Thank you Chums for the cool pix!
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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
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jimjim
Husqvarna
AA Class
Was this built on a TV show call cafe racer?
Not sure this was one that I never read the plaque on but it was engraved on top of the triple clamp with something, can't remember what now but I remember thinking it may have been the builder.
Gotta love google.
That thing is very close to the same design as my 94 FE501 berg. Motor looks almost identical. Lots of similar design features. Interesting.
You can see where the carb hooks to the frame right under the seat! Machined swingarm, simple, and clean! I like this thing!
Go get yourself a 94ish Berg FE501 and your 90% there including the rocket of an engine and very light weight. I paid $600 for mine with a plate. These have crazy wide 6 speeds in them too. Motor and frame look nearly identical. You could build a replica of that fairly simple minus the swing arm. It is a really fun bike to ride and wheelies at will in any gear.
justintendo
klotz super techniplate junkie
if husky stayed in sweden...
Bigbill
Husqvarna
Pro Class
If Cannondale had a top pro rider they would still be selling these bikes. There design was awesome with the engine oil and tranny oil being seperate.
Bigbill
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Bigbill
Husqvarna
Pro Class
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A 9,000 rpm vee twin and it stays together? Harley better buy into this.
One note the starter is in the front. It's going to get hammered with dirt and water?
justintendo
klotz super techniplate junkie
their bikes kinda sucked. plagued with issues. weak power, heavy and expensive. they just tried to do too much at one time. also its correct they copied the first gen honda alum cr frame, and those were known for being way too harsh.
jimjim
Husqvarna
AA Class
Or if they would have sourced their engines instead of building them in-house.I have had a Cannondale atv for 8 years now,it went thru all the typical problems.Had the engine ported,crank stroked(467cc)and had a map made dynoed at 57 hp.It is quiet relieable now,plus when I take it to ride no one knows what it is.Gotta give them credit for what they did.