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Ron Lawson
by: Ron Lawson
If you’re old enough, you might remember that SWM was once a big name in the trials world, actually winning the World Championship in 1981. This company has little to no relationship with that one. The original SWM blinked out of existence in 1984. The name was resurrected in 2014, but its products are actually more closely related to Husqvarna than to the original SWM. With heavy investment from China, the new company purchased the old Husky factory in Varese, Italy, when KTM took the brand to Austria. It also inherited the rights and the tooling to produce all the Italian Husqvarna models ...
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If you’re old enough, you might remember that SWM was once a big name in the trials world, actually winning the World Championship in 1981. This company has little to no relationship with that one. The original SWM blinked out of existence in 1984. The name was resurrected in 2014, but its products are actually more closely related to Husqvarna than to the original SWM. With heavy investment from China, the new company purchased the old Husky factory in Varese, Italy, when KTM took the brand to Austria. It also inherited the rights and the tooling to produce all the Italian Husqvarna models ...
... continues at Dirt Bike Magazine
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