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    SLIDING ON SLICKS

    Oct 03, 2018 4 minutes

    STORY & PHOTOGRAPHY MATT BERNARD

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    THE 450CC POWERPLANT PUNCHES OUT A WHOPPING 63HP OF TAR-TEARING GOODNESS PAIRED WITH A SERIOUSLY IMPRESSIVE ELECTRONICS PACKAGE

    I’ve been lucky to ride some pretty amazing bikes since starting at DA — and ride some cool events, too. However, I’d never slipped on a set of leathers and had a crack at some supermoto.

    Husqvarna had an FS 450, its purpose-built supermoto machine, ready for a press test and when Boothy called I was quick to say yes. He may have rung for my photographic services while he was riding the motard, but I wasn’t leaving Eastern Creek without a few laps on possibly the sexiest bike ever built.

    THE MACHINE

    The Husqvarna

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