Cycle News

Cycle News 2014 Issue 49 December 9

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/430196

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 44 of 125

2015 450 MOTOCROSS SHOOTOUT P44 SHOOTOUT L ike we said earlier, all six bikes in this shootout are damn good. Yes, they all have their strong and maybe not- so-strong points and have their own personalities, but they are all good on the track. We could have chosen the easy way out and just picked a winner and went home, but that's not how we do things around here. Still, we can't help but feel a bit guilty about rating any of these bikes as last, but here we go anyway. The Husky pulled up the rear for a couple of reasons. For one, it feels heavier than the other bikes. Weighing in at 254 pounds, the Husky is by far the heaviest bike of the six. It's a full 11 pounds heavier than the lightest bike, the Honda, and six pounds heavier than the next closest to the Hus- ky, the KTM. And you can feel it on the track, especially after hopping off any one of the other bikes. You can feel the weight difference, and that's one of the COUNTDOWN 6 TH PLACE HUSQVARNA FC 450

Articles in this issue

Archives of this issue

view archives of Cycle News - Cycle News 2014 Issue 49 December 9