• 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

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    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!

Calling all 2013 TE449 owners - Would you buy it again?

Motosportz said:
It really is just the condition with these plated dirt bikes and seems every manufacturer struggles to meet the EPA requirements.
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The question had nothing to do with KTM or Yamahas or any other makes, its was if we would buy again, some said yes some said no, those that said no really don't need an education on other makes issues but since we are there, allow me to share the other side of the road; My Beta runs absolute circles around the 449/511, not by a little but by a wide margin. No one that I can find has any issues with them running properly when all smoged up new. Mine roosts all the way from sea level to 10K with just a twist of the on-the-fly mixture knob. Many friends I ride with have little to no issues with their new KTM's, Hussy's or Yamahas, some little issues yes but none have had to reprogram the ecu or put new exhausts on to make them able to climb a 30 degree hill.
 
Not where I ride. Guys are re engineering all the time. Kinda like the planes, and spacecraft sometimes.
Car recalls, baby's toys, medicine, etc....very few plated 50 state legal race bikes,
What model beta, so I know what to buy when I can the malcontent 511?
 
I looked up BETA 520, it's a really nice bike. I was interested till I realized that even with re engineering I spent less
By over $2500. Then I read a head to head comparison and they really liked the BETA, but it was not as comfortable,
And made less torque, and horsepower. Add that to no dealer around here and two husky dealers within driving distance
I am stuck with the re engineered turd.
 
Never mind, don't buy a 449 or 511!!!

That way when they are sitting around in a year or so when I can afford another, I'll get a freakin screaming deal.

Buuuaahahahahahaaa****************************************!!
 
Huskynoobee said:
Never mind, don't buy a 449 or 511!!!

That way when they are sitting around in a year or so when I can afford another, I'll get a freakin screaming deal.

Buuuaahahahahahaaa !!
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On here I promote the heck out of them but in Colorado I only talk about the 310 lol
 
James Patton said:
I looked up BETA 520, it's a really nice bike. I was interested till I realized that even with re engineering I spent less
By over $2500. Then I read a head to head comparison and they really liked the BETA, but it was not as comfortable,
And made less torque, and horsepower. Add that to no dealer around here and two husky dealers within driving distance
I am stuck with the re engineered turd.
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The Beta 4T was better when it had the KTM engine in it. It's good motorcycle, but no way as good as some people tout them. The suspension is mediocre at best, even the 520 puts out considerably less tq/hp than the 477, it gets less mpg and it carries less fuel. No bells and whistles, no traction control. Definitely won't compare to the new Husqvarnas, no way. But it's Italian and if that's your thing, then more power to ya :thumbsup:
 
I'll sell mine for
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One MILLLLLIOOONN Dollars
Shipping included, taxes and surcharges may or may not apply.
 
McKay said:
The question had nothing to do with KTM or Yamahas or any other makes, its was if we would buy again, some said yes some said no, those that said no really don't need an education on other makes issues but since we are there, allow me to share the other side of the road; My Beta runs absolute circles around the 449/511, not by a little but by a wide margin. No one that I can find has any issues with them running properly when all smoged up new. Mine roosts all the way from sea level to 10K with just a twist of the on-the-fly mixture knob. Many friends I ride with have little to no issues with their new KTM's, Hussy's or Yamahas, some little issues yes but none have had to reprogram the ecu or put new exhausts on to make them able to climb a 30 degree hill.
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I think it's the rider/operator of the machine.. How else can I explain my luck with mine. The only thing I had to mod was the valve cover for a breather. Performance wise when it was stock it ran good to. It's been fun for me making things and tuning my bike. Thats what it's all about right ? Think your Beta has a shot against me on the Dusy ? Bring it . :)
 
I think a TXC would be the way to go as the TE models typically have smog/emissions cloggin them up. Then when you uncork it, you have to reflash and do whatever else to the ECU/reflash/remapping/fuel injection. The issue is that not all dealerships really know much about this stuff with reflashing/mapping/which to use//etc. (at least from my experience in the northeast)

Great bikes but the '50 state legal' stuff really hinders the TE models to their full potential. If only there was a BAJA KIT for TXC models... I'd be almost willing to pick up a TXC model next.. if money grew on trees.

I'm not much of a tinker on my bikes, I know how to change oil and filters. I ride hard and expect my bikes to last. It's about riding not tuning and fixing imo. I buy to ride, not to work on a new project.
 
The TXC certainly has advantages for those with a performance bent, but plating them requires some extra hoops if it can be done where you are. Ive managed to do it with my 449, and given my strong predilection for dirt over street I am likely to sell that one soon since Ive barely ridden it. The pure dirt 511 still gets most of my attention. Wife seems to think I dont need 3...and I just bought 2 vintage projects...so 5 is stretching my capacity. Watch the classifieds....

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I'm not into the lov'em and leave them thing anymore. I am confident the 511 is a long lasting bike. There is nothing about my bike that bothers me anymore. I don't know what the hitch is with the ecu, my JD Tunned my bike well enough I don't think it needs a re-map. Mine puts 47hp to the ground and that's 7 hp more than a klr 650 that's been ported with a full race exhaust , plus 100 pounds lighter with real suspension . That's 10 more hp than a stock Beta 520. My TE 511 got more poke than my old FC 550 Berg and has a plate ... Some people don't know that.
 
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