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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

Actual news on the KTM purchase of Husqvarna

Lots of words providing very little information. More of a "Thinking of you." note.

http://www.husqvarna-motorcyclesna.com/news-detail.php?id=228&y=2013
Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH - the start of Husqvarna's exciting, new future


Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH, the newly formed company of KTM AG, is fully operational and ready to begin worldwide delivery of the new model range of Husqvarna motorcycles.

Six months after the acquisition of Husqvarna Motorcycles by Pierer Industrie AG, Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH is pleased to announce that today it is fully operational and will soon begin distributing the 2014 Husqvarna model range – motocross, enduro, and minicycles – in collaboration to his 14 subsidiaries and 46 importers worldwide.

The start of Husqvarna’s exciting new future begins now
Based in Mattighofen, Austria, Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH will be a ‘sister’ company of KTM Sportmotorcycle AG, with new generation Husqvarna machinery benefitting from direct association with KTM group – Europe’s largest motorcycle manufacturer operating from one of the world’s newest, state-of-the-art production facilities.

United by state-of-the-art technology and the very latest manufacturing methods, Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH will feature new, exciting, and exclusive design. Production in Mattighofen ensures Husqvarna will benefit from the expertise and experience of today’s offroad market leaders, while developing its own unique style and character.

The wait is over. New Husqvarna’s unveiled on October 5th
2014 model Husqvarna enduro and motocross models will be unveiled to the world’s motorcycling press at the start of October. Offering not only the chance to see the new generation Husqvarna models for the first time, journalists will be able to ride the new machines at the famous Uddevalla circuit in Sweden from October 5-11. Husqvarna 2014 models will be arriving at dealer floors in Europe from the beginning of November.

Mr. Stefan Pierer, (CEO, Chairman of the Executive Board at KTM AG): “These are extremely exciting times for Husqvarna. Over the last six months work has been on going in preparation of the arrival of the new Husqvarna models, and that day is here. Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH, with its enduro, motocross, and minicycles brings Husqvarna back with an exciting new model line-up – one that will profit from the professionalism, experience, and knowledge of the KTM group. We have ambitious plans for Husqvarna in terms of both production machinery and sporting success, all of which starts with the delivery of the 2014 model range – a significant moment in the new chapter of Husqvarna motorcycles.”

 
Sparrowhawk said:
Lots of words providing very little information. More of a "Thinking of you." note.

http://www.husqvarna-motorcyclesna.com/news-detail.php?id=228&y=2013
Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH - the start of Husqvarna's exciting, new future


Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH, the newly formed company of KTM AG, is fully operational and ready to begin worldwide delivery of the new model range of Husqvarna motorcycles.

Six months after the acquisition of Husqvarna Motorcycles by Pierer Industrie AG, Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH is pleased to announce that today it is fully operational and will soon begin distributing the 2014 Husqvarna model range – motocross, enduro, and minicycles – in collaboration to his 14 subsidiaries and 46 importers worldwide.

The start of Husqvarna’s exciting new future begins now
Based in Mattighofen, Austria, Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH will be a ‘sister’ company of KTM Sportmotorcycle AG, with new generation Husqvarna machinery benefitting from direct association with KTM group – Europe’s largest motorcycle manufacturer operating from one of the world’s newest, state-of-the-art production facilities.

United by state-of-the-art technology and the very latest manufacturing methods, Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH will feature new, exciting, and exclusive design. Production in Mattighofen ensures Husqvarna will benefit from the expertise and experience of today’s offroad market leaders, while developing its own unique style and character.

The wait is over. New Husqvarna’s unveiled on October 5th
2014 model Husqvarna enduro and motocross models will be unveiled to the world’s motorcycling press at the start of October. Offering not only the chance to see the new generation Husqvarna models for the first time, journalists will be able to ride the new machines at the famous Uddevalla circuit in Sweden from October 5-11. Husqvarna 2014 models will be arriving at dealer floors in Europe from the beginning of November.

Mr. Stefan Pierer, (CEO, Chairman of the Executive Board at KTM AG): “These are extremely exciting times for Husqvarna. Over the last six months work has been on going in preparation of the arrival of the new Husqvarna models, and that day is here. Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH, with its enduro, motocross, and minicycles brings Husqvarna back with an exciting new model line-up – one that will profit from the professionalism, experience, and knowledge of the KTM group. We have ambitious plans for Husqvarna in terms of both production machinery and sporting success, all of which starts with the delivery of the 2014 model range – a significant moment in the new chapter of Husqvarna motorcycles.”
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"Husqvarna 2014 models will be arriving at dealer floors in Europe from the beginning of November." So have to ask when will we see these in the US, anyone have any info?
 
I am sort of excited for this change. I have a KTM now and really enjoy it. Its not perfect, but neither are the Huskys. I went the KTM route because I perceived that KTMs would simply be easier to get into shape to ride -- more aftermarket support, more info etc.. Looking back, there was probably enough Husky support -- but for me [and others I suspect], there is safety in numbers. This move puts Husky squarely in the mainstream IMHO.

What I am hoping is the Huskyheads here put their time and energy into these new bikes and come up with solutions to the uniquely KTM issues [just like they did for the Husky related issues]. Ergos of KTMs funny? How about a clever fix? Don't like the stability? How about new triple clamps or something... Make sense?

I guess I just see this as an oportunity to do the same thing folks did before. Sure the platform is different -- but the opportunities to create something unique is still there. I hope the passion people had before is placed into these new bikes. I will be buying one in the near future and would be bummed if I can't look her for help. Just my $0.02.
 
visiteur1948 said:
new's HUSQVARNA=
SWEDEN october 2013
ITALIA november 2013
(EICMA 5/10 november Milano)
FRANCE
(Paris 2/8 Décember 2013
salon de la moto )
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5 OCTOBER 2013
NEWS HUSQVARNA IN SWEDEN
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boisedave said:
I am sort of excited for this change. I have a KTM now and really enjoy it. Its not perfect, but neither are the Huskys. I went the KTM route because I perceived that KTMs would simply be easier to get into shape to ride -- more aftermarket support, more info etc.. Looking back, there was probably enough Husky support -- but for me [and others I suspect], there is safety in numbers. This move puts Husky squarely in the mainstream IMHO.

What I am hoping is the Huskyheads here put their time and energy into these new bikes and come up with solutions to the uniquely KTM issues [just like they did for the Husky related issues]. Ergos of KTMs funny? How about a clever fix? Don't like the stability? How about new triple clamps or something... Make sense?

I guess I just see this as an oportunity to do the same thing folks did before. Sure the platform is different -- but the opportunities to create something unique is still there. I hope the passion people had before is placed into these new bikes. I will be buying one in the near future and would be bummed if I can't look her for help. Just my $0.02.
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Just wait till Zip Ty Racing gets a hold of a few these new bikes and works there magic

Sorrie guys you will have to wait in line as I already left a deposit for the first avalible bike
It will be a 300 2 stroke
 
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