• 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!

650 Terra Farkles

bluegopher said:
Does the fixed length touratech shifter extend outward from the bike a little further than stock? I have a little trouble getting my boot under the stock shifter sometimes and I think if it extended outward (toe piece just a little longer) it would help.
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The toe piece on the adjustable, which looks like the same as the fixed version, sticks out the exact same amount as the stock tow piece. I assume you mean the distance from left to right as opposed to the length of the lever itself.
 
Yes, the distance from left to right was what I was looking for. Thanks for the info. Looks like a quality shifter overall and definitely worth having the folding.
 
So I've been using this phone holder for the last few days and its worked out really well. Its secure to the bars and the rubber mounting really absorbs the bumps. Today I used it on some FSR and it held up well, besides getting dusty. But mainly its used for booting around town. Now this is strictly for people for are too cheap to buy a gps and mount.

http://www.mec.ca/product/5034-208/delta-smartphone-caddy-ii/
 
I bought this little GPS mount for my Zumo. It is much lower profile than my others, and it lacks the big swingarm. You lose some of the adjustment capability with this one, but I thought it would be good. So far, it is a little lackluster.

Don't get me wrong, it holds the GPS nicely. But mounting it on the center of the handlebars means it is a little low. I have to consciously look down to see the GPS. Also, with the limited adjustment, I lose a bit due to sun glare too. But, it works, and it doesn't interfere with the instrument cluster at all. I don't see much room to mount it elsewhere, but I may start playing around with that shortly.

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Donkey,

If that mount does not work out for you, RAM makes a short arm that is pretty compact.

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Sorry no pics yet on the Terra, but I have it mounted the same as on my Versys with one of these that attaches under the mirror.

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Ogre, thanks for the info on the short arm mount. I have only seen the long arm one before, which I have on all my other bikes. This might be worth a shot if I can get it comfortably over to the left side.
 
I also found the triple clamp position way too low. Here's a left side bar mount long arm example. I've since gone to the right side, but it's similar. It's easy to get the GPS just outside the normal dash view on either side with this setup.

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I just mounted my GPS with the higher RAM mount a couple days ago and have used it on my 25 mi commute to work since then. I haven't noticed any difference or any effect from the wind at all.
 
I don't notice it. I think there are two reasons. First, the GPS is pretty low, it's likely below the flow over the shield. Second, the GPS, at least in my case, is at an angle that does not present as much wind load as one might think. I think this will vary widely depending on GPS and angle chosen. Here are two pics of my current Terra install that may provide some insight. Sorry for the mediocre cell phone shots.

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The first bug that hit's my bike on any given ride has a 93% chance of obliterating the camera lens on the Montana. I've stopped using the camera as a result, it was just so so anyway. I really like the fact that a very well done wired mount is available from Garmin for $32. I'd pay a bit more for one that protected the camera lens though. On particular juicy or dirty rides the Montana comes off with a clean strip down the middle and covered in bugs everywhere else. :banghead:
 
krussell said:
I put on a Touratech adjustable shift lever. Not much to say, works as expected. They make two shift levers. A fixed one, like in this photo from Kenneth Webb:

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And an adjustable one:

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There's about $10 difference. I probably would have been fine with the fixed one.
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I bought the Touratech fixed length lever (which is listed on their website as being F650/G650/TR650 OEM length) but when I hold it along side the OEM lever there is quite a big difference between the length of the two, and the tip on the Touratech will be so far up my boot I doubt I will be able to make good shifts. I'll have to try exchanging it for the adjustable length shifter.
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nev.. said:
I bought the Touratech fixed length lever (which is listed on their website as being F650/G650/TR650 OEM length) but when I hold it along side the OEM lever there is quite a big difference between the length of the two, and the tip on the Touratech will be so far up my boot I doubt I will be able to make good shifts. I'll have to try exchanging it for the adjustable length shifter.
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Can you move the toe piece to a different hole?
 
I am not a big guy, just 5' 9.5", size 10 shoe/boot and 32" inseam. My fixed length lever worked perfectly on the COBDR and provides a little extra room for my Sidi Rain boots. When riding at home with less bulky footwear, I never notice any problems at all with the extra lever length. In fact, it is a big plus for me!
 
Kenneth Webb said:
I am not a big guy, just 5' 9.5", size 10 shoe/boot and 32" inseam. My fixed length lever worked perfectly on the COBDR and provides a little extra room for my Sidi Rain boots. When riding at home with less bulky footwear, I never notice any problems at all with the extra lever length. In fact, it is a big plus for me!
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That's good to know. I'm the same as you and have trouble getting the toe of my boot under the stock shifter sometimes. Looks like one of these shifters is next on the list.
 
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