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Nov 05, 2024

Electro Dual Sport / 2025 Husqvarna Pioneer: Battery Bike Enduro - Adventure Rider

2025 Husqvarna Pioneer. Photo: Husqvarna The new Husqvarna Pioneer is here for 2025, offering an electric dual-sport that is a trail bike first, a street bike second. The bike is powered by a 5.5 kWh

2025 Husqvarna Pioneer. Photo: Husqvarna

The new Husqvarna Pioneer is here for 2025, offering an electric dual-sport that is a trail bike first, a street bike second.

The bike is powered by a 5.5 kWh li-ion battery with a range of 85 miles (137 kilometers), or about three hours of recreational riding. Top speed is 59 mph (95 km/h). The motor is an 11kW unit that makes the equivalent of 26 horsepower and 27.7 pound-feet of torque. The motor and battery casing serve as load-bearing components of the chassis. The frame itself is made of chrome-moly.

The Pioneer comes with three ride modes to dial in your throttle response to match the terrain and riding conditions. Traction control is also available in any ride mode, with three levels of battery re-gen available as well (functioning similar to engine braking, putting juice back into the battery when you roll off the throttle. To control all these options, there’s a switch cube on the handlebar.

2025 Husqvarna Pioneer. Photo: Husqvarna

This bike has no clutch or manually-operated gearbox, like most EV motos. The rear brake lever is on the handlebar where the clutch lever usually sits.

The battery in the Pioneer can be quick-swapped within 10 minutes, says Husqvarna, for riders who want to switch out to a fully-charged spare. The battery can be fully recharged in eight hours from a standard 110V household plug using a 660-watt charger, which is included. And because the Pioneer is an all-weather dirt bike, the battery, motor and anything connected are IP67-rated, fully dustproof and waterproof.

Suspension is from WP, with XACT fork in front with air spring. The fork has 9.8 inches (250 mm) of travel and comes with an air pump to adjust the preload. There are also compression and rebound adjustment clickers. In back, there’s 9.4 inches of travel from an XPLOR PDS shock, with low- and high-speed compression/rebound/preload adjustment.

ProTaper bars, ODI grips, Braktec brakes and Michelin tires come standard. Of course, the wheelset is a 21-18 combo.

The Pioneer is supposed to be in Husqvarna dealerships this January.