SWEDE DREAMS

This is a hugely significant bike for Husqvarna as it enters the highly competitive adventure market for the first time with the all-new Norden 901. Under joint ownership with KTM, it will come as no surprise the Norden shares many similarities with KTM’s highly acclaimed 890 Adventure, which is a fantastic base to start from. Husqvarna has positioned the Norden 901 between KTM’s base 890 Adventure and its up-spec off-road biased 890 Adventure R. Is the Norden the best of both worlds or has it missed the mark?

Husqvarna was clearly confident of its new Norden 901, giving us two long days of testing around the Azores islands, which means we encountered almost every type of road and weather thinkable.

The 890 parallel-twin is taken directly from KTM’s 890 Adventure, and Husqvarna doesn’t try to hide this fact. And why should it? It’s an excellent platform to build from. Power and torque are identical to the KTM’s 77kW (105hp) at 8000rpm and 100Nm at 6500rpm capabilities.

The two-way quickshifter comes as standard, and wearing relatively lightweigh comes