Husqvarna 701 Vitpilen Vs Svartpilen. As noted the honda is a good bike a smooth bike a competent bike but there s something to the quirkiness awkwardness and the big dumb fun factor of the svartpilen 701 that immediately captured my attention. Sure neither is.
At the end of the day if it were my hard earned dollars going out the door it would be hard for me not to land in the husqvarna camp. Keep scrolling for more photos. The vitpilen 701 is powerful and astonishingly light but my riding consists of mainly city commutes.
Liquid cooled high strung single sips or slurps high octane depending on how successful you are at taming your throttle hand.
Its current lineup of four street models includes the café racer styled vitpilen 401 and 701 the svartpilen 401 scrambler and the svartpilen 701. Numbers are one thing actual performance is another. The vitpilen 701 has helped husqvarna find success in the on road market. The vitpilen 701 is powerful and astonishingly light but my riding consists of mainly city commutes.
