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Cycle News 2015 Issue 48 December 1

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IN THE WIND P36 The Vitpilen 401 café racer will spawn a 125cc brother when the range debuts in 2017. 2016 GNCC SCHEDULE R acer Productions, producer of the AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country Series (GNCC), presented by Maxxis, an AMA National Championship, announced is 2016 series schedule. Two new ven- ues are on the schedule: Sparta, Georgia, and Society Hill, S.C. CN 2016 AMSOIL GNCC Schedule: Rd 1 March 5/6 Rodman Plantation Palatka, FL Rd 2 March 12/13 Hill Family Farm Sparta, GA Rd 3 April 2/3 Steele Creek Campground Morganton, NC Rd 4 April 16/17 Big Buck Farm Union, SC Rd 5 April 30/May 1 Moree's Sportman's Preserve Society Hill, SC Rd 6 May 14/15 Lawrence Co Recreational Park Springville, IN Rd 7 May 28/29 Sunday Creek Raceway Millfield, OH Rd 8 June 11/12 Seneca Highland Odessa, NY Rd 9 June 25/26 Snowshoe Mountain Resort Snowshoe, WV Rd 10 September 10/11 Unadilla MX New Berlin, NY Rd 11 September 24/25 Marvin's Mountain Top Masontown, WV Rd 12 October 1/2 Powerline Park St. Clairsville, OH Rd 13 October 29/30 Ironman Raceway Crawfordsville, IN T he rousing reception given to the Husqvarna 401 Vitpilen, a machine set to come to dealer floors for the 2017 model line up, will have a little brother in the 125 Vitpilen. The 125 will use a similar chassis and bodywork structure, but instead will be powered by the KTM 125 Duke engine, just as the Vitpilen 401 will sport a KTM 390 Duke engine. The Vitpilen range was one of the stars of the recent EICMA Show in Milan for the second year in a row (the 401 was re- leased in prototype form at the 2014 show, along with the rug- ged scrambler-style Svartpilen). The arrival of the 125 opens up the possibility of yet more varia- tions of the model, even a 690 Duke-powered 701. CN HUSQVARNA VITPILEN 125 COMING

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