gmbh . for other uses see husqvarna . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message husqvarna motorcycles gmbh type private industry manufacturing distribution founded huskvarna sweden 1903 1903 headquarters mattighofen austria area served worldwide key people stefan pierer oliver g hring reinhold zens parent pierer industrie ag website husqvarna motorcycles.com husqvarna motorcycles gmbh designs engineers manufactures and distributes motocross enduro and supermoto motorcycles . the company began producing motorcycles in 1903 at huskvarna sweden as a subsidiary of the husqvarna armament firm . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 acquisition by pierer industries 2 championships 2.1 motocross 2.2 baja 1000 2.3 enduro 2.4 supermoto 3 moto3 results 4 automobile manufacturing 5 bicycle manufacturing 6 models 7 see also 8 references 9 external links history edit 1912 moto reve advertisement of g. magnani in bucharest husqvarna was founded near the town of the same name in sweden in 1689 well before even cycles were invented . the first product was a gun or rifle . if you look at the logo you are looking into the barrel and you can see the sights on top . as with many motorcycle manufacturers husqvarna first began producing bicycles in the late 19th century . in 1903 they made the jump to motorcycle manufacturing . the first husky motorcycles used imported engines and it wasn t until 1918 that husqvarna began producing machines built entirely in house . around that time they secured a contract with the swedish army and began entering cross country and long distance motorcycle racing events . 1 in 1920 husqvarna established its own engine factory and the first engine to be designed was a 550 cc four stroke 50 degree side valve v twin engine similar to those made by companies like harley davidson and indian . although they once made motorcycles for street use and raced at road circuits such as the isle of man tt prior to world war ii they are better known for producing world championship winning motocross and enduro bikes . husqvarna competed in grand prix road racing in the 350cc and 500cc classes during the 1930s and was sweden s largest motorcycle manufacturer by 1939 . all of the racing bikes were based on a 50 degree v twin prototype built by folke mannerstedt in 1931 . the company team beat the norton works team at the swedish gp in 1931 with a 1 2 finish by ragnar sundqvist and gunnar kalen . this and the next year s success led to a full commitment to the gp tracks with stanley woods and ernie nott joining the husqvarna riding team . that year nott finished 3rd in the 350cc junior tt and woods ran out of gas 8 miles before the finish of the senior tt . in 1935 the company withdrew racing support but new bikes were still produced and raced privately 2 while the company focused on producing a new 2 stroke 2 speed commuter bike . 1 that year stanley woods won the swedish gp marking the fourth year in a row that a husky had won on a 500cc husqvarna motorcycle that weighted 279 pounds 127 kilograms . 3 in the 1960s their lightweight two stroke engined off road bikes helped make the once dominant british four stroke motorcycles obsolete . throughout the 1960s and 1970s husqvarna was a dominant force in the motocross world winning 14 motocross world championships in the 125 cc 250 cc and 500 cc divisions 24 enduro world championships and 11 baja 1000 victories . in 1987 the husqvarna motorcycle division not the other arms of the brand such as chainsaw production was sold to italian motorcycle manufacturer cagiva and became part of mv agusta motor s.p.a. the motorcycles widely known as huskies husky were then produced in varese . husqvarna produces a diverse range of motocross enduro and supermoto machines using their own two stroke or four stroke engines ranging in capacity from 125 cc to 576 cc . racing continues to be important to husqvarna competing in world enduro and world supermoto championships . gerald delepine riding a husqvarna smr660 became supermoto world champion in 2005 . in 2008 adrien chareyre took the title riding an sm530rr . in july 2007 husqvarna motorcycles was purchased by bmw for a reported 93 000 000 . bmw motorrad planned to continue operating husqvarna motorcycles as a separate enterprise . all development sales and production activities as well as the workforce remained at its location in varese in italy . 4 bmw intended to position husqvarna as the two wheeled version of what mini is to the bmw s car division . 5 needs update acquisition by pierer industries edit stefan pierer s ownership of ktm husqvarna and husaberg on 31 january 2013 bmw group announced that pierer industrie ag has bought full stake in husqvarna ag for an undisclosed amount . the company is headed by stefan pierer current ceo of ktm sportmotorcycle ag . on 1 october 2013 husqvarna ag was renamed to husqvarna sportmotorcycle gmbh . it was announced that the company will be based at mattighofen in austria where production started on 11 october 2013 . 6 owing to the common ownership of husqvarna 100 % via pierer industrie ag and husaberg 51 % via cross industries ag by stefan pierer ; husaberg will cease to exist as a marque and will provide technical assistance to the newly resurrected husqvarna brand . 7 historical models produced by husqvarna moto reve model 1910 that belonged to romanian aviation pioneer aurel vlaicu engine detail moto reve model 1910 husqvarna moto reve husqvarna novolette moped championships edit motocross edit 1959 rolf tibblin european motocross champion 250 cc class . 1960 bill nilsson motocross world champion 500 cc class . 