On The Pegs April 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 4

58 On The Pegs BLACK, RED OR BLUE? GOOD OLD TIMES BLOG B y K enneth O lausson P hotos : H usqvarna The press release announced a novelty made by Husqvarna in Huskvarna. This happened back in 1939 and the machine was the newly developed ‘Angel-Wing’. This 118cc bike would appeal to the masses after it replaced the popular prede- cessor of 98cc – the small bicycle with a bolt-on power source was now an out- dated model. The introduction of the Angel Wing could not have come at a worse time however. The second world war was around the corner and during the com- ing six years the factory only churned out a couple of 100 of these new motor- cycles. However, in the postwar period things changed dramatically… So, the roots of this newcomer came from the 98cc machine and was initially nicknamed the ‘Angel-Wing’. Actually, the small 98cc-powerpack was a pre-evolu- tion of the 118cc engine that was included in the new Husqvarna Model 20. It was a product from the factory’s Research & Development department. Gone were

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