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I own a Vitpilen and I think something is wrong with this bike. The vibrations are pretty smooth (through most of the RPM range) above 3K, there is an up and down quick shifter and much more useable power through the gears. I would ask about its maintenance.

Another 701 owner here (Svart, not Vit). An INCREASE in vibrations after 4k RPM is wildly, wildly wrong. That 690 engine is designed to get smooth-ER at higher revs. Purely from an engineering perspective, with 2 counterbalance shafts, what you were experiencing (I could literally hear it in your voice!) shouldn't be possible. I hope you'll give a better maintained example an aggressive rip! I've commuted and played on mine for years and it has the capacity to be an awesome, buttery smooth cruiser or a torquey bruiser in the canyons. Also... That quick-shifter is straight busted. All 701s came factory with one that, of course, worked in both directions.

Vit 701 owner here. Something is up with your test bike. I did a 450km trip in one day, which included mostly highway, and my shoulders were sore at the end of the day from leaning forward. The vibes are not that bad. Definitely not the prettiest cluster, and the controls are minimal, but the bike is definitely not as bad as you described it. And it’s got more than enough power. In fact, watch the missenden flyer review of the bike.

I own Vitpilen 701 and daily commute on it. I have always loved big thumpers and my first bike was a SR500. So when I found the Vitpilen with a discount it was love at first sight. This bike works so well but there a few caveats. Firstly, vibes! You've got to enjoy vibes and don't mind holding gears because that's where the fun is on this bike. From 3k revs up to about 8k. Second, this bike works in certain environments. Definitely not all! I live in big city and regularly go mountain carving. In both these places it works well. This bike is so damn flickable!! However if you regularly travel on motorways this bike does get tiring a bit too quickly. Finally, when you get this bike in its natural environment, OMG is this thing fun!! The lightweight + WP suspension makes picking and holding lines so easy. In any curvy road you will keep up with anything and are rewarded so well. Those vibes let you know how hard you are pushing, the lightweight chasis loves to make the rear wheel squirm and the big thumper loves to pop and fart. When on song, it is intoxicating!! I am so grateful I've had this bike as it has taught me so much on how to ride fast. I really recommend this bike to someone who is relatively new to motorcycling, wants to learn how to ride faster (and safer) and appreciates the feels. I'm aiming to move on to the new XSR900 or Ducati Streetfighter V2, but damn I will miss this bike. Hope this is helpful!

This bike must have issues if it's vibrating that bad. Other test ride videos mention how smooth the 701 is with a single cylinder

I remember you really liked the vitpilen 401 when you reviewed it, and by all accounts, the 701 is a faster/more powerful bike, so I'm very surprised by your experience. May be worth checking to see if there is an issue with the bike. Glad you finally did a first ride on this though!

both the vitpilen and svartpilen look so dope. like something out of tron

I'm very curious on whether or not this bike has had a proper valve adjustment

I really want a remake on this video on a bike that actually works as intended :)

You’re in too high of a gear, keep it revd up a little and the chugginess stops. The bar end weights aren’t put back on the bike so that’s probably why you’re getting vibrations in the handlebars. It has less than 1,000 miles on it so the maintenance is an oil change and chain adjustment. It was a close out from Gainesville motorsports… $5k new. Traded for $7k. $10k is a result of used prices being crazy! My sentiment was the exact same though. Loveedddd the looks, hated how it rode but for different reasons. I never had any vibration issues.

I have a svartpilen and I also think this bike has problems. It has tons of torque and power on the highway. It also doesnt shake noticeably. That said, I removed the bar ends in favor of mirrors and had to go back to the stock bar ends because of vibration. It will feel slow compared to an mt10. But faster than a sv650 or mt07. It wants to be ridden between 5 and 9 thousand rpms, and it likes lots of throttle, quick shifting works great on harder acceleration. The brakes are the best I've ever had, and I've owned a zx10r, an r6, and a zx6r. That bike has up and down quick shifter. I think the previous owner messed that bike up and your review is pretty unfair to ktm/husky.

I used to have a 2020 Svartpilen 701 which is almost the same bike. When you said the powerband was whack and the there's almost zero engine breaking I'm going to assume there's something wrong with the engine. In particular what comes to mind is the clutch cylinder issue which ends up spooging brake fluid into the engine oil accelerating engine wear. My bike also started getting iffy on other things so I traded it in for a Monster Plus

i own vitpilen 701 two year now , no vibrations at all . it's ride more as two cylinder moto than one cylinder .

There's a very good chance that bike has been abused by the previous owner and the engine needs extra love and care to bring it back up to its stock smoothness.

I have a 701, something seems wrong with this bike. The up and down quick shifter works pretty well, except low speeds 1st to 2nd. Also the vibrations seem WAY worse on that bike than my experiences. The dash is meh, I agree. Sufficient but nothing fancy

The stock gearing is too high at 16/40. 15/40 or 15/42 makes a big difference on all the gear ratios. Without the gear change/fuel mod gears 1-3 feels very awkward in town. Airbox lid mod helps gain some of the power back at cost of noise. I definitely still feel the vibrations thru the pegs/handlebars on the highway.

