On The Pegs May 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 5 | Page 109

On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 5 - May 2019
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lottery, while the next time, he tested the very same machine in one of the big-
gest motoring magazines in the country. “Varg-Olle” was quite famous in Sweden
and his words on motorcycling were influential to most people.
Finally, there was the fish dealer Nils Lindh from Alingsas, who had bought his
120cc back in 1947. Nils Lindh used his little machine commuting for his daily fish
trading. Seven years later he praised his bike for never letting him down even
once.
“I used it regularly in all kinds of weather. Sometimes the motorcycle was heavily
loaded and the roads could be merciless in our region here in western Sweden,
but my Husqvarna was always up to the job.” n