highland!!

[C41Xracer]

found this on another site its highlands own frame and there 950cc v-twin...................105HP

[C41Xracer]

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[jcs003]

sweet! looks like a normal sized, big bore sport ATV. unlike the 700xx honda nd the kawasaki big bore.

i wonder what she weights.

[C41Xracer]

From what I've read there shooting for 400lbs or less wet

[jcs003]

i wonder what that quad in the background is...looks different the the main focus.

[troybilt]

Walsh is building there frame for them. That is going to be a beast! They are made near Tulsa I have relation there, next time I'm there I want to go on a factory tour!! Sweet bike!!

[tayyo789]

with 105 hp, that swingarm better be a lot longer

[660LE]

looks sweet. and im almost positive that the quad in the background is a LTR.

[troybilt]

There is another thread about this under the Cannondale/ATK folder that says Highland closed there doors!!

I bet that pic is from Walsh... I read they were working on the frames for Highland.

[JH Racing]

Drove by Wed and there is an real estate sign out front and I searchd and found this
http://www.othermakes.net/2010/12/16/us-highland-closes/

[hontrx265r]

This is what led to the crf walsh is building.. you can see the similarities in the chassis's, if you look at the crf pics compared to the highland pics. I bet that thing would be insane. That aprilla motor that either pinit or 97 rocks has would be cool also.

[socal]

Originally posted by JH Racing
Drove by Wed and there is an real estate sign out front and I searchd and found this
http://www.othermakes.net/2010/12/16/us-highland-closes/ Wow,hopefully some day the company is back!Wonder how they died?

[troybilt]

Originally posted by socal
Wow,hopefully some day the company is back!Wonder how they died?

The 3 top executives died in a plane crash...

[tayyo789]

Originally posted by socal
Wow,hopefully some day the company is back!Wonder how they died?

bad choice of words....

[socal]

Originally posted by tayyo789
bad choice of words.... Sorry,wonder how they passed away?WTF...

[tayyo789]

my bad, I didn't read the link. I thought when you said "I wonder how they died?" you were referring to the company closing. Awkward......

[C41Xracer]

Originally posted by JH Racing
Drove by Wed and there is an real estate sign out front and I searchd and found this
http://www.othermakes.net/2010/12/16/us-highland-closes/


thats a shame, if these quads would of made it to the show room they would of made an impact in racing for shure

[Baileygunns]

I've seen 2 things on this... One was they were too far along after the tragedy to just stop production and the Wives took the reins and have it moving along (I forget where I saw read that, I want to saw an older Dirtwheels)... The second thing was that they are expecting a bike by the middle of 2011... I saw that while thumbing through a Dirtwheels yesterday.

[troybilt]

Go checkout ushighlands forums. They are out of business... for now. They claim they are getting more US money from investors to back them up and them some. The Swedes pulled out, they didn't like working with the Americans... (just what it said on the forums...) fwiw.

read here:

http://www.highlandforums.com/index.php?topic=205.0

[Baileygunns]

Not to argue, just citing where I read it... My guess is something more happened after the mag went to print?

Jan '11 Dirtwheels, page 8...
"Although it's unclear when the first Highlandwill be sold, we're watching carefully and expect it to happen later in 2011. This is a very high-tech 450 that will be manufactured in Glenpool, Oklahoma. The motor is a Swedish-designed EFI single, and the aluminum frame can trace its roots back to the Cannondale."

I forget what magazine I read about the company continuing on with the Women in charge... It's not in any of the mags I have kicking around. I would love to see these bikes hit the market.

And I know not to believe everything I read in Dirtwheels... I mainly grab it so I have some pretty pictures to look at while I'm on the "throne", lol...

[rustyATV]

Originally posted by troybilt
The Swedes pulled out, they didn't like working with the Americans... (just what it said on the forums...) fwiw.



I'd be inclined to believe that. A friend married a woman from Sweden; socialist all the way through. She's real quick to make "stupid American" remarks to people you think she considers friends, tries to make them feel beneath her, but gets all in a huff when you make a quick comeback.

But maybe Husaberg is still bitter over their turning away John Penton back in the 60's when he tried to get them to build dirt bikes his way, causing him to contract with KTM, proceed to revolutionize the dirt bike industry and, eventually, give KTM the means to buy out Husaberg.

[700xxmaniac]

Originally posted by jcs003
sweet! looks like a normal sized, big bore sport ATV. unlike the 700xx honda nd the kawasaki big bore.

i wonder what she weights.

u do know that the xx is only .5'' longer and .5'' hight than the raptor 700 right.

[700xxmaniac]

Originally posted by hontrx265r
This is what led to the crf walsh is building.. you can see the similarities in the chassis's, if you look at the crf pics compared to the highland pics. I bet that thing would be insane. That aprilla motor that either pinit or 97 rocks has would be cool also.

i belive that motor is made by highland not aprilla

[RATPACK Z400]

Thats ATK,s new motor or the APRILLA 550 V-TWIN nasty motor ! love to see that quad fully built .Any new Pics?

[jcs003]

Originally posted by 700xxmaniac
u do know that the xx is only .5'' longer and .5'' hight than the raptor 700 right.

a never made a reference to the raptor700. but since you brought it up. i think the raptor is a big clumbsy machine too.

[rustyATV]

Originally posted by jcs003
a never made a reference to the raptor700. but since you brought it up. i think the raptor is a big clumbsy machine too.

Is the 700 still awkward like the 660? They made a big deal about how much they improved it over the 660, which I refuse to sit on ever again.

/end tangent

[jcs003]

Originally posted by rustyATV
Is the 700 still awkward like the 660? They made a big deal about how much they improved it over the 660, which I refuse to sit on ever again.

/end tangent

i rode my friends neighbors 700 over the summer. it was terrible compared to a 250r or 400ex. to me it feels like it has the wrong chassie for that powerful of a motor. i would like to see someone stuiff that powerplant in a 250r walsh or laeger chassie.

it seems highland was able to get that big bore sitting very low. it also helps that its a v-twin to lower its center of gravity.