Can you imagine if they put the LC8 engines on these things? Id looove that!

Interesting since every other review I’ve seen says it’s surprisingly smooth. Maybe bad service? Messed up timing?

If it’s shacking that much there’s something wrong with it. Both the Vit and Svartpilen I’ve ridden were smooth. Counterbalancer not working on the one you rode? 🙂 That ktm thumper needs to be “broken in” just right. The vit/svartpilen are still being sold in Europe. But we’re waiting for the Svartpilen 901 🤤

7.2k on my 2020 svartpilen 701. Best commuter ever

literally favourite bike in term of looks

I owned a Husqvarna 701 Super moto for a year and it was great, didn't have the vibrations you experienced.

Your impression of the bike is my impression of your review. It is what it is, nothing personal.

100% something wrong with the bike you were trying. I've owned a Svartpilen 701 since 2019 and it does not vibrate like that at all. It didn't when I first got it and is still doesn't today even after 11000 miles or all the work I've done on it.

This bike deserves a refresh with a twin. It looks too damn cool to be running a single.

It has so much vibration in the bars because the last owner took the weights out… just about any motorcycle with clip ons is like that.

It would have helped if they wouldnt have removed the balancing weights on the handlebar ends or if they mounted bar end mirrors. Quickshifter should work both ways, and acceleration is good on a wide rpm range on mine. There definitly seem to be some issues with it.

It feels like the bike isn't break-in, your shift light goes off at ~6.8k rpm like before first service, the power band is between 6500 and 8-8.5k rpm. Also, vibrations under 4k rpm are worse, 6th gear under 60mph is jerky. The bike is fueled lean under 5.5k rpm so chopping the throttle under 6k rpm makes it kinda laggy and feel slow. I got to 126mph on my Svart and it felt like it could go +130mph but the wind was too strong for me, I don't feel it underpowered on the highway.

Wow- this saved me a lot of time. Thanks for highlighting the shaking above 4500 rpm.

my god it looks good

I have a 2019 701 and I commute daily ..Great city bike the most I got out of it on the highway is 122 mph..Its a fast bike 0-60 in 3.6ish..I do highway once in a while it's not horrible usually I do 90 easy no problems..There must be something wrong with that bike..Not the best option for the highway but not the worst it's a cafe racer the only complaint I have it's the quickshift it skips from 1st to 2nd probably 40% of the time..

I've a 2020 Husqvarna 701 SM . There is no problems with vibes,custom tune with Dyno 5 ,open Akra and dna filter and lid. Certainly not lacklustre in the performance department. Unfortunately you got a bad un.

just chased my neighbor's vit around on my speed triple , they run good !!

That’s the most displacement I’ve seen on a single cylinder bike. Makes a neat sound.

There are modes supermoto and standard, supermoto just turns abs off on the rear lol

Either your super sensitive to vibration or something is wrong with that bike. I have parallel twins that shake more than my svartpilen

Honestly man, it sounds like you got a piss poorly modified bike. I've got a 401, but have sat on, and heavily investigated the 701. Absolutely no one has complained about the issues you've dealt with. Obviously it's a big single but KTM/Husky has been very proud of their 2nd counter balancer to cut down on high freq vibrations. Supposedly it's worked pretty well. As for power, it's mostly down low, hut it's still a solid 75 HP, with high enough gearing to allow you plenty of torque in 5th on the highway. I haven't heard anyone complain about the narrow power band, although I'm sure it's not gigantic. I would tell the dealer check for piggyback ECU, or injector/dongle fuckery.

Loving the honesty

I've a feeling the new single-cylinder Ducati will teach other motorcycle brands how to make a smooth-enough and powerful single cylinder that revs out.

It really is achingly pretty.

Chase you the REALEST KEEP DO THESE REVIEWS FAM FRFR!!! Keep going BRUH SAY HE WILL ROAST THE HELL OUT OF EM.

You're almost certainly short shifting. I gets vibes when you run at a low RPM. And it'll shake if you throttle from low RPM. Need to run a gear or 2 lower. I find when I'm on the highway going 70 that 4th is where its comfortable and smooth. It's in the powerband so you have plenty of passing power. I'm only in 6th when I'm breaking the law.

i love the loks of this bike. i need to try to find a 401 to test ride around me, you know to keep the "small bore" side of things on check lol

OC - Is Luke wearing a Conan O'Brian shirt?? Yo, I think I want that now...

It doesn't lack power. It is faster than xsr700 (mt07). There must be something wrong with that particular bike, because vit 701 has one of the most linear charts ever. might even be powered down to 44 hp for A2 license. Because it is a fast bike and isn't that vibey to be honest.

They get smoother the higher you rev. Mine's like butter over 3,000rpm. They power wheelie in first couple of gears, too, so power isn't an issue. Bike is broken.

This bike is beautiful. I have been waiting for the 401 since Husqvarna promised to bring the Svartpilen 401 to the Brazilian market in 2018 and then starting price was 2x the KTM equivalent . . .

Can clip ons be raised ? For a upright position

I am in the back standing to the left of the 250 Rally @ 0:41 !

