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P100 RIDE REVIEW I 2025 HUSQVARNA VITPILEN 801 click gives a far greater degree of adjustment than before. Even when the Vitpilen's suspension is in its base settings, the ride is comfortable and compliant, although upping the pace will likely have you upping the preload on the shock and the compression damping on the fork to keep everything on the straight and narrow. Aiding this is the surprisingly good Michelin Road 6 rubber, allowing you access to the snappy characteristics of the chassis. The combination of the suspension and allotted rubber allows the Vitpilen to turn on a dime in a very similar style to that of the king of agile middleweights in the 790 Duke. We had tremendous wind and cold weath - er on our test ride in Southern California, and the Michelins especially worked well in those cooler temps, even if ultimate high-speed and heavy- load cornering performance is a little lacking. The Vitpilen's ride is let down slightly by the brakes, in that while ample for most situations, the ByBre four-piston calipers and master cylin - der require a good handful to haul you up while riding at high speed. Rear brake performance is fine enough, but it's never a big talking point. You've got lean angle-sensitive ABS here as well, so the braking package will get you out of almost all the trouble—almost—you get yourself into. The $10,499 Husqvarna Vitpilen 801 comes to the game in probably the busiest time ever for the middleweight class. Not only does it compete against its housemate in the $9499 KTM 790 Duke, it's also against the $10,595 Triumph Street Triple 765, the $9399 Honda CB650R and the $10,799 Yamaha MT-09, a bike that comes with everything the Husky does and more but doesn't make you pay extra for cruise control and a quickshifter, at least not separately. I guess it comes down to what flavor you like your naked biking. The Vitpilen is a statement bike, no doubt. It's a stylish, uber-cool steed that looks and sounds different from its competi- tors, and if you don't mind cashing out for a few extras, all the power to you. As far as the ride itself goes, it's a good one indeed and should prove to be one of the surprise packages of 2025. CN 2025 HUSQVARNA VITPILEN 801 ($10,499) ENGINE DOHC parallel-twin 4-stroke DISPLACEMENT 799cc BORE X STROKE 88.0 x 65.7mm COMPRESSION RATIO 12.51 TRANSMISSION 6-speed MAX HORSEPOWER (CLAIMED) 105 hp @ 8000 rpm MAX TORQUE (CLAIMED) 64 lb-ft @ 6500 rpm FUEL SYSTEM EFI, 46mm Dell'Orto throttle bodies, ride-by-wire CLUTCH PASC slipper; cable actuation FRAME Chromoly steel FRONT SUSPENSION WP Apex 43mm inverted fork, compression and rebound damping adjustable REAR SUSPENSION WP Apex monoshock, rebound damping and preload adjustable FRONT-WHEEL TRAVEL 5.5 in. REAR-WHEEL TRAVEL 5.0 in. FRONT BRAKE Radial-mount 4-piston ByBre calipers, dual 300mm discs with Bosch cornering ABS REAR BRAKE Single-piston floating caliper, 240mm disc with Bosch cornering ABS FRONT TIRE Michelin Road 6 120/70-17 in. REAR TIRE Michelin Road 6 180/55-17 in. RAKE 24.5° TRAIL 3.9 in. WHEELBASE 58.1 in. GROUND CLEARANCE 6.7 in. SEAT HEIGHT 32.3 in. FUEL CAPACITY 3.7 gal. WEIGHT (CLAIMED, DRY) 397 lbs. S P E C I F I C AT I O N S