On The Pegs May 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 5 | Page 108

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version and in 1959, production was terminated. Calculations prove that close to
100,000 units were produced over two decades.
In racing, this little creature found its way around many a track across Sweden,
although it did not have the capacity to win big events. Top athlete Gunder Hägg
liked to ride his Husqvarna – often without head protection. A photo of him on
his 120 wearing trivial clothing, made headlines in the Swedish press. Seeing
Gunder Hägg’s face and his riding style tells everything about having fun on a
motorcycle.
Speedway star ‘Varg-Olle’ Nygren was more than once involved in marketing
of the 120-machine. In various magazines, you could read about broad-sliding
Nygren and his favourite bike, of course being his 120. Once, he was promoting a