• 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    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!

Fixing to store my TXC for several months. Checklist of what to do?

andyman

andyman

Husqvarna
AA Class
I need to know what all I need to do to the bike before I put it away for a few months.

Drain fuel tank
Run carb dry? (start bike with empty tank and run till it dies)
Drain crankcase? (has synthetic oil)

Any all tips are appreciated.
 
Sounds like a bad day and a good start there with the gas ...

I'd change the oil and leave the new oil in it ... used oil has contaminates in it that may harm the engine over time ...

Maybe lift both wheels off the ground ...

Oil the chain very well .... U could even remove it, give it a good soaking in some oil, remove it, and then store it in a safe dry location ...maybe in a freezer bag ...

Not sure about the radiators ... maybe add new coolant to the top .... rust might be an issue here ...

Clean the air filter and oil it well ... Not sure about what you are using now but I'm using motor oil and it will not dry out over time I think ... You are really just wanting to protect the foam ...maybe remove it and oil it and put it in a bag in the house and them put a rag in the air box to seal the carb...

If it has a battery, a battery tender works well for maintaining the battery ... if no tender, U might need to charge the battery in some manner over time ... Letting a battery sit is bad for them ...The tender is really the best way to go here if you wanna keep that battery for the future ... everyone that has a battery on their bike and cannot ride it every 2-3 days should have one ...

Maybe have a new plug laying also for the day you start it up again the future ...

I'd spray wd-40 around on it and then cover it with a sheet or something to keep the dust off it ...
 
clean bike- run till fan comes on

Carbed bike- Drain tank-or use Stable: and drain float bowl/ or run till it quits. EFI bike, hard to drain fuel- use Stable fuel additive- follow directions.

Change oil, clean air filter, lube chain, wd40 everything

Battery- 1>disconnect 1 lead from bike, use tender or 2> bring battery in house-so it is not sitting in the cold. It will hold a charge better at stable temps and without being connected to bike.

Coolant/antifreeze- test it with one of those floating ball turkey baster's that ensures you have proper freeze protection.

Put bike on stand.

if mice are an issue- get some decon and put in same area as bike
 
If you are leaving the immediate AO for any length of time, setup claymores and trip fares as needed ...
 
andyman;128256 said:
Thanks for the tips guys. I feel confident to leave it now. :)
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I dunno...wouldn't it just be easier to throw it on a trailer and drop it off at my house for a few months?

:)




WoodsChick
 
I'd also pull the plug and spray some wd40 or other oil to keep the cylinder and rings lubricated while your not using it
 
take the spark plug out as well and pour a teaspoon or so of motor oil into the cylinder to keep everything lubed up for start up next time you kick it over. Deffinetly block your airbox as good as you can cause mice loveeeee air boxes. /best thing for fuel if a carbed bike is to put a stabilizer and leave fuel in the system. if you drain the carb entirely the plastic parts inside can deteriorate because of the oxygen present. If you leave gas in it it will not deteriorate because there is no air. When you the shut the bike down for the last time try and make it so the intake and exhaust valves are both shut so that one spring isn't compressed for a long period of time.
 
WoodsChick;128259 said:
I dunno...wouldn't it just be easier to throw it on a trailer and drop it off at my house for a few months?

:)

WoodsChick
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If I road trip to cali, it's gonna be ON two wheels, not dragging them on a trailer behind me! :cheers:

But hey... if y'all come to TN, stop by and I'll certainly let you take her for a day or three.
 
Do everything that is recommended above, but I take the air filter off (only to fog motor). Go get a pump (Old Fashion) oil can, Put some straight two stroke oil in it. While engine is running, pump oil from can thru carb to fog the motor. Extra oil will protect crank and rod bearings and put a film on your cylinder, valves, etc, along with rust proofing your exhaust on the inside. For start up, start bike with old plug then put in new plug after smoke dissappears.
 
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