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Properly called the Nuda 900 R, it features a bored-out version of the BMW F 800's parallel twin. The project is one of the first benefits of the Swedish off-road bike company's take-over by BMW last year.
The Italian-designed Nuda was first seen as the Mille3 concept at last year's EICMA motorcycle show in Milan. Now the Nuda has been revealed in all its muscular glory with sharp angles, big air ducts and narrow rear end.
However, it looks like Husky has retained its basic and uncomfortable supermotard seating. This certainly won't be much fun for touring. Its 900cc engine will have more than 75kW of power and 100Nm of torque with dry weight less than 175kg for a healthy power-to-weight ratio. Many internal components were also modified to improve the performance of the power and torque curve.
Handling should be good with full-adjustable Swedish Ohlins suspension at the rear and full-adjustable Sachs forks. It should also stop well with monoblock radially-mounted four-piston Brembo brakes at the front.
Australian importers The Paul Feeney Group on the Gold Coast expect it to reach our shores late next year.
Prices are yet to be announced but it will compete with the BMW F 800 ($13,900-$15,800), KTM 990 Super Duke ($19,995) and Ducati Hypermotard ($15,990-$20,990).
Group marketing manager Jorg Hoffmann says they hope to grab customers from the F 800, but if it is too competitive in price, we could expect BMW Group Australia might complain.
The Nuda isn't the first street bike Husqvarna has produced, but in recent years the company has devoted its range to off-road machines and small-bore, single-cylinder supermotards.
