The Husqvarna 701 has Adventure Bike Written All Over It!!! 

That is a huge amount of miles on a 690. But it sounds like it was outfitted pretty darn well for all that riding. I'm glad you agree with my assessment of the bike. It makes it all worth while when I hear that people agree with what I am putting out and that it isn't just BS. Awesome story to have as well. Cheers, Jason

@@upshiftingadventures4034 Thanks Jason. Hard to believe we did it but I’m home on the 701 now and love it. Just a matter of a few mods and expense! Cheers, Ian

I totally agree with you. I do like the thought of the LR version as well. 300 miles is a great amount.

Thanks for the input. I appreciate it. The 901 is a great bike though. My suggestion, don't drop it. Haha. Cheers! and thanks for commenting.

Absolutely agree.

Awesome! I think the 701 is a very capable adventure bike. Like I said in the video, the best adventure bike, is the one that you own. haha

Yep, I did the same

That’s awesome. Congrats on a fantastic new bike. Hope you have many many miles of adventuring.

I have a power commander with auto tune, Rottweiler intake, SAS and Evan canister delete. It doesn’t completely fix it but it helps. Also have a larger rear sprocket which makes a big difference. I’ve heard the fuel dongle is also very useful though. But I like the extra power. At 240 I can do 2nd gear power up wheelies.

I have a larger rear sprocket and that cleaned it up a lot. Not perfect but pretty darn good.

@@upshiftingadventures4034 How many teeth did you go up in the back?

@ipdjbt I went up two teeth

You can also buy a wide ratio gear box

The suspension is already set up for my weight and since I was riding dirt roads that weren’t technical I didn’t make any adjustments to the bike. But if I was going to load it down and hit more aggressive roads, a turn or two on the back shock and bumping up the preload adjuster on the forks would do just fine I suspect

@upshiftingadventures4034 to "set up the suspension for your weight " did you change Springs or shocks or just set preload, damping, etc?

I am getting ready for my first camping trip on the 701 and wondering how suspension is going to do with all my gear.

@@masbaoutdoors5353 I found I didn’t really notice any difference so I would assume you’ll be good unless you’re adding quite a bit of weight

Spot on. Thats the biggest one for me because I ride alone and it would be a disaster if I drop the bike and cant lift it because I have problems with my back. I even thinking about something like KTM 500.

Yes the seat is definitely a problem as an adventure bike goes. You would need to change it out. Long rides on tarmac would not be ideal either but it can be done.

Yet somehow i respect the opinions of people who have experience more bikes than some kid who says a trail 50 is great for across the country; Just look it up!

why? Most bikers I know have (at least) two bikes…

As somebody who put about 5k miles on a DR650, I loved that bike but I've put almost 5k miles on my 701 and it's much better at pretty much everything. I know Austrian bikes don't really have the reliability reputation but this engine is pretty solid. If I was going to remote places in like South America I'd consider switching back to a DR or XR for the sake of simplicity. But this machine is pretty damn solid.

I have two different LC motors. The LC8 in my Super Duke and the LC4 in my 701. I agree with you, the Austrians have a well deserved reputation for being unreliable but I believe that was all in the past. They are having a hard time shaking that stigma of being unreliable and it will probably be some time before it goes away. However, both my LC motors have been nothing but top notch and super reliable so far. With respect to the LC4 motor in the 701, I don't believe it is any less simplistic then the others out there like the Suzuki's or Honda's. It's just a much more performance oriented machine that spends a lot of time in the high end of the rev's and has a ton of power so it is going to malfunction more often then the Japanese bikes. But I don't think it is really much more complicated then any other bikes. In my opinion, the more frequent mechanical issues are a small price to pay for the incredible boost in performance that you get from the Husky. There are always gonna. be those who parrot the same old line about the bikes being unreliable, and I don't think there is anything we can do about that. Hell, American cars got a well earned reputation for being unreliable in the 80's because they were just junk for the most part, and 40 years later, people still talk about them like they are still not as reliable as Japanese cars, and that just isn't true anymore.

The 1250 is not a middle weight bike by any means. The point of the video was to see if the 701 could qualify as a mid weight Adv bike. And I disagree about it being overpriced. It is certainly too much to spend on a CRF or or DRZ but if you are looking for top of the line performance out of a single cylinder thumper, I don't know that you could find a better deal. I respect your opinion though, as that's what all of this is right? Opinions.

Colors can be changed. But honestly, I don’t think it will be on your mind much while riding.