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KIWI RIDER ARCHIVE Words: Dene Humphrey / Photos: Geoff Osborne Unchanged for ‘18, last year’s FE250 would make a great secondhand option. This is what we thought at the start of this year - and just loved that fancy traction control. B aby steps would be the worst way to describe Husqvarna’s re-invention onto the world’s dirt bike stage. With a little help from an orange friend, Husqvarna has quietly chipped away at regaining its status as one of the brands to own. Chipped away that is until 2017 when the brand seems to have gone supernova and created what are some of the most exciting off-road dirt bike models we have seen in a long time. The FE250 is certainly no exception with a ground up re-design of the chassis, engine, suspension, bodywork and a nifty new feature called ‘traction