VOL. 54 ISSUE 45 NOVEMBER 14, 2017 P57
T
he 2018 model year is
going to be a big one
for the tiny Husqvarna
street lineup as it gets two
new bikes. We've already
had a look at the Vitpilen
401 café racer here and now
it's the turn of the Svartpilen
401 street scrambler.
Like the café racer, the
Svartpilen has been shown
in prototype guise for the
past two years and now it's
finally coming to our streets
Husqvarna's little
scrambler looks
like it's going to be
a weapon!
next year. It's essentially the
same bike as the Vitpilen
(and thus based off KTM
parent company's 390 Duke),
so you'll be getting a 375cc
single with 44 horsepower
and 27 lb-ft of torque at your
disposal, the same tubular
steel chassis and ABS-
equipped Bybre brakes.
Where the Svartpilen dif-
fers from the Vitpilen is all in
the clothes, a single off-road
handlebar replacing the
Vitpilen's clip-ons, spoked
wheels running Pirelli Scorpi-
on Rally STR tires, a blacked-
out muffler, skid plate, engine
protector, black bodywork
and a tank rack for securing a
tank bag. CN
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