Meeen i have one, i dońt get it, it doesńt vibraré that much, and the power it is really really Food, it is better than the mt07, change the air filter, and the gears are really long when it is shaking it is because you has to down shift

Love seeing these vids

It seems like it's a modern take on a cafe racer

oh my, sweet little baby

This is in my top 3 all time favorite bikes as far as looks go. Those highway shots were sexy even with Chase riding it 😉keep up the good work guys 🤘 *OC for life*

Do a review on the 2020 katana

Not the first time chaseontwowheels has had a drastically different experience/opinion than almost everything else I've seen/read. I may be wrong however I feel that what Chase considers to be an issue or problem I think might not even register for other people. Some of his reviews are far from what I experienced on the same bikes. Nothing wrong with disagreeing though. Thanks for the videos!

Love your first ride videos bro🙌🏿

Chase why don’t u do a WRB episode where u swap the engine with a nice one

Great review. Wondering the new models are shaky like that year or..?!

This just goes to show you how used dealers, moreso this particular delear does not actually check for and/ or fix bikes with issues before they sell them. This clearly has issues probably related to the recall for this bike. The only thing this review showed is the minimum effort put into prepping bikes for sale by this dealer, not how this bike actually is because this is a great bike minimum vibrations if you’re in the right gear has great engine breaking, all around super fun bike.

I would, any day, any fucking day, get this 701 rather than mt-10... any day.

It's not in the market anymore, so I'm guessing Husky knew about the price problem.

That's my dream bike! Unfortunately it's is too expensive here in Brazil. Same price as a 1000cc motorbike

I love the look (except the exhaust pipe and speedometer) but talk about the vibration ... 😓

OC Dope Video Chase!

How are suppose to buy these bikes aren’t they discontinued

It needs 15/42 gearing for city riding much smoother an whole lot better 1st threw 3rd

love the Gloves_ got same ones

Something very wrong about the bike and the pricing. It's below the Monster 797.

Think theres something mechanically wrong with that bike man. Vibrations shouldn't be a problem. Plus the quick shifter should be working up and down.

Anyone with a 701, go 15:40 or 15:42 on the sprocket set up. It transforms the bike.

Vitpiiiiilen, we will not let you go! Mama mia!

I wonder what you think of every single other review.out there of this bike. It's a massive contrast to yours.

OC Chase it is pronounced Vit Pil en !!!!! You made me laugh at the beginning so American 🇺🇸 but you got it right in the end 😂 Thanks for doing something a little different.

The 401 (Svart and Vit) are on the site. So new 901 -pilen twins????

Are they using the old engine without balance shaft?

What mic you use sir?

I did a test ride on one of these and was a little on the disappointed side as well. Wish it has a little big engine in it.

This man messed up the name twice in the first minute, my man how lmfao

Aprilia RS 660 first ride when?

New vit and Svartpilen’s are sold for less then 10k in Europe.

No love for the Vitpilen. 😂 Both the vibrations and the motor seem to have some issues. I’ve never heard of vibration problems or lack of power band

What helmet you rocking ?

Really want to see Chase do a rider's course. Off or on track. 🤔😁👍

I’m back on a Svart 701 for the second time, my third Husky, love the big single. Can’t help but feel this Vit is carrying a fault. Did notice a red flash at startup?

If there is no power, this bike is broken!

my favorite looking bike is the newer Norton Commando 955, go check it out

They sell these at my local IKEA

I would get the smartpillian save my back

OC: There are people that will pay just for the way a bike looks… The controls and dash are lacking for a bike at that price, but there’s definitely something wrong with the bike you road, it should be smooth as at higher revs…

something wrong here, i have ridden both the last edition 690 duke and i own a 701. there are no vibes or shakes or fee;ings of instability, also i have a 790 and the 701 is off at the lights faster than the 790. shame you had a bad day on what the rest of the community says is a great bike.

Can flatfoot it? Ok but how tall are you for reference??

I test rode a brand new one of these about a year ago. All the horrible vibrations and miserable powerband were exactly the reason I didnt go for it. It's pretty but sucks to ride. Went with a 2021 MT07 instead.

What's the top speed of this cafe racer?

Would be lit if you took one of these up to the moutian. Test it in the twisties 😁🤙

What's a votpillen?

Yep, they’re called thumpers for a reason. 😂

Good Lord have mercy. You really missed the mark on this one. I've had one of these Vitpilen 701's going on 2 years now and it's one of the most exhilarating motorcycles I've ridden. Other reviewers turn in a similar assessment. Apparently you are severely lugging the motor. This is not a Harley Davidson. You need to keep the revs up. You can row up-and-down the gear set and this thing will flat haul butt. When it gets herky jerky that means you are 1 or 2 gears off your selection. Brakes? Why do they only have one desk up front? You answer your own question. You say that the brakes do a good job of stopping. You also comment on the light weight nature of the machine. Those 2 things are connected. Less hardware means less weight. If you can pull that off and still get performance, that is good design. Vibration? The bike feels great to me. I like to feel my engine. I grew up writing men's motorcycles and not sissified sewing machine bikes.

The watpilen?