All 2st What did you do to your Husky today?

Lol no it grips fine, I've got the black boot to cover the knuckle, she works just fine it's shorter than stock so misses the foot peg when kicking over.
I like rough looking, if it's mechanically sound I'm happy I don't care about looking good.

Nah no offence taken, never will be any either as you are all entitled to your opinions!

Oh re spline it's better forward as I get more stroke on the kicker.

Ha u seen my bikes juicy help together with zip ties n tape as long as motor/running gear good I'm happy.

As long as ya weld holds up n the shaft don't shit itself that thing will never break! Does it have the ball indent to retain it so doesn't swing out mid ride or us it jus firm enough that it stays put?

Curious as to how hard n expensive it would be to get a kicker sand cast outta steel? I don't mind the kicker style itself jus shits me how it hits the peg teeth n chews out the kicker. I'm on my second kicker(fine for 265 hours no complaints) but this one is half worn thru the tip wher ya foot contacts n will snap sooner rather than later! Make me one outta Ti juicy

I used two 6mm plates with hole drilled through then then the hex goes down through top and is welded and down through bottom an is welded.
The shaft will break before that kicker fails, yes I drilled the 7mm hole for bb then tapped it m8 put bearing and spring loc tighter the m8 and cut it off flush.

With the boot on and my lovely MIG stainless welding can't be seen I looks good.
The hex flats provide the grip so far no issues.

You provide the Ti an I will give it a go.
as the stainless hex is twice the weight of Ali one.

So I mounted my lovely heavy duty rad guards.
I think they should be up to even the heaviest of hits that I can throw at it.

Guards look great. Is there protection for the front of the core or are these more for side impact?

I have a sheet of fine stainless mesh for front but yes my guards are for side impact.
Will post pics of my old rads you will see how good I am at throwing my bike down hard, like a temper tantrum toddler.

P.s. that's the rad I mashed
This is how the guards look on the bike, I'm fairly pleased the cross braces came out in the right place for the air to flow through the vents in tank.

Yup, they do that. Nice job on the guards.

Thanks, you want a set?

Offer only open to oldbikedude

that sucks..good they were busted tho. i ve been cutting my fuel 50/50 91 pure gas and 110 vp leaded...the bikes run great on it..combined with the klotz smells amazing...my garage, bikes and gear all smell great!

Thanks but I'm good. I have a nice set of heavy front guards that stiffen the radiator pretty well.

No probs, saves me knocking up another pair

who are you knocking up??? better be the misses your gona be in deep shit

No dude I don't do that.

Trying some different engine oil in the 165 too. I've been using Mob1 0-40, but feeling like the 165 wants something else. First up, me old standby from my Team Honda days, Pro Honda HP Trans. It's full synthetic, pretty good, but after the 5-6 hour mark could feel shifting get a little notchy an hour or so into the ride. Changed it out today after 8 hours with Rotella T5 10-40w just to see if I notice any differences with a synthetic blend oil. More later...

Well couldn't put it off any longer after 205hrs time for one of those pesky jobs, swing arm and linkage bearings.Home made puller worked a treat.

Well 200 hours ain't bad, you must have been doing some maintenance. My plan is to do swingarm/linkage maintenance at each tire change, but skipped it last time on the 165. Been fine tuning the suspenders and noticed a rubbing sound from the rear last week. Found a rusty swingarm bearing Last time it was the bottom shock bearing.
Not too bad, cleaned up and repacked with Belray waterproof grease. Ordering the the whole bearing kit soon though.
My 165 has @ 150 hours on the chassis.

the t5 is not jaso rated and may slip. the t4 white jug and t6 blue jug are jaso rated..the gray jug is supposed to be a slipper tho. white is straight conventional and blue is synthetic. ...i love the t6..lasts and works as well as anything

Ooops, haven't ridden it yet. We'll see soon though. Thanks!

T