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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
TE/TC 2015 NJ TE300
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Picklito
Husqvarna
Pro Class
As wise ol' dad used to say about such things: "Say thank you then shut up."
Congrats on the new bike.
Interesting. They look similar to the flatlands.
I previously ran flatlands on my KTM 4 stroke, excellent design and made in the USA, the owner of the company was nice enough to send me extra hardware when my flatlands skid plate needed refreshing. I've also run the Enduro engineering, also made in the USA, I think the flatlands are the better design and do guard side impacts, read as stupidly dumping bike on the ground, better than the Enduro engineering as the flatlands include a support brace that connects both guards. They are slimmer too, the Enduro engineering use a cheaper metal hence its thicker material width.
Have yours gotten much "use?" Any feedback?
I haven't tried them. They sponsor the forum. I've read a few reviews here (on the italian huskys) and everyone seemed to love them. Also stumbled on a review of them on ktmtalk and that guy had nothing but praise for them. Just throwing out another option. 7602 has their own portion of the forum if you wanted to ask questions directly
Norman Foley
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Congrats on the new bike! It's an awesome Northeast woods bike.
On your points....
1. I can hardly imagine riding in the our area (ECEA, D4, NETRA), without full wrap around "bark busters", but to a large portion of the rest of the world "flag hand guards" are what they want. Even top GNCC riders run them now. I almost bought my Husaberg from Cliff's in MA. They include EE full hand guards with each bike and still discount the bike! More dealers should do this.
2. ICO... Standard equipment for an ECEA Enduro guy. Funny how you can pretty much know if a guy is ECEA or NETRA by.... bar width and whether he has an ICO or a Watch Dog computer. ICO doesn't even make the Checkmate any more, so not expecting to see anyone else come in. Timekeeping enduros, are getting to be a smaller niche all the time. Sumter National Enduro just sold out 640 riders in 25 minutes. They added 80 more slots for 720 total. I don't think Pine Hill Enduro will have that turnout, but wish I was there! Bob always has a trick up his sleeve, or should I say... under his flowing locks!
3. Don't know about those guards.... I have one friend who runs the KTM version, on his '12 250XC-W and I think he said they were tough to install. I run the newest version EE guards, they are slimmer than the old style. They are 2 piece, so you don't have to pull radiators to install and they have the kick stand rubbers for flexible lower shroud mount. They fit well.
4. P3 is the best stuff, but Eric Pirie sold the business and they are now made in West Virginia. Lindsay is a friend and I was just talking to him yesterday.
Yes, real hand guards
Up here, fingers and brake levers last only a few minutes without wrap around. Fair enough observation on intended purpose of oem computer, but the point remains that with fairly limited investment, KTM could enable time keeping functionality. With ICO no longer making time keeping computers, you'd have a second market of customers buying the oem computers. Maybe I'll brush up on my German and place a call to Mattighofen.
Hey Norm! I think our paths may of crossed at an Enduro this year.
I saw the news about Sumter, talk about a great issue to have, too much interest and riders. I'll be riding Pine Hill tomorrow. Maybe I'll have my baseline clicker settings set by the end of the first loop. Lol.
I'll have to give the newer ee guards a look. Thanks
Norman Foley
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Good luck and ride safe. I'm sure we've been at an ECEA Enduro together. IDR/Speedsville Enduro, is my home club.Hey Norm! I think our paths may of crossed at an Enduro this year.
I saw the news about Sumter, talk about a great issue to have, too much interest and riders. I'll be riding Pine Hill tomorrow. Maybe I'll have my baseline clicker settings set by the end of the first loop. Lol.
I'll have to give the newer ee guards a look. Thanks
racemx904
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Time keeping ability for the 450 people across the country that ride time keepers let alone the percentage that are going to buy a Husky.... so everyone is going to pay $50 more for their bike so both people could say a few hundred.... Dont say throw it in the price of the bike because like all business they work on margin.... Also if you put a ICO on some would bitch because its not a watchdog.... same with wrap around guards.... I hate them and I take them off if I buy a bike with them.... 95% of the world uses Flag style guards, so its a no brainer.... just do some Down East Dickering and have the dealer throw them in....
Yes, real hand guards
Fair enough observation on intended purpose of oem computer, but the point remains that with fairly limited investment, KTM could enable time keeping functionality. With ICO no longer making time keeping computers, you'd have a second market of customers buying the oem computers. Maybe I'll brush up on my German and place a call to Mattighofen.
Norman Foley
Husqvarna
Pro Class
There's my point....
fletchman45
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Halls has radiator guards in stock. Not sure what make they are but they are installed on my new bike I'm going to pick up this week.
Yesterday was the first day out on the bike and it happened to be a 100 mike Enduro so the bike was put through the paces and it worked flawlessly. The stock needle was pretty spot on, I replaced the pilot and the main, but that was more to do with our elevation and temps.
The suspension was surprisingly good. Plush in the initial stroke to handle the chop and chatter but firm enough to handle faster whooped trail. The race sag is off a half inch, 4.5 inch instead of the 4 inch recommendation, so I'll have to adjust that before the next ride. The rear linkage suspension felt different than the pds, in a good way, tracking straighter in the whooped trail, but I suspect I won't feel the difference in turns until I get the sag adjusted. That should help quicken the steering as well.
In looking over the bike more closely, I also noticed it was pre wired for a battery tender. Talk about a nominal but pleasant surprise. Im not sure if the 20145 KTMs are so equipped as well?
And is there something special in oem grips??? The stockers felt really good, better than the major aftermarket brand half waffle grips I have been using. Probably some psychological explanation...
The suspension was surprisingly good. Plush in the initial stroke to handle the chop and chatter but firm enough to handle faster whooped trail. The race sag is off a half inch, 4.5 inch instead of the 4 inch recommendation, so I'll have to adjust that before the next ride. The rear linkage suspension felt different than the pds, in a good way, tracking straighter in the whooped trail, but I suspect I won't feel the difference in turns until I get the sag adjusted. That should help quicken the steering as well.
In looking over the bike more closely, I also noticed it was pre wired for a battery tender. Talk about a nominal but pleasant surprise. Im not sure if the 20145 KTMs are so equipped as well?
And is there something special in oem grips??? The stockers felt really good, better than the major aftermarket brand half waffle grips I have been using. Probably some psychological explanation...
reveille
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I like the OEM grips too. I bought 2 extra sets and still have the originals on. 60 plus hours on them and still looking/working good. Glad you are enjoying the bike so far. I am still torn on the forks. It's a love hate deal as of now. The soft initial stroke is awesome sometimes and horrible at the same time. Big log crossings are so easy with the forks but the faster you go the more unpredictable they become. In the woods they're awesome for me.
Norman Foley
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Nice report! The grips are Domino dual compound and my favorite grip. These were the OEM grips on later Italian Huskys and on Husabergs the last few years. I am glad to see they were still being used on new Austrian Huskys. OEM replacements are pricey, but you can buy the same grips without "Husqvarna" branding from G2.
reveille
Husqvarna
Pro Class
How easy is it to remove the guard to clear trail debris? Riding here in the fall leaves my radiators packed full after just a couple hours of woods riding. I know right away when the fan doesn't turn off. Pulling the stock louvers is easy and allows a quick clean out. Just curious is all.
i am using the 7602 guards with the stock louvers now.
BDHANSON
Husqvarna
AA Class
You can fit your fingers in there pretty easy. Probably about 3/8" gap. I have yet to have anything get stuck in there and I have about 20hrs of ride time with them.