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simond
03-13-2010, 04:16 PM
It seemed like they came out of nowhere. One day we got a call from U.S. Highland and some guys from Oklahoma announced they had an American-made ATV with some very impressive performance numbers. Within a few weeks, we had one to test.
U.S. Highland didn’t spring into being overnight. The story begins almost 20 years ago with a Swedish company called Folan. In the years after Husqvarna motorcycles was purchased by Italians and moved out of Sweden, a handful of former engineers started on a new project. The result was a V-motor that was light and made crazy horsepower. The history after that gets so complicated that we couldn’t begin follow it. Cannondale, ATK and a new company called Highland were all involved. But the bottom line is that now the tooling for the V-twin motor as well as a single-cylinder version is in Oklahoma where they are preparing to produce a line of ATVs and motorcycles. The single-cylinder motor will be available in a variety of configurations, depending on what the customer wants. It can be a 450 with mild output or a 70-horsepower 507. It is a six-speed with EFI and a very complicated electronic brain that keeps track of every rpm that the motor turns from the first time it’s started. It even has a G-meter that remembers how hard it landed from each jump




Full Article http://www.dirtwheelsmag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=E048967E606F41EBA1A9BCF9D605CB5C&nm=Latest+News&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=EF1E7275A01745AAA41D9793FCF25626 Full Article (http://www.dirtwheelsmag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=E048967E606F41EBA1A9BCF9D605CB5C&nm=Latest+News&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=EF1E7275A01745AAA41D9793FCF25626) http://www.dirtwheelsmag.com/Media/News/PC152047.jpg
quadracer500
03-14-2010, 02:43 PM
This is not atk, atk has resorted to china for their new quads this is a different company.
LT250RMan
03-15-2010, 05:39 PM
This is a completely different company than ATK. The frames they are using are left overs from Cannondale when they went bankrupt. Atk bought a bunch of left over parts from the Cannondale factory in PA, now someone else has bought a bunch of cannondale's left over products and are trying to put the design back into production with hopefully a more reliable motor.




I wonder who's making their 250R kits ?
jacobw
03-16-2010, 12:12 PM
Highland is making the kits and there is more to come, i have it from the inside man!
LT250RMan
03-16-2010, 12:29 PM
Originally posted by jacobw
Highland is making the kits and there is more to come, i have it from the inside man!


Really, I want a kit.
jacobw
03-16-2010, 05:48 PM
they are going to be available soon as they get production rolling.
LT250RMan
03-16-2010, 06:04 PM
I hope it's soon.

I noticed that in the dirt wheels article they say it will have a ohlins rear shock and elka fronts, but when you go to the US Highland website it says Elka front and elka rear.
LT250RMan
03-17-2010, 12:33 PM
I just heard from US Highland that these quads will be in production at the beginning of summer. I also got told that they are locating US made parts and this quad is the really deal. They are also making more chassis components like the frame, swingarm and a-arms so they can keep production going after they run out of the old cannondale components.
LT250RMan
03-17-2010, 11:47 PM
I just seen a video that said ATK and US Highland are the same company now.
speed 450
03-19-2010, 08:38 PM
were did you see this video?
jboz5786
03-24-2010, 09:59 PM
Im already putting my ktm up for sale i wonder how much they will cost? I hope i can get one in Missouri I wonder if you have to order them from the factory or if they will get dealerships rolling on this too.
LT250RMan
03-27-2010, 12:50 AM
All i want from this is a 250R kit.:D
coalrat
05-02-2010, 01:27 PM
Coming from racing husqvarna's in the past, i am real ancious to get to look at one of these, just hope a few dealers take them on.

I have the KTM powered outlaw now, love the thing, but to me that sweeden engine coming on the highland will be far superior to that of the KTM.

I dont think sweeden sold out there entire knowledge of engine building to Ktm when husaberg was taken over by them.

I would not mind to see another "berg" atv out again either.

From what i have heard, husqvarna is not out of the picture either.