Well, lets start with a great thanks to my good friends Dave and Kurt at Bike Barn Motorcycles in Medford, OR for letting me take there 2008 Husky TE450 out on a three day tour ride with Jeff Moffet of Oregon Motorcycle Adventures. I was set to ride my 2007 Husaberg FE450 with a friend of mine and at the last minute another friend was interested in going and needed a bike to ride. I called Dave at Bike Barn and asked if a Husaberg was being demoed that I could ride for the weekend. Of course I would have preferred to ride a berg since i was letting my buddy ride mine. So after talking with Dave and finding out they only had the Husky to loan me i was bummed and thought well lets try the husky and see what its like. My first thought was the Husky feels like my Berg as far as seat height and where I sat on the seat. Dave showed me around the the bike the morning of the ride and got me up to speed with starting it with no choke (very cool) and how the Speedo/ Odo worked. After waiting for the other 9 riders to get ready to go on our three day ride, I was itchy to ride the Husky and see how it handled. Finally we left the shop and hit the road...First impression; nice power and smooth shifting, all i had to do was hang on and enjoy the ride. I rode for about 25 mins to our first stop and adjusted the handle bars forward a bit and that was all i needed to feel at home. From then on, the bike was smooth and handled much like my berg which made me happy.We rode mostly dirt roads, some single track, and pavement and at all times, the bike felt great and handled the different routes awesome.We rode about 500 miles over the three days and the Husky TE450 never once gave me any troubles and ran awesome. I have been riding dirt bikes for 30 years and haved owned many brands of bikes and a few older Huskys in the day and i would have to say even though i love my Berg i would ride a husky any day. Great bike for tour rides (needs a bit bigger fuel tank for trips over 60 miles)or for tearing up the tight trails. The Husky was also ridden by 4 other riders during the three days and they all have plenty of years riding bikes and all said they really enjoyed the Husky 450 and wanted to ride it most of the day. They all said it handled great and had awesome power. So i would have to say that if you are thinking about looking into this bike as your next bike you will be very happy with it and have loads of fun...much like we did.