11 Facts About Husqvarna Motorcycles

Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH is a Swedish-origin Austrian company which designs, engineers, manufactures and distributes motocross, enduro, supermoto and street motorcycles.

Husqvarna Motorcycles was founded near the town of Huskvarna in Sweden in 1689.

Husqvarna Motorcycles started out as a maker of muskets, and the Husqvarna logo still depicts a gun sight viewed from the end of the barrel.

Husqvarna Motorcycles competed in Grand Prix road racing in the 350cc and 500cc classes during the 1930s and was Sweden's largest motorcycle manufacturer by 1939.

In July 2007, Husqvarna motorcycles was purchased by BMW Motorrad for a reported €93.

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Later in 2013, direct ownership of the Husqvarna Motorcycles company was transferred and license rights were sold from Pierer Industrie to KTM, making the newly established Husqvarna Motorcycles Motorcycle GmbH part of the KTM Group.

Recently, Husqvarna Motorcycles has been preparing its re-entry into the street motorcycle market.

In 2017, Husqvarna Motorcycles introduced a new range of enduro motorcycles with a self-developed two-stroke fuel injection system .

Some models of two-stroke machines formally had the suffix "i" included to indicate that these models have transfer port injection, rather than carburetors, but Husqvarna Motorcycles has since changed nearly all large-displacement two-stroke models to fuel injection.

Husqvarna Motorcycles has been a regular and successful presence at international off-road racing events since the 1930s.

The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Motorcycles Factory Racing Team competes in all off-road classes, participating in every event of the AMA Supercross and Motocross series.