2018 HUSQVARNA VITPILEN 401
FIRST LOOK: Unveiled At EICMA
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e've been waiting on the
Husqvarna Vitpilen 401
to become a production
model for literally years, and now
the KTM-owned concern is fi-
nally, officially, dead-set-certainly
making this a 2018 machine.
The Vitpilen 401 is basically a
KTM 390 Duke in neo-retro drag,
using the same base chassis and
engine but with different clothes.
Refreshingly, the design is almost
totally unchanged from the pro-
totype that we first saw way back
in 2015, which is something of a
rarity these days.
2018 Husqvarna
VITPILEN 401
The 375cc single-cylinder
engine will crank out a claimed 44
horsepower and 27 lb-ft of torque,
and although no official weight
numbers have come from Husqvar-
na, expect it to be close to the 390
Duke's claimed numbers of 328
pounds dry.
You'll get the same ABS-equipped
brakes in the single Bybre four-pis-
ton caliper setup and the show will
be rolling on Metzeler M5 rubber.
Expect the Vitpilen to start
showing its face around summer of
2018. CN
Click here for more information.
After years of
teasing, the
Husqvarna
Vitpilen 401 is
finally becoming
a reality.
