• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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    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.

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Lowering a '08 TE 510

Townzer

Townzer

Husqvarna
AA Class
Anyone lower a TE 510 yet? An inch sure would keep me from falling over as much in the technical stuff. Any suggestions? Thanks.
 
I lowered my 2006 TE250, which is almost identical. It works great for me.. Sent it to a suspension tuner which did a re-valve, and he put some spacers in front & back to keep it from rising as far as it had been rising.
 
Did the same to my '05 TE510.........unfortunately twice.
That 38.4" stock seat height mine had was a bit much for tight nasty trails, so I wanted it about 1.5" lower. I let a local shop do the first attempt and they.......well, I just say I was not a happy camper, so after that years riding season was over (2 mths) I took forks and shock off and sent it to Les at LT Racing to have it done right. He used spacers to take 1" out of the travel, along with revalve and new springs for me and my riding conditions. Once back together, the lower seat height was where I wanted.
Helped me a lot in nasty technical trails and still plenty of good useable travel to work nice at speed in desert whoops and moderate jumps.
 
Any ideas in how to internally lower the shock? I don't want to use lowering links and mess with the geometry. But I just put a set of 50mm SMR forks on the front end and they are lowered by 1" I believe it is..
 
J.R. said:
Any ideas in how to internally lower the shock? I don't want to use lowering links and mess with the geometry. But I just put a set of 50mm SMR forks on the front end and they are lowered by 1" I believe it is..
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i lowered my smr510 shock by welding a 15mm spacer to the stop washer internal in the shock, about 45mm lower now, the te shock may be slightly different as it might have a spring on the stop
 
I also sent my forks and shock to Les at LT Racing. They did an excellent job lowering it an inch. I don't miss the ground clearance, but being an inch closer to the ground really helps with those low speed (stopped) tip overs/ bike drops. It handles better now also.
 
I have an 08 510 T and I put on the factory lower seat (1.4" lower) and Michelin AC-10 tire in the rear (.5" lower). I slid the front forks up in the tree to the bottom line. The combination lowered the seat height by almost 2". It was enough to make the bike work for me, and the cost was minimal.
 
I did not even know they made a factory lower seat. Anyone hear of a different linkage working for the rear?
 
i know there are different opinions on using links, but previous owner had a Koubalink sitting in the box of parts he gave me. it lowered my te-250 about 1", and i really don't notice any difference in ride quality at all. only downside is the kickstand is even more useless now :(
 
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