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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

It seems everybody wants to know....

TemecuCoastie

TemecuCoastie

Husqvarna
Pro Class
About the Husqvarna.

I was out at Ocotillo over the weekend. I hit places like the Pumkin Patch, Gas Dome and Artesian Spring before stopping off at Blue-Inn for a rest (bad idea, by the way. I could feel my muscles and bones settling the longer I sat idle).
Everywhere I went/stopped people literally crowded around and started hurling questions about the Husky. At one point, while at the Pumpkin Patch, I fielded Q's from two different groups. The second group had about eight pedople in it.

I'd say people are starting to dig Huskys more and more.

On one had I'd say that's a great thing, but on the other hand, I kind of like being the only guy in the area w/a bike as unique as a Husky.
 
The tide has changed up here. Our ride yesterday had 4 Husky's (all small bores), 2 KTM's and one Gas Gas. We also ran into another group who were on KTM's and a Husaberg. And then we saw one lonely Yamaha later in the day.

The Euro invasion is in full effect in the PNW!
 
Out here, it seems like I get lost in a sea of orange. It's nice to have a strikingly colorful, stylish and top performing trail machine that stands out from the rest of the crowd.
 
I get lot's of questions and compliments most times I ride. I've even had Harley riders inquire while my bike was loaded in the back of my truck and I was getting gas. I'm glad that my my Husky has exceeded my expectations and I can cheerfully recommend the brand!
 
Give it time. 3 years ago when I was introduced to the brand they were few and far between.
Not so much anymore.

Although, we do have the best dealer on the planet here and he makes owning a Husky so damn easy.

The bikes work, the prices are competitive and dealer support is outstanding. It comes as no surprise how quickly the brand reputation and amount of bikes sold has changed.
 
Ha, I was riding on private property a couple weeks ago and a guy saw the husky "H" on the ignition cover. He asked if it was really a husky, or if I just put a Husky cover on it. I assured him it was the "real deal"

He proceeded to say he hadn't seen one in forever! That was in a small town with 25,000 people, and probably the only husky in that area.
 
Couldn't pass up reposting...this was 2011, orange 200 sea.
I'd really love to see someone serious throw a WB 1-6-5 into the fray.

But at the races in 2012, we did see more white fenders than ever before.

The part about being unique is even more fulfilling when the white fender is the first to cross the line! We did have a lot of lookers and question askers the last two years...

Looking forward to 2013! Happy New Year!

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Dirtdame said:
Out here, it seems like I get lost in a sea of orange. It's nice to have a strikingly colorful, stylish and top performing trail machine that stands out from the rest of the crowd.
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Amen to that DD.

As we were leavig Borrego Springs yesterday (stopped off for some Mexican food) I saw two guys heading out - one a TE449 and the other on a Husaberg. As they rode by the guy on the 449 slowed to have a look at my 250.
 
Here in New Jersey I'm starting to see more Huskys in the woods... I was working an enduro a few months ago and was completely amazed at how many new Huskys I saw that day... Yeah there were a lot of KTMs but they used to be the majority and that is not the case any more..... I had a guy I ride with take my new bike for a ride recently and he just bought a new bike like mine.... Seeing them and riding them makes it easier for a person who wants one to make a decision ... It also helps that these bikes are a lot less expensive then a KTM... And because we can plate these bikes it's just another added bonus..
 
I stopped at a trail intersection at Ocotello Sunday and a guy in another group said "you paid a lot for that bike, you better ride it!" So I said "love to but my friends are all behind me."

We then talked about the bike for a bit.
 
These current Husky dirt bikes are the coolest looking bikes out on the market today ... They even look extremely faster when moving due to their styling ... They look like missiles flying through the air ...

Great, great handling bike and only need more exposure and some wins in some major races to go along with the advertising that in showing in magazines ...
 
shilo020 said:
I stopped at a trail intersection at Ocotello Sunday and a guy in another group said "you paid a lot for that bike, you better ride it!" So I said "love to but my friends are all behind me."

We then talked about the bike for a bit.
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There you have it, folks! Another guy guy on a Husky out in Ocotillo being asked about his Husky.

I've seen a couple of Husky smokers at places like The Ranch and Cahuilla (the guy at Cahuilla is doing the Contingency thing and is pretty damn fast) but they really aren't common - locally.

Back when I was a kid a lot of folks had Huskys and they were all over the desert. Those Huskys weren't Italian.

I went from Big Wash to San Felipe Wash to Pumkin Patch to Gas Dome to Artesian Spring out over to Lake Shore to Blue-Inn and over to Blowsand and didn't see one Husky. Whenever I stopped it was like I was in a sea of orange. Nobody wanted to talk about their KTM - they all wanted to talk about the Husky.
 
ray_ray said:
These current Husky dirt bikes are the coolest looking bikes out on the market today ... They even look extremely faster when moving due to their styling ... They look like missiles flying through the air ...

Great, great handling bike and only need more exposure and some wins in some major races to go along with the advertising that in showing in magazines ...
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I'd like to think the reason they look so fast is because of me being int he saddle.:D
 
TemecuCoastie said:
I'd like to think the reason they look so fast is because of me being int he saddle.:D
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You are fast, faster, and fastest in that hard Husqvarna saddle****************************************

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I'm liking all the words in this thread! The Desert 100 comes up in a few months in Odessa, WA ... That will be another benchmark to gauge the bike count ...
 
ray_ray said:
You are fast, faster, and fastest in that hard Husqvarna saddle

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I'm liking all the words in this thread! The Desert 100 comes up in a few months in Odessa, WA ... That will be another benchmark to gauge the bike count ...
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And the bike count will rise for Husky..... Good things just take time.....
 
I just recently joined a riding club and found that 7 or 8 of the guys ride Husky's. I have only seen a 610 and a 250 here in town and now I'm blown away
 
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