Well it feels like a toy

[ovenpaa]

Anyone have experiance of the FS650 Husaberg?

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This one was purchased last year, run for a few hours on the track then I got my hands on it and registered it for road use, initial feelings are it is very light and bloody fast and I have never experianced such good turning and braking...

 

[earthmover]

No experience of the 650, but plenty with 400 and 450 enduro's. They do like a bit of maitenance Valves need regular adjustment, or it will be a tw*t to start when hot. Handling absolutely top notch, turns before you have decided you want to, without the silly headshake of a K*M at speed. Awesome piece of kit, pull like a Massey Fergerson on steroids.

Make sure when you wash it that you dont get the air filter wet (water runs down the frame, and the filter is under the tank) If you do, either replace with a dry air filter, or be prepared to empty the float bowl after you have started the beast up. Small droplets get sucked into the carb, become one big droplet, and block the jets, making it a tw*t to start.

Warning! This is NOT a toy

Mark
PS, did I tell you they can be a tw*t to start?

 

[unhinged]

Looks fantastic (to me). And, the added advantage that when you've worn the back tire down a bit you can swap it with the front!!

 

[ovenpaa]

No experience of the 650, but plenty with 400 and 450 enduro's. They do like a bit of maitenance Valves need regular adjustment, or it will be a tw*t to start when hot. Handling absolutely top notch, turns before you have decided you want to, without the silly headshake of a K*M at speed. Awesome piece of kit, pull like a Massey Fergerson on steroids.

Make sure when you wash it that you dont get the air filter wet (water runs down the frame, and the filter is under the tank) If you do, either replace with a dry air filter, or be prepared to empty the float bowl after you have started the beast up. Small droplets get sucked into the carb, become one big droplet, and block the jets, making it a tw*t to start.

Warning! This is NOT a toy

Mark
PS, did I tell you they can be a tw*t to start?

They are also a tw*t to start when you run them out of fuel and the only thing avalaible is the stuff your bro uses for his lawn mower, they are also a tw*t to start when they have sucked oil through the breather into the carb, they are also a tw*t to start if you stall it when 'luke warm'.

On a posative note it starts second kick from cold on choke when it is happy and starts on the button when hot.


Maintenance is a high and my service intervals are around 1.5 hours at the moment, I was rash enough to calculate the cost per mile the other day, scary stuff.

It does get a bit wild WFO even in top and I have dropped the rear sprocket from the track 44 to a 40, that helps to keep things in check slightly, I have a 6 pot Beringer up front that is awsome and without a doubt the best I have ever tried or used on anything for feel.

It is certainly not a toy and best suited to very twisty lanes or circuits. I run a Doma as well so built up areas have to be avoided at all costs, otherwise it draws admiring stares from passing police cars.

The only downside is I ride it at weekends, then get on the Adventure on a Monday morning and think I am still on a Berg.

 

[GS_BOTT]

Nice bike Ovenpaa, would like something like this myself, always think it would be great to have a road legal supermoto, but dont like the small fuel tanks as I'd have to fill up every other day. Used to run an IT465 a good few years ago, (fastest acc' bike I've had so far and wheelied in all gears) would like something similar again in the future, what are these like in the real world, power, cruising lighting, economy etc, be good to hear your opinions.

Cheers Paul

 

[andy malton]

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Nice stable mate you got there OP,aren't they just great fun on the right roads.Here are my two,I have just fitted an IMS 20l tank so should be good for 130 miles per tank she's waiting for the dolomites in July,thats the XR not the GS,that just sits there gathering dust 400 miles in the last 18 months it can only dream of giving me as many grins as the XR does

 

[ovenpaa]

Nice bike Ovenpaa, would like something like this myself, always think it would be great to have a road legal supermoto, but dont like the small fuel tanks as I'd have to fill up every other day. Used to run an IT465 a good few years ago, (fastest acc' bike I've had so far and wheelied in all gears) would like something similar again in the future, what are these like in the real world, power, cruising lighting, economy etc, be good to hear your opinions.

Cheers Paul

Well fuel tank is 9 litres which is a couple of hours give or take, I only run it on Ultimate or similar and it is at its happiest on back lanes and twisties, standard rear is 38 but I am on a 40 now and it cruises at 55 quite nicely if needed, the change was really to keep the wheel down in the higher gears as it was running a 44 before.

The Bergs are deemed to be 'exotics' and need a lot of maintenance, oil and filters at a max of 5 hours and I change mine at 1.5 hrs, the good news is it only uses 800cc's of F/S oil and the replaceable filter is around a fiver. Maintenance is very easy and well documented and the importer DCR carries most spares and will ship out what ever you need very quickly.

A full set of plastics is around 90 quid, and full DCR graphics another 100 (go figure!)

The bike is 109kgs dry and with a race can should punch out nearly 70BHP so it will perform well, bottom gear is all but useless and I tend to launch in second.

They do have a reputation but are great fun to ride and preperation is part of the appeal to me, I purchased this with a view to racing this year and registered it on the road to have fun, and so far it has lived up to all my expectaions.

It is quite small in comparison to the Adventure and it is a strange feeling to flat foot again at lights, on an interesting note I pulled up next to an R6 the other day and nodded, he promptly shook his head and waited for me to leave the line first - weird, on the GSA he would have been doing his utmost to leave me for dead.

They handle well, stop well and start well when you get to know them, 2003 and before models have a reputation for being fragile but normally have a new engine by now.

What more can I say? A good stable mate to the BM and not a sports bike, you can have a lot of fun and mostly keep you licence.

Good alternatives include Honda 450s

Let me know if you want to know any more and check VD for the latest gossip and used bikes:

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