UP FRONT THE BIG PICTURE
THOMAS GUSTAVSSON & THE 2006 HUSABERG ENDURO TEAM
is a shot from Husaberg’s World Enduro Championship team presentation, • This from the beginning of 2006. Opposite the trio of official riders (left to right –
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Joakim Ljunggren, Bjorne Carlsson and Valtteri Salonen) is the team’s manager Thomas Gustavsson. Gustavsson begun his career as an R&D engineer and racer for Husqvarna winning the 1985 European Enduro title on a 500cc four-stroke. When the brand was sold to Cagiva and moved to Italy Gustavsson, along with a group of engineers, decided to stay in Sweden and start Husaberg. The new company was launched in January 1988.