Husaberg FE450 2010 60-0km/h "nails to the ground" brake test

[1080p available]

This is how to crash your favorite hard built and costly Husaberg!
a) use a destroyed front tire with half the knots gone.
b) throttle up on gravel upon concrete. (yes, a marvelous idea indeed!)
c)when you hit 60km/h, look up, notice the ditch and panic! (important)
d)start braking with the front brake to assure your flat landing

Story is, i got scared from the ditch which looked deep on my left in a blink of an eye but was passable up front (i noticed that as i was being dragged over it, me and my bike, NOT before that!)
So my first reaction was to touch the brakes but no time to do so because once i touched the front, the gravel on the concrete took care of the rest slamming me to the ground before i can say oops! I didn't even want to stop, i just wanted to speed down a bit
to jump the ditch.

Nothing much from the crash afterall, gear took all the impact but my neck suffered for a couple of days as well as the right hand from stopping into the ditch! (This crash out of nowhere made me go out and buy a neck brace.. never had a neck injury before in years, the neck brace turns out to be essential gear too! if you are not waring one please DO!!!

Bike suffered a destroyed peg plus a slightly bend peg base which needs attention! and cursing!
I have seen KTM's braking the peg base (which is fixed onto the frame). Isn't that really something for motox/enduro bikes? I have never seen a broken peg base on a Japanese bike...ever!!
Anyway, mine not broken.. yet! but thanks KTM for your R&D into having us buying one bike every year!
Notice how far the bike traveled over the ditch to get an idea of the crashing speed.
btw, the failed wheelies is not something the new Husaberg does and i should be alarmed by the fact that something was wrong with my riding at the time. Have you noticed you get warnings before you crash?
i was tired and it looked like i "couldn't keep (it) up"

I hope you enjoyed this as much as i didn't!!
:p

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