A friend of mine has an 07 TE610. Around Christmas time, the bike which had rather low miles on it, just experienced a catastrophic failure out in some sandy whoop de doos out in the desert. The lower shock linkage mount gave way and the shock absorber snapped. Anybody heard of this happening to this particular model before? So far, my friend has not been able to get the parts needed for the shock or have the frame repaired. It is feared that he will need to buy another frame.
There was a thread somewhere, maybe on TT where this same thing happened not too long ago. I know the discussion was rider weight, types of jumps performed and maybe doing something that the bike wasn't designed to do. My uncle had the top mount give way on an '03 TE 610 during a ride. But I think he rode that bike hard! He was able to repair it. If I find that topic somewhere, I'll post back. Good luck to your friend! Now that I look at the pics closer, maybe it's the same person. I'll check!
Well, this was not too long ago also. The guy riding the bike rides pretty hard, but wasn't riding anything that he wouldn't have been riding with his old Honda 650 XL (I guess that was a tank). One of the problems seems to be that he can't get the shaft assembly from Husqvarna (none in the states). I'm not sure why he can't get the frame refabricated. Maybe he just hasn't found anybody talented enough and willing to take on the project.
I'm pretty sure that the thread you saw on TT was the same bike. Those are the same pics that I saw on there. We all tried to speculate on the cause but came up with no definitive answer.
The frame mounts should be able to be repaired by any quality weld shop. He might try Bill MC plus in Salem Oregon for the shock parts, Bill has a lot of pieced out stuff. He might have to buy a whole shock assembly but they can be had used fairly reasonable. It really sucks that this happened to you're friend, I hope he get it worked out.
Thanks RBG. I knew that I'd seen it somewhere! Just to let you know, I gave up on the 9007 bulb conversion on mine. SORRY! I ended up going with the Acerbis Dimension HP. (Will post pics eventually) Thanks again for all you do with topics on these bikes! I respect your opinion tremendously
Here is a link to Bills MC plus where he has a complete sachs shock assembly of a 510. I pretty sure that it is the same shock used on the 610 just with a different spring. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Husq...62QQcategoryZ10065QQihZ019QQitemZ290283719751
Thanks Thorton, I appreciate all you're posts too. I'm really sorry that you couldn't get the light conversion to work for you. I'm at a bit of a loss as to why it works for most people but every once in while there is a problem. I may fab up a couple out of aluminum and see if it acts like a heat sink.
