• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

Would appreciate some advice on buying my first bike.

Get an easy to ride beater that runs awesome. Make sure it doesn't need oil changes often and that you can get what you need to keep it going on a fairly consistent basis. Living on an island can sometimes lead to supply issues.

You are going to dump it learning the ropes, so make sure you have lever protection, a decent skid plate, and try to stay away from water cooled bikes so protecting radiators isn't an issue..

Unless you are burly, stick with a light bike that you can sit flat footed on.

Ride, smile, repeat.
 
I realize its a SM. But I've read thats it's better to start with a SM and get some spare knobblies than it is to start with an S and get spare street tyres. Is this true?
 
Tragoul said:
I realize its a SM. But I've read thats it's better to start with a SM and get some spare knobblies than it is to start with an S and get spare street tyres. Is this true?
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The guy is asking too much and he knows it... Also he is looking for a big dual sport or a daily driver. I would never recommend ridding those off road , they don't do good . Even with wheels it's still a street bike with street bike suspension. A DRZ 650 is still my advice. And no it's better to start with the S because the S crosses over to street better than the SM crosses over to dirt.
 
Sounds like you are getting some top notch advise.
Another thing to consider is that the only Huskys that have a gear box that is highway friendly for more than a few miles are the 610s,630s and TR650s. The 610s have an excellent 6 speed, don't weigh very much more than the WR250s and much lighter than the DR650s.
Unless there is a dealership on your island all the parts you will be needing will need to be ordered.
I have a 30" inseam and can flat foot my 610 with a Seat Concepts low seat.
There are a lot of great bikes out there.
Good luck!
 
My island has 280 population xD If i want to get chicken, or beer... Gotta take a ferry... So I'm not to concerned about having to order parts, or travelling for them. However I think I am going to wait to get a husky now. Get a bit of experience under my belt with something I won't care about dropping. DR650 and DRZ400 are at the top of my list currently. Everything seems to be pretty expensive around my area though, and there aren't any Suzuki dealers within a couple hundred miles. My best options would appear to be either this DRZ400 http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/mcy/4374887546.html or this DR650 http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/mcy/4388529571.html Im going to go take a look at them both on thursday and see which one I like the feel of more. Other than looking at the sprocket and chain for wear, and fluid leaks, what should I specifically be looking for?
 
I agree, that's too much for the DRZ400, and an SM is not really what you are looking for. Any enduro bike with a good set of tires like the; Metzeler Enduro 3 Sahara will be perfect for what you are looking for. The WR250 is a great bike, and so it the DRZ400. A Honda XR650 would be good too. Like others have said, low maintenance intervals and parts availability are important considerations. Regardless of your choice, welcome to the world of motorcycles. Be careful, stay aware and have fun.

Oh, ask about riding gear (helmet, boots, armor, etc) next. There's so much to discuss....
 
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