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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
Husqvarna Snowbiking - The most fun u can have in snow
- Thread starter Robster
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HuskyHumper
Husqvarna
A Class
What brand is or where did you get your exhaust protector for the FMF? I have the same exhaust and I hate it being so exposed. Been looking for something to cover it up a bit for ages......dont want to drop the bike and dent/scratch it
I rode a few different conversions on a demo day a couple of years ago, and while it was fun I have to say that I was underwhelmed. The tracks really sucked the snap out of all of the bikes except the CR500 (other bikes were a CRF450, and KTM 500 and 625).
Limiting stops. The ski pivots at the bottom of the leg, not where the axle would be.
I have ridden them and love them... gobs of fun. Will be interesting to see how long your Torque limiter holds up to that abuse. How long have you had it on there?
Been looking at one of those Timbersleds for a while. I think I'm gonna set up my TXC450 with one of these kits next winter and then buy a new bike for spring 2016. A bunch of my friends who snowmobile are switching over to these kits on turbocharged Honda's. Dunno how they are gonna hold up in the long run, but it sure sounds like fun to me.
Yep, one of these on a big 2 stroke sounds great.
I wouldn't think 2 stroke is as good because you need the high revs and big power band of the thumper.
Not if it's a 500 
Until recently, all sleds were 2 stroke and they work great, just not as "Green"
Until recently, all sleds were 2 stroke and they work great, just not as "Green"
silverstreakNZ
Husqvarna
Pro Class
ktm 450 with 10 psi up it . maybe acceptable in place of a 500 2 smoke
N4544D
Husqvarna
AA Class
ktm 450 with 10 psi up it . maybe acceptable in place of a 500 2 smoke
Wow! 100 HP...I wonder how long that engine would last.
BTW I love your country. I used to fly LC-130s with the US Antarctic Program and looked forward to any free time I had on the South Island (drank my share of CD and Speights). If I had no family in the US, it's the country I'd choose.
My friend was a load master and maintenance tech in that program. He's regaled me some pretty wild tales from his rotations back to NZ.
Robster
Husqvarna
AA Class
How do you reckon Motosportz? What kind of abuse when using track is tougher than when on wheels??? And what is a Torque limiter and where does it sit?
Have only had it on for 5 hours on this bike so far. So any help to avoid failures is more than much appreciated. Also have an EFM clutch on it, which works great.
The exhaust protector is a Husqvarna option that I found on here. It is very hard to find these days. But the Husqvarna number is 8000H7844. Works great though and looks good too I think.
The cr500 and kx500 vibrators is not even remotely interesting as a snowbike. When you have been out a full day in cold weather with no hand warmers you will understand. Do not know of a single person that has built one and kept it other than for short show off rides. A good set up Husaberg with a BigBore 660 kit delivers 80 hp on rear wheel and is almost as light. Also smooth as a baby on low rpm, unless you twist the throttle. Best Snowbike option I have ever ridden with a Long track kit. A friend has a KTM EXC 500 with Mc-Xpress built turbo kit that delivers +90 hp and has worked flawlessly for 2 years now. Will hopefully try it this winter and see, but from what I hear the boondocking riding in the trees that I love is not where the turbo bike shines the most due to just a touch of lag.
Ski is prevented from flipping by the same rubber that protects Polaris skiis from flippin on the sleds.
Been an Snowbike rider for 4 years now and will trade ALL summer rides for one good day with the track kit. That is how hooked I am on Snowbiking.
Rob
there are endless threads here on CH about the torque limiter. It slips under load to save the trans. The direct connection to the snow with a big track and more to turn might be a lot for it to handle. The Autoclutch might actually help it last longer. You might be just fine was just tossing it out there. If you ever feel what seems like the clutch slipping its your Torque limiter and you will need to replace it.
Robster
Husqvarna
AA Class
Ok. Thx for the input. I have spent a couple of hours of searching and know what part you mean now. The track makes all power delivery smoother, so also the track should help the TL from breaking/failing. Also the clutch will help it on lower rpms yes. I have also rerouted the ventline to up near the rear of the bike with a filter on it so it can vent from the engine. So far it has worked as I hoped and hope it will continue to do it. I will let you guys know how it works out further on. Next trip is in a week from now and the snow is finally falling here. Got 1ft of snow so far today, so next ride will be more of a challenge for the bike. =)
silverstreakNZ
Husqvarna
Pro Class
a turbo engine would prolly last just as long . to make power you either have to rev something harder or add boost . adding revs the wear / load is exponential . adding boost the peak cylinder pressure is actually not very much higher than stock
you actually drunk CD ? i dont know anyone that will admit that .
heard a cool story the other day about some guys that rocked up to the antartic depot here and asked if they could have a look and one of you guys goes "sure come in " and showed them everything
bit like burt munro and the bell x1 haha
you actually drunk CD ? i dont know anyone that will admit that .
heard a cool story the other day about some guys that rocked up to the antartic depot here and asked if they could have a look and one of you guys goes "sure come in " and showed them everything
bit like burt munro and the bell x1 haha
Robster
Husqvarna
AA Class
Can you elaborate on this silverstreakNZ. I cannot understand anything of it.
The first part I can agree with mostly. Adding displacement is also a way of adding power without reving or boosting, which is what I would want for the exact same reasons that you mention. Boost is lag and lag is not good when boondocking. Not even if it is very little. Crisp throttle responce is vital and my te449 is the fastest I have tried disregarding pure setup race bikes with high maintenance.
Rob