Written by Martin Hodgson
From the moment the first concept was spied at the 2014 EICMA show in Italy, the Husqvarna Vitpilen had the motorcycle world talking. It was obvious the bones of the bike were from parent company KTM’s 690, but it was the radical styling from design house Kiska causing the buzz. Despite most believing it would never come to market, when it finally hit dealer floors it retained the wild look that most concepts sadly shed. But for Outsiders Motorcycles from the Netherlands they saw the chance for an even crazier custom design and transformed this brand new 2019 Husqvarna Vitpilen 701 in just ten weeks flat.

Having cut their teeth and built their name on more traditional builds utilising bikes from Honda and Triumph the Groningen based outfit of Bert Jan and Jene knew it was time to take a risk. With ideas spinning in their heads this was not only the first time they’d start with a brand new bike but would also be their first non-client build. With the cash laid down the crate arrived and Bert explains their choice to go with a Husky, ?We?ve always been suckers for the old MX-bikes and the looks of them, so the brand Husqvarna was no stranger for us?.
Securing a great deal from Mulders Motoren, who agreed to throw in the spoked wheels, it was out of the box and onto the lift. There is another advantage to starting with a brand new beast, ?The complete budget can be spent on visuals and performance whilst on older builds half will go int...