ALPINE TREKKING
The inaugural Husqvarna 701 Enduro Trek was to have been run in February but a series of bushfires through the Victorian alpine region made the established route impossible. Determined to make it happen, Husky Australia gave Nick Selleck from Maschine time to replot the route. And so the ride was back on, and over 40 701s arrived to take on what is one of only two rides dedicated to a single model in Australia (the Yamaha WR250R Rally being the other), and perhaps the only dedicated 701 ride in the world.
THE MERRIJIG LOOP — 205KM
The first day couldn’t have been met with better weather. The sun was shining, the morning was brisk but not too cold, and the 701s all fired up in anticipation of what was to come. In this case, what was to come were the toughest tracks of the week but in the best conditions.