1962 rolf tibblin motocross world champion 500 cc class . 1962 torsten hallman motocross world champion 250 cc class . 1963 rolf tibblin motocross world champion 500 cc class . 1963 torsten hallman motocross world champion 250 cc class . 1966 torsten hallman motocross world champion 250 cc class . 1967 torsten hallman motocross world champion 250 cc class . 1969 bengt berg motocross world champion 500 cc class . 1970 bengt berg motocross world champion 500 cc class . 1974 heikki mikkola motocross world champion 500 cc class . 1976 heikki mikkola motocross world champion 250 cc class . 1979 h kan carlqvist motocross world champion 250 cc class . 1993 jacky martens motocross world champion 500 cc class . 1998 alessio chiodi motocross world champion 125 cc class 1999 alessio chiodi motocross world champion 125 cc class 2014 ben adriaenssen & ben van den bogaart sidecarcross world championship 2014 tony saunders uk gt cup youth lites class . 2014 nathan watson uk mx national mx1 class . baja 1000 edit antoine m o at the 2010 gp of turkey 1967 j.n. roberts malcolm smith 1969 gunnar nilsson j.n. roberts 1971 malcolm smith gunnar nilsson 1972 gunnar nilsson rolf tibblin 1973 mitch mayes a.c. bakken 1976 larry roeseler mitch mayes 1977 brent wallingsford scot harden 1978 larry roeseler jack johnson 1979 larry roeseler jack johnson 1981 scot harden brent wallingsford 1983 dan smith dan ashcraft enduro edit bartosz ob ucki at the 2008 gp of italy 1990 350 cc world enduro championship 1991 250 cc world enduro championship 1992 350 cc world enduro championship 1993 125 cc world enduro championship 1993 350 cc world enduro championship 1994 125 cc world enduro championship 1994 500 cc world enduro championship 1995 125 cc world enduro championship 1995 500 cc world enduro championship 1996 350 cc world enduro championship 1998 500 cc world enduro championship 1999 500 cc world enduro championship 2000 250 cc world enduro championship 2001 125 cc world enduro championship 2001 400 cc world enduro championship 2001 500 cc world enduro championship 2002 125 cc world enduro championship 2002 250 cc world enduro championship 2002 500 cc world enduro championship 2003 400 cc world enduro championship 2010 e1 world enduro championship with antoine m o 2011 e1 world enduro championship with juha salminen 2011 e2 world enduro championship with antoine m o 2014 e2 world enduro championship with pela renet supermoto edit 2005 g rald delepine sm1 world supermoto championship 2007 adrien chareyre sm1 world supermoto championship 2007 g rald delepine sm2 world supermoto championship 2008 adrien chareyre sm2 world supermoto championship 2009 adrien chareyre sm2 world supermoto championship moto3 results edit year rider qat ame arg esp fra ita cat ned ger ind cze gbr rsm ara jpn aus mal val pts position cons 2014 danny kent 13 8 9 11 13 15 17 8 5 12 3 9 12 3 6 20 4 4 129 8th 4th niklas ajo 26 14 8 10 ret 5 8 ret ret 12 10 ret 25 ret 9 ret ret 52 15th 2015 isaac vi ales 6 9 3 11 7 8 7 ret 18 115 9th 4th lorenzo dalla porta 28 19 8 11 24 24 ret 16 22 13 25th mar a herrera 22 17 ret ret 19 21 15 ret ret 24 23 ret 24 13 26 11 18 21 9 29th automobile manufacturing edit toward the end of world war ii a team comprising bengt magnusson head of r & d stig tham engineer calle heimdal engine designer and birger johansson investigated manufacture of a small simple inexpensive car . the design looked similar to the saab 92 but with three wheels two front one back and an unusual split rear window . according to some sources the similarities with the saab 92 may have had something to do with sixten sason working as designer at husqvarna . a prototype was built in 1943 powered by a 20 hp 15 kw two cylinder 500 cc dkw motorcycle engine with chain drive to the rear wheel . the wheels came from a fiat 500 . the project was cancelled in 1944 and the prototype was scrapped at the end of the 1950s . bicycle manufacturing edit husqvarna coaster brake husqvarna is also prominent in swedish bicycle history . 8 they have been one of the swedish military bicycle manufacturers . husqvarna s novo hub competed well with imports but bicycle manufacturing was discontinued in the early 1960s . 9 models edit enduro . husqvarna wr250 from 1996 husqvarna wr125 enduro 10 te 125 te 250 te 300 te 410 te 610 fe 250 fe 350 fe 450 fe 501 701 enduro motocross 11 tc 85 tc 125 tc 250 fc 250 fc 350 fc 450 supermoto 12 fs 450 701 supermoto see also edit husaberg references edit a b c walker mick . motorcycle evolution design passion . the johns hopkins university press valtimore . p. 56 . isbn 978 0 8018 8530 3 . cathcart alan may june 2012 . historic racer riding sammy miller s 1934 husqvarna 500 gp racer . motorcycle classics . pp. 46 51 . cathcart alan . historic racer riding sammy miller s 1934 husqvarna 500 gp racer . motorcycle classics . bmw buys husqvarna from mv agusta roadracingworld.com retrieved on september 30 2007 ash kevin 13 november 2011 husqvarna to emulate mini in bmw stable ; the swedish italian manufacturer s new boss explains how the brand will sit in bmw s two wheeled portfolio the daily telegraph retrieved 2011 11 13 a historic reunion two become one again . husqvarna and husaberg reunited . 2013 09 27 . retrieved 2014 02 12 . swedish bicycle history . retrieved 2011 06 05 . ake stenqvist . a small history of bicycles in sweden . retrieved 2011 06 05 . http www.husqvarna motorcycles.com enduro.html http www.husqvarna motorcycles.com motocross.html http www.husqvarna motorcycles.com supermoto fs 450.html external links edit husqvarna motorcycles husqvarna at the open directory project retrieved