Northwest Fall Gathering Round 2 - China Hat / Bend Oregon Oct 2011

What an awesome event. Huge thanks to Bill / Bryon, and team whom kicked ass. Brought a bunch of bikes, set up main camp, worked hard all weekend. Bikes were all amazing. 2012 CR150, 2012 TXC310 with PC pipe, TXC511 with 2012 suspension. Was too fun. saturday was amazing being able to ask questions to the Husky top dog around the fire. Where else does that happen Honest answers too, even if some of it was not what we wanted to hear. Great stuff. Thanks husky USA for taking the time and being exactly what we love about this brand. Going to miss this when husky gets big.

Great group of enthusiasts.

We had a NW gathering, it was COOL. Bills brought out some amazing bikes for us to sample at will. 2012 TXC310 with PC pipe, TCi 250, 2012 CR150 (rips), 2011 TXC511 with 2012 suspension overnighted and installed by NW rep Jason. Great people great time and amazing bikes.

2012 TXC310 with PC pipe - Amazing bike. pulls hard, has great handling and suspension. excellent bike.

TCi 250 - Maybe my forvorit bike there. Needs 2 more gears

TXC511 with 2012 suspension - Jason had just installed it and I got to dial it in. Felt great, handled great, pulls HARD.

2012 CR150, rips and the new ducati ignition seems to be the goods. No flat spot, no lag in response at all, rips from the bottom to top. Great bike.

The x-lights rule in any config or displacement. GREAT platform. I already knew this owning several in the past and still owning a 2010 TC250 but they have really built some fantastic bikes based on that platform.

Huge thanks to Bills and crew and Husky NA Prez Kris Odwarka and Jason (NW rep) for being there, providing bikes and answering questions. Kris was a real cool guy, took a bunch of time to answer questions and was real interested in feedback on how to make Husky USA better. What an experience to sit around the fire and ask questions over a beer to the pres of husky USA. GREAT team of people there that obviously care about the customers. Was insightful to hear some candid responses and honest answers even though they might not be exactly what we wanted to hear at times.

Happy news:

Lots of effort and energy around making husky USA much stronger

WAY better parts supply and parts delivery times (Bills already confirmed this)

Way more dealer support (already happening)

Taller gear sets coming and retrofitable.

Big tanks always in the works / discussions

Sad:

Nuda might not even make it to USA

DFI 2 strokes probably 2015 when everyone else has them. An entire Europe industry of under 125CC 2strokes is at stake here. The DFI has to work or many companies are not going to survive in Europe. Issue is emissions. All manufacturer struggling to build an DFI that is simple and cost effective. DFI takes huge fuel pressure and fancy injectors and a lot of things to function. We were expecting cool EFI, they are working on it because they have to. This will be interesting to see if the new euro regs and more complex and expensive 2 strokes will survive. Interesting info here.

Minis will not make it to USA - liability issues

MX/SX not going to happen any time soon - to much money

Kris had some really insightful info and it makes a lot more sense now knowing how many bikes are sold in the USA (not as many as you would think) and why we can't have top race teams and allot the stuff we scream for on these forums. Makes a lot of sense when you hear the global story and situation. There is so much more to this than we understand and the direction and things that are and are not possible are much more clear now. In the end it seems Husky NA is doing a fantastic job, really care what we the customer want and are fighting daily to provide that. What we took from this and what we all need to understand is there is a lot more to this than meets the eye and IMHO they are doing a fantastic job and have our interests at hand. They all want the same things we do but have piles of research and global understanding to get there. I feel much more at ease and understand the situation far better now. It all makes sense, we are in good hands.

Yes, must have DFI 2 strokes by 2015 and thats what all manufacturers are trying tot do. Expect complicated expensive bikes. This is all about emissions and the life of the 2 stroke as we know it. Meet 2015 EU standards or die.

Oh, and the 610/630 is officially dead. Look for a BMW G650 based replacement. Committed to providing parts and support for the 610/630 for at least 10 years.

Thanks, i missed that.

Im surprised you forgot that we also had my '11 TXC511 with Motosportz/JDJetting X6 fueler for comparison to Jason's '12 suspended bike with stock EFI. Word is the JD fueler makes a fine running bike run better but you knew that (and fat guys have stiff suspension setups on their bikes)

I don't think i saw your bike. You hid it from me.