The 2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen 801 Wants To Be Your New Escape Hatch

The 2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen 801 Wants To Be Your New Escape Hatch

The 2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen 801 Wants To Be Your New Escape Hatch

At lengthy final, the await the 2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen 801 is over. Even with out spiked tires and those cool pre-production test graphics, it is nonetheless unmistakably a Svartpilen.

Powered by the tried-and-tested 799cc LC8c parallel twin engine, the modern and minimalist design additionally encompasses a 5-inch TFT sprint, LED lighting, an adjustable WP Apex suspension, and extra. Here’s every part it is advisable know in regards to the new bike proper from the horse’s mouth.

Engine and Power

The acquainted 799cc LC8c mill (not the up to date model present in the 2024 KTM 990 Duke) makes a claimed 77 kilowatts (simply over 103 horsepower). It’s well-known and liked for the ability it supplies because the beating coronary heart of the KTM 790 Duke and 790 Adventure/R. Please be aware that Husqvarna doesn’t listing an official torque determine for its tuning within the Svartpilen 801. This engine is mated to a six-speed gearbox outfitted with a PASC antihopping clutch and an up-and-down quickshifter.

Since it is geared toward each practicality and enjoyable, Husqvarna notes that the service interval for the Svart 801 is 15,000 kilometers, or about 9,320 miles and claims gasoline consumption figures of 4.5 liters per 100 kilometers (or about 1.1 gallons per 62 miles). 

Chassis

The 2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen 801 body is constructed from chromium-molybdenum tubular metal, which Husky says optimizes each its flex and rigidity traits. At the entrance of the 2024 Svartpilen 801, you may discover an adjustable WP Apex 43 entrance fork providing 140mm (5.5 inches) of suspension journey. In the rear, there is a matching WP Apex monoshock providing 150mm (5.9 inches) of journey. 

It rolls on a pair of 17-inch alloy wheels, which come shod in Pirelli MT60 RS rubber. Stopping energy is offered by a pair of J. Juan radially mounted four-piston calipers up entrance, that are paired with 30mm brake discs. In the rear, you may discover a single two-piston caliper and a 240mm brake disc. Bosch ABS additionally comes commonplace on the Svartpilen 801, with an out there Supermoto ABS mode.

Weight is a claimed 181 kilograms dry, which is how precisely zero individuals run their bikes in the event that they know what’s good for them. For reference, that is about 399 kilos. Since Husqvarna lists the gasoline tank capability at 14 liters, or about 3.6 gallons, we will moderately extrapolate a determine that is nearer to the curb weight by accounting for the burden of a tank filled with gasoline. 

If a gallon of gasoline weighs round six kilos, and you’ve got a 3.6 gallon gasoline tank, the burden needs to be round 21.6 kilos. That leaves us with a Svartpilen 801 with a curb weight of a minimum of 420.6 kilos, not together with different vital operating fluids similar to coolant, oil, and brake fluid.

Other Features

Additional highlights of the 2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen 801 embrace a five-inch TFT sprint and connectivity unit fitted as commonplace. Using the Ride Husqvarna Motorcycles smartphone app, you’ll be able to pair your appropriate smartphone along with your bike for navigation, calls, and music, as you’d count on from most bikes on this class in 2024. LED lighting can be commonplace on the Svartpilen 801.

Three experience modes can be found as commonplace: Street, Rain, and Sport. A fourth mode, Dynamic Mode, is on the market with the acquisition of the non-compulsory Dynamic Pack. This mode provides Cruise Control, plus ten ranges of motor slip adjustment and 5 ranges of anti-wheelie management. 

Additional commonplace fitment features a hazard warning gentle swap that is a part of the handlebar controls, in addition to an immobilizer to help in theft prevention.

Pricing and Availability

Husqvarna sells its bikes in a number of markets worldwide, and pricing and availability could differ by area. In the US, the MSRP for the 2024 Svartpilen 801 begins at $10,899. 

The 2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen 801 ought to begin to roll into licensed Husqvarna dealerships worldwide starting in June 2024.

Now that the main points are out, are you wanting ahead to using one, or perhaps even inserting an order along with your native Husqvarna supplier instantly?

Or had been you hoping for one thing completely different from what you see right here? RideAside’s govt editor Jonathon Klein hoped for one thing completely different, yelling into Slack, “WHY ISN’T THIS THE VITPILEN, HUSQVARNA?!”

Either method, tell us within the feedback.