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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

Living with a 2010 Husky TE 510!

I have a 2010 TE510. Sadly it may become stripped. I need a frame with a Canadian VIN. So, I'll be selling the US frame. (With a clean title.)
Anyone know if I have any options regarding the frame that I get? Can I use a 2008/2009 chassis?
Thanks for any knowledge.

J
 
dirtydeeds said:
I have a 2010 TE510. Sadly it may become stripped. I need a frame with a Canadian VIN. So, I'll be selling the US frame. (With a clean title.)
Anyone know if I have any options regarding the frame that I get? Can I use a 2008/2009 chassis?
Thanks for any knowledge.

J
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Yes chassis is the same from 08-10 on sm, smr, te, tc, and txc 450-510 Some other models may fit also but those I'm almost positive work..
 
"almost positive" is a phrase that worries me. On my frame it's stamped as TE/SM. I'm sure they're the same. It says so. I wonder about the other models though. Could there be a difference due to FI vs Carb? I'd think that the difference would be around the airbox/subframe???
Thanks again
 
I believe the frame is stamped TE/SM due to there being a steering lock housing welded to the frame. As far as I know, the frames are exactly the same dimensions on the carbed and EFI bikes.
 
I have a new to me '08 TE450. Is there any difference between the
'08 and '09-'10 frames ? I have read that at one point 1 kg ( 2.2 lbs )
were shaved off from one model year to the next. Is this from '07
to '08 and up or from '09 and up.

I am aware there were major changes from '07 to '08 though.

Dirtydeeds there may be a '10 frame with papers up my way if you are still looking.
 
Ok took a look at the parts fiche :

It is the same drawing as the '07, someone forgot to update the drawing ?
My frame is same as '09-'10 ( oval tubing, full perimeter ) but my
bike is an '08. The only difference I see is the tubular magneto case
guard welded to frame ( the '09 - '10 have plastic guards both sides )

What gives ? Was there an '08 1/2 ?
 
'08-'10 all same except for the tubular case guard on frame.
'10 got the Kayaba's and some internal mods on the shift forks, etc.
That's pretty well it.
 
Get rid of the lame vacuum plug, get a intake back fire it will blow off then have air leak. Use 5X10 .80 threaded bolt red loctite it in
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I picked up an '08 SMR450 and this vacuum port is vented to atmosphere which struck me as odd and may explain some of the idling issues I'm starting to tackle.
 
I found a couple more differences - between the carb and EFI frames. The mounting hardware for the electronics is different. They're just tiny pieces of metal. I knocked them off the TE frame and welded them onto the TXC frame. (Had to knock off TXC tabs, too.). No factory holes for the TE kickstand, either.

Anyhow, it's not a big deal.
The TE is now on a TXC frame.
Consequently, I'll be posting the TE frame for sale.

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Hey guys!

New to the forum! I hope it's cool if I just jump in this thread to ask a question? It seems to be fairly active still.

I'm in the hunt for a bike, and I've found a 2010 TE 510 with 290 miles. It looks to be in great shape (I've seen in person) Only problem is, the asking price feels high to me, and I'm just wanting to see what you guys think?
$6599 is the price. Am I off-base here? Average I've found, for my area, is about $4400'ish. Granted, those have higher miles, and have gotten a lot more use, but an over 2K difference doesn't seem justified.

Thanks for any input, guys! Really appreciate it.
 
Ended up finding a better deal. Brand new 2014 TE449 for $6700 OTD. Love the bike so far. It will get its first taste of dirt this Saturday. I'll be in these forums sucking up all the knowledge you guys have!
 
good luck with that Te449. that is the BMW powered one. you knew that right ?? myself i would have opted for the italian engined ride. working on a 2011 w 1 ride on it myself.
 
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