Vitpilen Cafe Racer

Oh man, how special this build is. Cafe Racer genre reinvented by choosing the exotic and rare donor bike – Husqvarna Vitpilen 701. A motorcycle that is only 2 years old (as from its premiere on the market). A motorcycle revolutionary by its design.

Vitpilen cafe racer. Our friend Cristoph Blumberg of Craftrad magazine has already penned his thoughts on the Vitpilen 701.Now we’re taking a look the 701’s little brothers. Husqvarna’s new street range references the classic Husqvarna Silverpilen, but that’s more about ideology than looks.Rather than create a ‘modern retro,’ the now-Austrian marque has made a conscious effort to build a different type. Husqvarna Vitpilen 250 – Latest Cafe Racer Bike. Similar to the KTM, it has the same split trellis frame housing the 248.8cc single-cylinder engine which makes 31PS of power and 24Nm. The six-speed transmission does feature a slip-and-assist clutch. The suspension and brake also is the same as the 250 Duke. The main difference between the Vitpilen and Svartpilen is that the Vitpilen comes with more cafe racer-oriented handlebars, which are positioned lower than on a classic naked or a roadster bike. The 401 Vitpilen is a Perfect Entry-Level Cafe Racer. My friend, photographer, and freelance automotive editor Manuel Carrillo III enjoyed the Vitpilen's cafe racer style and had this to say about.

Husqvarna Svartpilen 250 and Husqvarna Vitpilen 250 are the very first products launched by the Swedish brand in India. While the Svartpilen is a scrambler, the Vitpilen is a cafe racer. THE VITPILEN 701. First up is the flagship, the Vitpilen 701. Of the pair it leads the way in terms of horsepower, displacement and above all, price. But we’ll talk about the money later. In the meantime, here’s the basic concept. The Vitpilen 701 is a modern cafe racer. It’s a lightweight, stripped-back single with very few bells and. Now, the Vitpilen is supposed to be Husqvarna’s own neo-cafe racer and that means that you get clip-on handlebars that are almost 50mm lower than the Svartpilen. Even though both bikes share similar footpeg positions, the 50mm difference results in quite a different approach to the rider’s triangle. There’s a whole host of neo-classic motorcycles available today. Customers can choose from scramblers, bobbers, cruisers, a modern Honda Cub, and hand-built carbureted models based on 50s British bikes. Arguably, though, what kick-started this trend was the rise in café racers, previewed by the Ducati Sport 1000. Even Harley-Davidson is working on such a bike.

The Vitpilen is inspired by a cafe racer while the Svartpilen is styled after a scrambler Husqvarna Svartpilen and Vitpilen 250. Telling them apart. There’s a simple trick to remembering which one is which. Svartpilen and scrambler start with the same letter. On the other hand, Vitpilen translates to ‘white arrow’ and apart from their. Husqvarna, a new brand to India, has taken the cafe racer route for one of its bikes, the Vitpilen 250. Vitpilen means White Arrow in Sweden whereas this bike’s lock, stock, and barrel cousin is. Husqvarna Vitpilen 250: Neo cafe racer with a KTM heart! Husqvarna Vitpilen 250: Neo cafe racer with a KTM heart! PHOTO: Nishant Jhamb. PHOTO: Nishant Jhamb.. 1 of 6. Switch-gear on the Vitpilen 250 is premium and well built (0) (0) 2 of 6. The Husqvarna Vitpilen 250 shares it's motor with the KTM 250 Duke in the same state of tune with. In our recent feature discussing the cafe racer styled motorcycles at EICMA 2017 we left something very important out, but it was no accident. We’ve been impatiently awaiting the release of Husqvarna’s production version of the Vitpilen 701 for what feels like a decade…well 3 years really, but who’s counting. The Swedes…

The time had finally come to exchange it for the top of the range Husqvarna Vitpilen 701. This was the one I’d be waiting for. Although Husqvarna doesn’t openly state it, this bike is without a doubt a modern interpretation of a cafe racer. It’s powerful, lightweight and minimal; just as any good cafe racer should be. Style: With the modern café racer segment having existed for some time now, the sector has grown from exclusively being comprised of retro-themed models, to now including an increasingly diverse array of contemporary takes on the genre, such as Husqvarna’s Vitpilen 401 and 701 and FB Mondial’s HPS 125. There’s more than one kind of café. The Husqvarna Vitpilen 401’s engine is also found in the KTM 390 Duke, which starts at $5499. Both bikes’ engines deliver 44 hp. But according to Cycle World’s dyno, while the Vitpilen 401 has 26 lb-ft at the rear wheel, the 390 Duke has 27 lb-ft. However, the Husqvarna café racer is about 20 pounds lighter than KTM’s entry-level naked. Coming to the Vitpilen, it is a café racer-like offering, and I must say that the overall stance and posture is just spot on. It gets a low-set clip-on handlebar and rear-set footpegs, which give it an extremely aggressive squatted down stance, but more on that later. I just love the minimalistic and spotless design.