The TE630 may be the best adventure touring bike made!

That looks to be a great improvement. It is difficult for me to turn the key wearing gloves.

I was referring to the top of the clear screen. It emulates the Husky logo.

Cool! I didn't even notice that with the Husky banner in the background. How's the airflow?

I just finished balancing the front wheel & tire using a homemade balancer out of scrap parts. After dinner I'll go for a spirited ride on the highway and report back. Hopefully it's just a balance issue and not the fairing. organ donor mentioned how his shimmy went away after balancing.edit: wellllll, not sure if it helped...it still shimmys. smooth on some sections at 140...shimmy at 130:/

Thanks!

Not much different than the Lynx shield. The cutouts don't cause any extra buffeting. Works great.

YOU ROCK..........and so does your HUSKY!!

Speaking of fuel, what was your MPG along the trip??

Also, where did you buy your black tool thermos?? I was looking for one of those but can never find one. Somebody once said they are easily found at Home Depot but I never seem to encounter them.

The front wheel shimmy is now gone! It was definitely a balancing issue. Took it to the shop and the maestro spent his valuable time re-doing it correctly. It now goes up to 170 kmh (with no wobble) but I can only do up to 150 kmh without my head getting blown off.

I also just did a 3000ish mi trip with mine. Very similar set up except as you can see I don't have the Lynx and mine is in the shop (no idea what is wrong ).
I did have some issues
It boiled twice and I had to find new rear rubber to get home. And 400km from home It wouldn't start after a stop. No idea if the boiling is linked to the current issue of it not starting but I should find out this week. I ran the chain dry until I got on the tar on the way home and cleaned the air filter when I was out of the desert.

Aside from the issues I am really happy with the bike and will be taking it on other big rides after I sort out the current issues. I think the Lynx would be a bloody great addition not just for the highway but also in the desert. We were sitting on 130KPH (80mph) with max speed on the GPS being 155kph (95mph) and the wind blast got really old.

Oh yeah and shamless link to the video I made

I go

I got 40-53 mpg. I was getting a bit over 40 mpg on the interstate at 110-120 km/hr.
I bought the "instruction manual holder" at agrisupply.com it was about $5.

We have almost an identical setup! I really wish that I had a larger fuel tank for this trip. Did you find that the handling of the bike suffered with the large fuel tank?

No she handled really well. I had thought about getting a steering dampener before the trip but it turned out I didn't need it. I must say Looking at your bike and reading your experience has me sold on the Lynx.

Anything 110 km/h and above is very tiring with the stock setup. The Lynx is noticeably more comfortable.

Mine went from Eastern Nebraska into Colorado to tour the mountains and back. 2000+ miles over 5 days.

https://picasaweb.google.com/104761807778479461638/20110708Through20110711ColoradoMotorcycleTrip

JT you were an inspiration for my taking the Husky on this trip. I copied your luggage setup. Thanks for the shop manual download!

Glad to help.

When I was bike shopping, what prompted me to go with the Husky was a ride report over on ADVRider. A guy there spent 3-4 months touring Mexico on his TE610.

I was either getting a KTM 690 Enduro, Suzuki DRZ400S, Yamaha WR250R or the TE630.

There's a KTM dealer right down the street. When I asked them about getting me a 690, they pretty much refused. So, after reading that ride report over on ADV, I had Hall's ship me a 630. I got mine early last year and ended up paying full MSRP. Vin #15

Had the KTM dealer not blown me off, I'd probably be riding a 690 right now.

There is a 'Ride Reports' forum?

I was looking at the same models and it came down to the Husky or a used 690. The Suzuki and Yamaha would have been too stressed to do the amount of road riding that I did on this trip. IMHO

I have read stories of it being done on both the Suzuki and the Yamaha. My only concern is the gearbox on the Suzuki and the displacement being so small on the Yamaha. I know it makes great power for a 250, but at the end of the day, it's still a 250.