Husqvarna 701 Enduro review

A 'new era' for Husqvarana or a KTM for £200 extra?

TAKE the badge off this Husqvarana 701 Enduro and what have you got? A KTM 690 Enduro R LC4.

I'm not speaking figuratively. You can literally take the seat off, with its Husqvarna badge, and find 'KTM LC4' written underneath on the air-box.

We've known since we saw a prototype in 2013, not long after KTM's acquisition of Husqvarna from BMW, that the new model was based on a KTM 690. There's also a new Husqvarna 701 Supermoto, based on the KTM 690 SMC R. The plan is to build a whole range of KTM-based Huskies in what the once Swedish marque is calling its 'new era'.

Click here to read the rest of our Husqvarna 701 Enduro review.

TAKE the badge off this Husqvarana 701 Enduro and what have you got? A KTM 690 Enduro R LC4.

I'm not speaking figuratively. You can literally take the seat off, with its Husqvarna badge, and find 'KTM LC4' written underneath on the air-box.

We've known since we saw a prototype in 2013, not long after KTM's acquisition of Husqvarna from BMW, that the new model was based on a KTM 690. There's also a new Husqvarna 701 Supermoto, based on the KTM 690 SMC R. The plan is to build a whole range of KTM-based Huskies in what the once Swedish marque is calling its 'new era'.

Click here to read the rest of our Husqvarna 701 Enduro review.