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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

Acerbis Cyclops - my install

Yossarian

Yossarian

Husqvarna
AA Class
I put a Cyclops on my TE610 yesterday. Wow, what a difference from the stock light! I think it looks pretty decent also.

Before installing, I took out the H3 bulbs that came in the unit, and substituted some Osram Night Breaker +90 H3 bulbs. The light output is very nice, and the whole setup cost me about $140.

I was also able to wire it into the stock harness that I pulled off the factory light. Using a Dremel I ground down some connectors so that they'd fit into the stock connectors, which I like because if I ever need to put the stock light back on it'll be plug 'n play.

Anyway, +1 for the Cyclops light.

Here are some pics:

Closeup of the light - note that the reflection from the low beam of the camera flash.

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Longer range photo.

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Dark garage, with low beam only.

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Dark garage, with high beam only.

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A quick road test revealed very positive results. I now feel that I can ride this bike at night.
 
xymotic;37005 said:
Thank you, much appreciated.

Hows it do at freeway speed, does it take any pressure off your chest?
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Nah, it's really not any more wind protection than the stock unit. If you are looking for wind protection, this isn't the road to take. :excuseme:
 
headlight

I'm thinking of getting the new led light.Is this only for looks,or does it work ?,any ideas ?:cheers:
 
Looks good

Sorry for digging up an old thread, but I was in the market for a new headlight assembly for my TE and I think we have a winner! Thanks for the pics. :thumbsup:

xymotic;37390 said:
That is REALLY nice looking:thumbsup:
Where'd the graphic come from?
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Yes, where'd the graphic come from?
 
Motosportz;62923 said:
Just food for thought...

http://trailtech.net/light_comparison.html

I find the X2 really hard to beat bang for the buck wise.
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This is a really interesting link and just the presentation to understand the differences between the lights. But I call BS! They aimed their lights properly and aimed the competitors' lights way too low. I'm sure Trailtech wants to make their lights look good but this is a dishonest way to do it. IMO, anyway.

I have an Acerbis Cyclops knockoff and I wouldn't recommend it. I thought it was a real Acerbis when I bought it and I have no idea if I would recommend the real Acerbis Cyclops or not (but guessing no). The X2 is interesting, especially with the DOT version coming out. Personally I think the best implementation is HID low beam and HID low/halogen high beam combined for high beam. That's how I've modified my Cyclops knockoff and it's not too bad--when aimed properly!
 
On my Cyclops, the low beam glass dome is very close to the plastic protective cover and the heat has begun melting a 3/8" hole in the center. Works fine still.

The low beam is a bit of a V pattern where the side lobes are stronger than the center. Turning on the high beam (low remains on) fills in the weak center area well.

Decent solution I think overall.

- Mike
 
110 for a stator rewind from them too... thats interesting as its got to be a great upgrade to an enduro bike that stop starts a fair bit !
 
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