1. lesrsz28 Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    id
    Man if I could have shipped for $25 I would have had Les send some extra stickers:D
  2. WoodsChick Administrator

    Location:
    Oakland, CA Miramonte, CA
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    3 Terras, 2 `07 SM610s, `09 WB165,
    Other Motorcycles:
    KTM, GasGas, Suzuki, Honda
    $41 UPS ground with $3k insurance from Les's place to my house. I had my forks and shock in an FMF pipe box.

    I have another example of what a cool dude Les is. Eric called him to ask about spring rates for the GasGas ECO250 (Les is known as a GasGas Guru, too) for me. When Eric inquired about purchasing new ones, Les said he had some lightly used ones he'd sell for super-duper cheap. Our buddy that lives in Graham, WA was flying down the following week and agreed to go pick them up on his way to an enduro. Les offered to drive out and meet my buddy on the highway and give him the springs. That's pretty darned cool in my book :thumbsup: Totally outside the realm of expected customer service, but Les was happy to do it. He's the real deal.



    WoodsChick
  3. WoodsChick Administrator

    Location:
    Oakland, CA Miramonte, CA
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    3 Terras, 2 `07 SM610s, `09 WB165,
    Other Motorcycles:
    KTM, GasGas, Suzuki, Honda
    Tell him the chick on the SM610 says "hi!" :D



    WoodsChick
  4. ioneater Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    NW Texas
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2010 TXC 250
    Other Motorcycles:
    08 Sprint
    Had the opportunity to speak with "the man" for a good 1/2 hour when picking up my boingers. I highly recommend meeting him in person if at all possible, then ask him how he got into doing suspension. Inspiring chain of events. Great person to deal with and to glean dirt bike info even if it's not a Husky. Still haven't gotten the suspension put back on, my mechanic's been distracted and hasn't really looked at the bike in a couple weeks. I should fire him ;). Looking forward to experiencing the changes made eventually!
  5. Xcuvator Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Scholls Oregon
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    TE450,610 WB165,WR250 WR360 & XC430
    Other Motorcycles:
    yes
    My first set cost me 70something. I mentioned this to Les and he said to go to Office Depot, they are a UPS terminal. So I did that on my next two sets and the cost was less than $30 a set. Needless to say all my UPS goes through Office Depot now.
  6. miketv Husqvarna
    A Class

    Location:
    Columbus, Ohio
    Geeze, you folks are killing me! After talking with Kelly a few weeks ago I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and send the boingers off my 610 out there for Les to work his magic on. The stock 45mm Marzochi's are still pretty rough even after changing the oil to 5wt and readjusting everything. I rode a friends CRF450 on thursday and was just sad at how bad my forks performed comparatively.
  7. Xcuvator Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Scholls Oregon
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    TE450,610 WB165,WR250 WR360 & XC430
    Other Motorcycles:
    yes
    You won't regret it. Les told me that going lighter than 7.5 wt. will leave you with very little rebound adjustment.
    Sounds like boingers to me.
  8. Coffee CH Owner

    Location:
    Between homes - in ft Wayne IN
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2006 TE250, 2013 TR650 Terra - sold
    GREAT tip :thumbsup:

    I'll check it out just for future reference. I went to the UPS terminal to ship mine and it was about $78 to PA when I had mine done a while ago.



    I keep trying to put together a trip up there - I want to visit Les. :thumbsup:
  9. fitness2go Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Seattle WA
    I wonder if Les can make my 08 TE 450 feel more like Jake's TXC 250? I was bottoming my suspension all day long with the compression all the way in...front and back. I lost 20 pounds (205 currently) and I'm feeling much more aggressive!
  10. Motosportz CH Sponsor

    Location:
    Vancouver WA
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2021 TE250i, 570 Berg, 500 KTM, 790R
    Other Motorcycles:
    many
    No but close. The TXC forks are a better design IMHO
  11. DANBRA Husqvarna
    A Class

    Location:
    Massachussets
    I have entered this LES "cult", as my suspenion was shipped today, I pestured the man for 15minutes over the phone and he was more then happy to respond my newbie questions, if his work is as good as his "customer service", I think I'll be allright!!! great guy!
  12. WoodsChick Administrator

    Location:
    Oakland, CA Miramonte, CA
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    3 Terras, 2 `07 SM610s, `09 WB165,
    Other Motorcycles:
    KTM, GasGas, Suzuki, Honda
    Neener-neener...my suspension is going to get there before yours:p

    We shipped Eric's LC4 suspension to him a few days ago. It had been modified before Eric got it and we had no baseline with which to work. It was way too soft and weird, but with super-stiff springs, and wasn't working at all (as those who saw him biff in Baja can attest) so we're having Les do the dirty work for us :thumbsup:


