Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Dual-sport riders have a secret society with their own passwords, special handshakes and underground networks. In some states, the society is driven so far underground that owners truly don’t know where to go, who to see and what to do to make their motorcycles work properly. The good news is that some dual-sport bikes work properly from the start. The Husqvarna FE350s is one of those. No secret handshake is needed. To understand the FE350s you have to understand how it fits into the greater hierarchy of Husqvarna’s off-road lineup. All of Husqvarna’s full-size dirt bikes are interrelated. The FE350s first appeared in 2015, and right from the start, it was based on the FC350 motocross bike. Every time the motocross bike was revamped, a new dual-sport bike would follow. But, Husqvarna still has to play by the rules. EPA homologation requires that a motorcycle be clean and quiet, and the DOT has its own regs. The dual-sport bike has different cams, a different compression ratio and a long list of measures to reduce sound and emissions. It has a charcoal canister hidden in the frame, a reed valve in the intake boot, a restrictive muffler and very lean mapping, among other things. All of that is monitored by a ECU that will flash a check-engine light, just like your car if anything isn’t up to spec.
The last major redesign for Husky’s MX bikes happened in 2023 when the FC350 got a new top end and a new frame. Those changes were extended to the dual-sport bikes in 2024. In the motocross world, there was an immediate backlash from riders who thought the new frame was too rigid, so the 2025 models got another new frame with slightly less material around the top shock mount and the steering head. The FE350s dual-sport bike did not get that frame. The thinking was that dual-sport suspension is so much softer than motocross suspension that subtle differences in frame flex are indistinguishable.
The bike you see here is a 2025 Husky FE350s Heritage edition. It’s technically a left-over model, but in this case, that’s a very good thing. New models from the EU have import tariffs baked into the MSRP; the tax starts at 15 percent, and then there’s an additional 50 percent for some raw materials including steel. The manufacturers are eating some of the tax, but some of it is passed on to us. So, even though this bike has a somewhat dizzying MSRP of $13,049, it’s going to go up when the warehouse runs low and the 2026 versions arrive.
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Dual-sport riders have a secret society with their own passwords, special handshakes and underground networks. In some states, the society is driven so far underground that owners truly don’t know where to go, who to see and what to do to make their motorcycles work properly. The good news is that some dual-sport bikes work properly from the start. The Husqvarna FE350s is one of those. No secret handshake is needed. To understand the FE350s you have to understand how it fits into the greater hierarchy of Husqvarna’s off-road lineup. All of Husqvarna’s full-size dirt bikes are interrelated. The FE350s first appeared in 2015, and right from the start, it was based on the FC350 motocross bike. Every time the motocross bike was revamped, a new dual-sport bike would follow. But, Husqvarna still has to play by the rules. EPA homologation requires that a motorcycle be clean and quiet, and the DOT has its own regs. The dual-sport bike has different cams, a different compression ratio and a long list of measures to reduce sound and emissions. It has a charcoal canister hidden in the frame, a reed valve in the intake boot, a restrictive muffler and very lean mapping, among other things. All of that is monitored by a ECU that will flash a check-engine light, just like your car if anything isn’t up to spec.
The last major redesign for Husky’s MX bikes happened in 2023 when the FC350 got a new top end and a new frame. Those changes were extended to the dual-sport bikes in 2024. In the motocross world, there was an immediate backlash from riders who thought the new frame was too rigid, so the 2025 models got another new frame with slightly less material around the top shock mount and the steering head. The FE350s dual-sport bike did not get that frame. The thinking was that dual-sport suspension is so much softer than motocross suspension that subtle differences in frame flex are indistinguishable.
The bike you see here is a 2025 Husky FE350s Heritage edition. It’s technically a left-over model, but in this case, that’s a very good thing. New models from the EU have import tariffs baked into the MSRP; the tax starts at 15 percent, and then there’s an additional 50 percent for some raw materials including steel. The manufacturers are eating some of the tax, but some of it is passed on to us. So, even though this bike has a somewhat dizzying MSRP of $13,049, it’s going to go up when the warehouse runs low and the 2026 versions arrive.
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Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/app/dirt-bike-magazine/id497711732?mt=8
Android: play.google.com/storeappsdetailsid=com.texterity.android.DirtBikeMagazine
Amazon/kindle: amazon.com/dp/B009D8V39C
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