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RIDE REVIEW I 2025 HUSQVARNA VITPILEN 801
I'm happy to say that the performance
matches the looks, especially in the engine
department. It'd been a long time since I'd rid-
den a KTM 790 Duke, so I'd forgotten just how
sprightly the parallel-twin motor really was.
Like everything these days, engine perfor-
mance is not straight engine performance.
It's a mix of electronic intervention and mo-
tor mechanics, and once I'd sampled all the
throttle, traction and wheelie control settings, I
settled on the Sport throttle map, level two trac-
tion, wheelie control turned off, and the ABS
Bank the Vitpilen in
hard and the chassis
will oblige and then
some. This is a nifty
little canyon carver.
If you want Husqvarna's
Easy Shift quickshifter for
the gearbox, be prepared
to pay a little more.
