This may irk the diehard Italian-era lovers but is an interesting article on Husqvarna's rise from obscurity.... http://racerxonline.com/2015/06/16/450-words-a-year-later
"no dirt-bike brand has ever made the two-pronged attack work, so the final verdict—if the market can support both—won’t come for a while. If it happens, it’ll be an accomplishment larger than Ryan Dungey’s Monster Energy Supercross title on a 450SX-F, larger than all that buzz the 2016 production KTMs are getting. No company has ever made two brands work at the same time in " White KTMs are good
No motorcycle company that is......our hobby/biz/industry is small....GM for one example has many brands working, Ford as well, along with many industrial giants outside our miniscule dirtbike world. And I know we know that.
Sounds like they are all jumping on the Husqvarna branded band-wagon that I have ridden on my entire life ... Welcome aboard people and where ya been? We're taking this wagon to the top of heap ... They even tossed Zach in there. Eli had his pit board last weekend ... Gotta be-careful hanging with the top-notch crowd ... They will rub off on ya ... Same as the bottom notch crowd will take you to their place also ...
