On The Pegs May 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 5 | Page 101

On The Pegs
VOL. 5 ISSUE 5 - MAY 2020
101
the two-wheeler became popular. However, he then already had experience with
the company. After the war, he had ridden the company’s new 118cc two-stroke
machine in some races. But Bror Jaurén’s everyday work was in Husqvarna’s sew-
ing machine division from 1946. While there, he carried on with his studies and
eventually graduated with a technical engineer’s degree.
“My first task in the motorcycle division was to establish routines for the facto-
ry’s competition agenda. It was first limited to enduro events such as the famous
‘Novemberkasan’, but later also included scrambling,” Jaurén remembered when
I interviewed him during the late 70s. Bror was always accommodating to press
people and never refrained from publicity.
In August 1955, manager Bror Jaurén met with race rookie Bengt-Olov Wess-
man, when they both were attending an enduro event in Stockholm. Bengt
brought a Silverpilen to race and Jaurén also had a Silver Arrow, which was raced
by an unknown rider. “I told Jaurén about my machine and complained about the
front forks’ rubber, which was too soft to give any good suspension,” said Wess-
man. Jaurén promised to get improved parts that would enhance the front sus-