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Coming out of the bottom with pure force created by the engines, the 2007 models cope with every imaginable situation. Experience perfect handling combined with an abundance of HP and torque, thrilling you to the core.

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Whoever thought that while in a race it would be good to have just a little bit more power than the others - take a look at the 2007 Enduro models from Husaberg. New designs and much improved suspension settings for Enduro use are some of the things improved on the 2007 models..

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February 1988: Presentation of the first Husaberg prototype to a select crowd of investors, government representatives, and other VIPs. Engaging in subdued conversations and sipping champagne from paper cups, the illustrious invitees are waiting anxiously for the test run of the first-ever Husaberg, a motorbike using a plastic bottle as tank and featuring a few other funky makeshift solutions, but ready to roll anyhow.

This first prototype is to demonstrate to the important guests that the work (and the money!) of the last 12 months has not been invested in vain. And indeed, at the first try, the Husaberg comes to life with an awe-inspiring 4-stroke roar. The engine idles evenly, eagerly responding to any throttle action. Applause rings out, there is laughter, cheerios, and shoulder patting.

Since Thomas Gustavsson still has to get into his motorbike garb for the test ride, the engine ist turned off again, and when he starts the bike again, the laughter vanishes abruptly from all faces. On the first kick, a big bang marks the end of the prototype's short life, oil-saturated pieces scattered all over at the feet of the onlookers.

Later, it turned out that an extremely competition-minded engineer drilled holes into the starter gear in order to save weight - however, apparently assessing the remaining strength of the structure with too much optimism. Two days and a few welding jobs later, the Husaberg engine was running again - but this is another story and only the beginning...

The first public appearance of the Husaberg prototype was in an enduro race at Skillingaryd in south of Sweden. Thomas Gustavsson, Husaberg's chief developer and mastermind, pushed an unheard of no-name motorcycle to the technical inspection. Only the hand protectors were marked with the letters HMA. HMA stands for Husaberg Motor AB, one out of several proposed names envisaged as possible options for the joint company at that time (these names included MAXAM, HMA and others). Yet, no final decision had been made on what the baby's name should be.

At the technical inspection, the race organizers asked about the brand of the motorcycle, and Gustavsson tried to explain the situation to them. The officials, however, refused to or were unable to understand and gave the pilot tww choices: "Either give us a brand name or you won't be allowed to race." Not racing was not an option, so Thomas Gustavsson gave them the name "Husaberg Motor AB", and this is how Husaberg became the official brand name.

Sweden is a country of a long-standing racing tradition. Such a big country with roughly 9 million inhabitants offers ideal conditions: distances are great, roads are few - the necessity of fast, motorized travel is obvious. So it is no wonder that there exist races for practitcally every kind of motorized travel: motocross, enduro, trial, hill climbing, speedway, ice races, road races - just about everything you can imagine. Motor racing is just as inseparably linked with Sweden as soccer is with Brazil. Naturally, Husaberg constitutes a part of this great motorsports tradition. But he significance of motorsports for Husaberg reaches far beyond this tradition. When trying to grasp what the very character of Husaberg is all about, you must try to comprehend the special "Husaberg Racing Fever".

Technical courage is faster then money.

Husaberg was founded by "racing freaks", aspiring to build only pure race bikes. Therefore, it has been clear from the very start that Husaberg would inevitably get involved in motorsports. On a regional and a national level, and also where the best of the world compete with one another: at World and European Championships. Yet, the odds at the very outset look rather discouraging: an armada of highly professional and lavishly funded factory teams against a bunch of enthusiastic motor racing aficionados from a cowshed in Sweden.

But money is not the most important fuel in motor racing: the lack of funds was compensated by the courage to rely on technical innovations, and since there was no money to buy expensive superstar riders of the racing scene, the pilots are talented, young and ambitious rookies. The list of famous pilots who rode a Husaberg sounds like a Who-is-Who in Motorsports: Joel Smets, Jimmie Eriksson, Walter Bartolini, Kent Karlsson, Anders Eriksson, Jaroslav Katrinak, Peter Jansson...

The legendary November-Kasan is one of the world's toughest off-road races. The people at Husaberg are proud of every single one of those who go out to participate in this race. After all, each of those courageous enough to start in this race is like a winner to them. A hero. Even if he loses. For, champion's trophies are not the most important thing at Husaberg. But heartblood is.

Heartblood cannot be shut down.

Precisely this "Racing Heartblood" is the key to the nature of Husaberg. virtually everything that makes Husaberg unique, may be explained through that. A real essential point is, that heart blood can't be switched on or off. It rather exists, or it is missing. Although the bikes are produced at KTM now, the uniqueness of a Husaberg still hasn't changed. The thing which has varied by displacing the production loaction is the access to approved quality assurance models and production mechanisms. Despite, the racing heart blood of Husaberg still runs in the motorsports development department in Sweden.