Australasian Dirt Bike – May 2019

Muchlikeitsorangebrother,the

HuskyFE501alsoreceivedminimal

changesfor2019,withnew

graphics,seatcoverandstronger

batteryaswellasthesameupgrades

totheXplorforkandshock.

Themotorisobviouslythesame

astheKTMbuttheHuskyhasa

differentairboxaspartofthe

carboncompositesubframe.The

airboxactuallygivesthemotora

slightlydifferentfeeltotheKTM

and,duringourtest,theHuskywas

eversoslightlyslowerthanthe

KTM.Don’tgetmewrong,themotor

isstillsupersmoothandstrongbut

thesedays,weareseriouslypicking

outthesmallestdifferencesto

produceawinnerfortheshootout.

YoucouldnoticetheHuskywasjust

notasfree-revvingastheKTM.

TheHuskychassisisdifferentto

theKTMandrunsalinkagerear-

end.Thelinkageoffersadifferent

feeltoKTM’sPDSandinshortthe

linkagehasa‘less-active’feel.It

feelsmoreplantedontheground

andtherearethosewholikethat

feelingandthosewholikethePDS.

Personally,Iliketheactivefeeling

ofthePDSasyoufeellikeyouhop

aroundonthetrailandswitchfrom

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Pick your map and if you want, why not TC?! WP shock runs linkage not PDS