Somehow, in the process of giving the Husqvarna version of the Rotax/BMW F800 engine an extra 100cc, the engineers responsible did more: They gave it a character transplant. Ride Husky’s Nuda and you’d swear it wasn’t powered by anything derived from the somewhat staid parallel-Twin of the BMW F800. No, this engine has a syncopated growl as it lunges for redline and feels much more like a particularly smooth-running Ducati V-Twin than any typical parallel-Twin. It accelerates hard and long, and the exhaust note booms as though the engine were wearing a set of Termignoni racing pipes (thank friendly Italian TUV inspectors and a “smart” ECU-controlled exhaust valve that recognizes sound tests).