So 652 mile report. Did 205 more miles on a loop on back roads to the coast and back yesterday. Can get the fuel mileage to drop to 59 mpg if you hammer it over a mountain range all hair on fire. Fun. Gets about 65 miles per regular non hooligan riding. Fuel light came on at 150 miles and according to the manual it has three liters left or .79 gallon and at say 60 mpg thats still 47 more miles so this bike should be good for about 200 max typical riding. Bike runs better every mile. Brakes seems stronger too. Suspension is getting better. Loosened the ramped collar for preload to full soft and went up 5 clicks rebound rear and in the rear is a good bit better. Buddy with the V-strom ride it again, first thing he said was the suspension feels better. Then raved on and on how awesome the bike is and how he needs to sell his V-strom ASAP. BTW the TR650 is officially faster then a V-stom 650. We came out of one of those roundabouts and Adam on his V-strom hammered it, I saw this and him looking in the review like he was going to leave me and it was on. He started about 10 bike lengths ahead and got on it slightly before me. I caught, passed and was leaving him when we rolled off at about 100 mph. He was full of excuses. So, about 15 miles down the road we had both just topped off our tanks and were on a remote back road with a long straight stretch that was slightly uphill. We lined them up and let them rip. The Husky comes off the line much quicker and has trouble keeping the front end down. Once i got control I rolled it on and walked away from him. Not blew him away but for sure was leaving him. By the end of it he was getting small in my mirror. The motor in the Tr650 rocks. S0... - the TR650 is a GREAT street bike. Versatile, fast, handles fantastic, good brakes, great overall feel. - the seat is very usable as is. 2, 200 mile plus days back to back, no issues. - It seems to run better and better all the time. Brakes getting stronger, etc - Tires are very nice - suspension is loosening up and feeling better. The less preload and more rebound really helped to. - Range should be about 180-200 miles per tank. Oh, I do have an issue. The trip meter was freaking me out Saturday, could not tell why it kept changing and was not right. Weill i figured out everytime i shut the bike off for a break and then get back on it resets itself to 32.9 miles ??? WTF? The ODO works fine and keeps accurate info but the trip resets to 32.9 miles every time. Weird. Another note is the bike has a 525 chain, this is fine but it looked like my pile of husky sprockets (520 width) would fit until I found this out. Oh well. Oh, I read all this complaining about this is not a real husky just a rebranded BMW this and BMW that. My take on it is although is bikes motor is loosely based on a previous design and the bike does take some design ideas from BMW offerings like the under seat tank (brilliant IMHO) When you look at it, and look at it next to the BMW version it is clear this is an all new bike. As good as it is I am not shy to call it a husky at all, in fact darn proud to do so. The bike itself, other than the wheels seems to share NOTHING with previous models and takes the similar design elements to the next level. Other than the motor sharing some basic castings much is different there too. This is no toss some plastics on an old bike and call it a Husky. This is a well conceived ground up effort. they took the best stuff they learned from on the BMW 650's and took it to the next level IMHO. The motor has many different castings, higher spec components, more compression, probably more cam, more exhaust etc and took a good motor and made it fantastic. the rest of the bike should be considered all new. New frame, new plastic, new suspension, new new new. Really other than the wheels I don't see anything crossing over. Husky took a good bike and completely redesigned it and updated it. Love the under seat tank and believe putting all that weight under your butt instead of above your lap and up front makes a big difference and making it so it fill conventional is brilliant. The Airbox which is a pain to service on the BMW is completely redesigned and EZ to maintain now. The electronics are all well laid out and look very car like in there placement and cleanliness. The fit and finish on the plastics and control's and seat and everything is amazing. This bike is very well designed and amazing well built especially considering the entry level pricing. Husky hit a home run here.
Butterflys are pretty, this was not. Some big bug. Thousands of bugs were killed this weekend so you guys can have a report. It's a sad but had to be done. That guy in the pic got to stay and make the ride, i figured he gave his life for the effort his carcass should get to do the ride
This right here (sorry butterfly) is an improvement on the BMW also. The throttle cable is in a metal 90^ fitting going into what looks like a metal (al I guess) throttle tube housing. BMW's is a threaded fastener that comes out of the throttle tube housing the is prone to braking off if you happend to hit it right... don't ask me how I know this... Husky looks way more robust plus it is on top of the bar, not below like the BMW. Another score for the Husky! Oh, and separate switch housing from the throttle. Looks to be the same brakes as the BMW's which I have never had a problem with. Man, I like this bike more and more!
Switchgear is exactly like my TE511, simple and well built. No extra crap. Throttle is all metal and single cable. Brake hoses are braided steel and front one is routed so the top of the bars is super clean. This bike is highly detailed and thought out from end to end IMHO. Seems like a lot of attention was given to this machine.
Researching a 15T front sprocket i find the manual says 520 chain (thought i read 530) so there are several 15T on eBay in both 520 and 530 sizes. Will do some more research and see.
Yep, math via ODO and gas pump. I was told to expect about 65 mpg and thats about what it gets. 60-65 mpg.
Hello, this is Tom from TOURATECH-USA. I just joined CH today. Here are some other pics of the bike in Adventure form, by TOURATECH. This is going to be a GREAT single-cyl adventure bike. It is not the motor from the BMW F650GS, it's the second version. The TR650 motor is from a newer bike than the F650GS, the BMW G650X-Challenge which was made only in 2007. It's more modern, has more power, and is used in new 2012 BMW G650GS. The TR650 could have different cams/compression from the BMW and may have other updates over the past 5 years but the castings look the same. It's a reliable, long-running motor. We're anxious to build up a TR650 for Adventure riding. These photos are from TOURATECH in Germany.
Tom, just sent you an Email about countershaft sprockets. I'm sure you found this thread via my Emails on our group, glad you joined in.
OK, the math just seems odd to me, maybe I am missing something. I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that you topped it off and that the tank holds (14L) 3.69 gals with .79 as reserve. Given that, you should have used around 2.9 gals when the light comes on, right? 150 miles/2.9 gals = 51.7 MPG's
Was just looking at pics on BMP's site. Odd that the Strada has a much better placed rear brake pedal. Another nice add-on, could be a center-stand. Just throwing it out there...
I think the bike holds 3 gallon despite the manual saying 3.67. Regardless when i filled up I took the total used and divided it into the mileage traveled. Simple and correct. The low fuel light came on at 150 miles traveled and if it does in fact come one with 3 liters left that means about 190 or so miles per tank. First time i checked it it took 1.57 gallons to go 103 miles or basically 65 mpg.
Same. You might have been looking at the concept pics? Actually don't know why they did not use that set up instead of this one Cost? Maybe easy to change though? Production: Concept Strada:
Regarding the request for a 650 forum, if anyone has any input, might want to go here: http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/ti...he-bike-forums-input.18381/page-2#post-251442
I am liking this bike. It is something new to the adventure market. I am impressed with that motor and it's history. It could replace my 950. Thanks for your write up. Any chance you could get an actual wet weight? Also hoping these don't have the flakey speedometer that my 610 had. The suspension is the only downfall for me, so will be interesting to see what others have up their sleeve.
