy Shift), and the PASC (power-
assisted slipper clutch) houses slightly
heavier springs to improve power trans-
fer from the engine to the gearbox.
Also new
is the LC4's employment
of a ride-by-wire throttle, which allows
the use
of two different throttle map-
pings in Road and Rain.
(Above) The Vitpilen has morphed into a bit of a mini-streetfighter
with the single-piece handlebar doing away with the clip-ons.
(Below) The new dash is nicely laid out and easy to navigate,
especially when you want to engage Supermoto mode on the ABS.