    WoodsChick
  13. TC450OZ Husqvarna
    B Class

    Location:
    USA
    LTR suspension 2008 TC450

    New rider of 7months 70% MX | 30% off-road
    ====================
    It took me some time to understand what my suspension was doing and what I did not like about it. The reason I sent out my suspension was to custom tailor me to this bike and how I ride. After I got my suspension back from Les I took two weeks of serious riding to study my new suspension. Everything I have told Les to fix he has fixed plain and simple. It was a simple this is what it’s doing and I don’t like it and this is how I want it to ride after you’re done. I hated to write down that I only been riding for 7months but I wanted to get exactly what I was looking for, I have no regrets its dialed perfectly and its going to take some time, a long time for me to out ride my suspension by les. If you are thinking about a re-valve think about going with Les his reputation on this and many forums are 10/10. Aside from being polite and professional take into account the most important his work, it needs no review or kudos it speaks for itself. This modification made riding a 08 TC450 husky even more fun and that’s what it’s all about for me.
    ====================
    What I told Les:
    It feels like a jack hammer on braking bumps on and off track. On long table top jumps If I don’t hit the landing perfectly the front forks tend to squat then bottom out. I can feel the rear handle the landing a lot better. The front forks and rear shock system feel out of sync. On whoop sections I have to force the front end up over all the whoops. If I accidently miss the peak of the whoop (these are not big whoops) the suspension feels harsh and out of control for correction. The suspension feels harsh on the trails; it gets upset on bumps or dips on the trail. It is not happy when turning in or out of uneven terrain. The suspension how it sits now works best on semi flat straits and turns. I have tried the stock compression and rebound setting and also tried increasing and decreasing from the point. The bike always feels either stiff and harsh or soft and harsh.
    ====================
    After I sent to Les
    On the track:
    I can take any line I want and not worry about braking bumps disturbing my bike and focus on the next obstacle. On long table top jumps if I miss the landing I no longer have the front forks squat, bottom out, or want to knife on me. The suspension takes the impact and the energy is flowed threw the front and rear shocks evenly (This is when landing on both wheels at the same time of course). I feel more comfortable on whoop sections. I can ride them faster and harder and if I miss the peak the suspension eats up the impact and I can continue this rhythm sections with out losing much speed. The rear shock and forks are now in sync with each other. There is a balanced feel to the bike that was absent before.
    ====================
    On trails:
    There is no more harshness there is what you call plush now. I can feel the forks use all of its travel. I don’t have to avoid uneven bumps or drops any more and can also take turns on this type of terrain and remain in control. The suspension is deceiving when I’m just cursing its soft not a bad soft enjoyable comfortable one very tame is the feed back. Make no mistake the more I push that bike the more it gets tight, agile and aggressive. I love that most about this setup it’s what I wanted.
  14. ioneater Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    NW Texas
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2010 TXC 250
    Other Motorcycles:
    08 Sprint
    Money well spent TC450OZ, I wish I'd have tossed my first upgrade money at the suspension instead of other stuff. Just simply amazing how different the bike reacts to the terrain because 1)it's sprung for my weight now 2)the valving is fixed getting rid of the TE's midstroke hit 3)Les's settings were dead nuts on for me based on my description of skill level and type of riding I do. Things are just plain how they should be! My riding perspective was different especially while standing due to the whole bike riding deeper in the suspension stroke than before, yet I've not felt it bottom yet. Dust marks on the forks and shock show that I'm using it all. The clickers are all near the minimum settings just as he set them when I picked them up. I'll recommend him with no hesitation. Glad you had a good experience with his work as well!
  15. robertaccio Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    San Diego, Ca
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2021 Husqvarna TE300i
    Other Motorcycles:
    99 HusqvarnaTE610, 94 Husaberg FC501
    suspension 1st, bling and motor (as long as it runs right from factory of course) after
    member of the Zoke/sachs LTR cult.
  16. RLW Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Boise, Idaho
    I don't think most riders are aware just how nice or how important a properly set-up suspension really is until they've experienced it....that said, I have to let you guys know that after I spent some more time, in more conditions w/my LTR Suspension work, I found a slight flaw in mine.

    The rear suspension, of course needed a sag adjustment, but other than that I haven't even touch the clickers from where Les had them. However I was blowing thru the front a bit quicker/harder than I liked on big whoops/hit.
    After email to Les to confirm, raised oil level 20mm by adding 16cc oil to each leg, backed out the compression couple more clicks, then took it up to the mtns and abused the bike for a few days........that little adjustment did the trick (I also backed rebound out 1 click). Even plusher on washboards/rocky trails, and soft enough to suck up big rocks, yet w/o deflecting and improved bottoming resistance on faster launches off 3-4ft kelly humps.

    sorry, but afraid I'm only able to give him a 99 out of 100 :thumbsup:
    (no doubt I will be a repeat customer.)
  17. Motosportz CH Sponsor

    Location:
    Vancouver WA
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2021 TE250i, 570 Berg, 500 KTM, 790R
    Other Motorcycles:
    many
    Says the guy who procrastinated forever sending the TXC suspenders off. :D
  18. john01 Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Powhatan VA
    K I read all three pages and now the question, do I send the 09 TXC510 or the 08 CR 125 off 1st? Or I could send them both at the same time since I still haven't sold the 07 Honda 450R yet. So which bike would I feel the changes the most?
  19. Motosportz CH Sponsor

    Location:
    Vancouver WA
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2021 TE250i, 570 Berg, 500 KTM, 790R
    Other Motorcycles:
    many
    Send which ever bike you ride that most.
  20. robertaccio Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    San Diego, Ca
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2021 Husqvarna TE300i
    Other Motorcycles:
    99 HusqvarnaTE610, 94 Husaberg FC501
    mouth big...... wallet small.......
    we need to clone that guy to get all four corners of the country covered plus a couple more of him for the midwest!!