Is the Husqvarna TR650 the best bike to come out for 2013? 4161 + VAT(UK),66mpg,56bhp........amazing! Two and a half Huskies to 1 KTM Adventure,and it'll still take you to Africa with a 200 mile range,sounds good on paper to me!
The engine is neat and the price is great, but the suspension is cheap and the weight is horrible. Bike of the year? Not so much - for me.
Does it have the Husky sub-frame that you can't hang a bag lunch off of without breaking it? Will the top end of the motor outlive two sets of tires? Will the headlight outshine a Bic lighter?
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=825384 some say the headlight is pretty good. has 400watt alternator. has passenger pegs so the subframe ought to be good. engine life... who knows.
The engine is basically the same as the bmw F650 (single, not the twin) and the g650gs (single); the engine is a die hard engine, except the engine is tuned to have about 10 more hp than the beemers. Other threads on here are having pretty good reviews on the bike. I have one of the baby beemers and the bike is great, but I am beginning to get tired of listening to a single (I much prefer the sound of a twin, either a v or parallel-I have multiple bikes).
I'm interested in a tr650 and got a price quote out the door of $7195 US. Not bad but seems a little high.
Yeah,not quite sure why it's so heavy......and the weight's over the front. Some nice machinery coming out for 2013,just couldn't justify 13.000GBP for a BMW GS or KTM Adventure......i'd rather build something for about a 3rd of that! If Suzuki could price the new V-Strom under 9000GBP,i think it'll be a huge seller,great motor!(i know,it's planned for 2014,but i can see it out very soon!).
