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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

My TE511 review...

Sweet!

How does the seat feel? Any better than what has been offered for the last few years by Husky on the 510s and below? ...
 
So how long between con rods, cam chains etc?
Is this bike going to cost a lot to maintain over the longtime?
Thanks.
 
CrankN said:
So how long between con rods, cam chains etc?
Is this bike going to cost a lot to maintain over the longtime?
Thanks.
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Buy one & find out ????
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Does the new motor have a counter-balancer in the TE version? What RPM is the rev limiter at? How many R's at 65 mph in 6th gear? Took kit provided and where is it stored?
 
I just got a hour meter / RPM meter from Trailtech, cool little unit.

easy counter balancer, revs to much at 65. needs geared up but will easily tolerate a taller first so it should not be a big deal.
 
The bike is Siiiiiiiiiiiiick!!! I even like the front fender, it matches the back and looks very unique and modern.
I'm was fine with the bikes I have, but now??? You're killing me with this new one lmao.
Trying not spend more $$ for a new bike right now...I can't look anymore....
(do you have any more pics?)
Glad to hear the cts is awesome -it would have to be.
Kelly, thanks for being a pioneer.
 
Looking forward to your progress reports Kelly. We can then all get a feel of how they are standing up to use. Keep up the good word mate.
 
Motosportz said:
I just got a hour meter / RPM meter from Trailtech, cool little unit.

easy counter balancer, revs to much at 65. needs geared up but will easily tolerate a taller first so it should not be a big deal.
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Do you have any installation advice? I have the Trail Tech TTO hour meter/tach, and I failed utterly to get it to work with the stick coil on my TC449. IF you have a picture, that would be even better!

TIA!
 
Just a big thanks to all members, especially motorsportz, for all the info and reviews on the te511. Finally bought one after much consideration and comparisons to the ktm500 I had test ridden. And after a few hundred km in deep Aussie bush, I love it. Does everything people said it would, rides awesome, the finish is great and frankly makes me a better rider. Cheers.
 
  • +1 for an EXCELLENT review Kelly. All of the details that you mention from the overall design of the bike down to the performance and characteristics of the engine, power delivery, shifting, suspension, etc. are worlds better than most magazine reviews. I very much enjoy reading your reviews as they are quite entertaining but most of all very educating and in layman's terms. I wouldn't be surprised if you were a professional motorbike journalist...
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aciel78 said:
  • +1 for an EXCELLENT review Kelly. All of the details that you mention from the overall design of the bike down to the performance and characteristics of the engine, power delivery, shifting, suspension, etc. are worlds better than most magazine reviews. I very much enjoy reading your reviews as they are quite entertaining but most of all very educating and in layman's terms. I wouldn't be surprised if you were a professional motorbike journalist...
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Wow, thanks.
"I wouldn't be surprised if you were a professional motorbike journalist"
Would love that, where do I sign up? I really do like riding and evaluating and then writing my findings. I find it fun.
 
Motosportz said:
Wow, thanks.
"I wouldn't be surprised if you were a professional motorbike journalist"
Would love that, where do I sign up? I really do like riding and evaluating and then writing my findings. I find it fun.
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Congrats motosportz! (I think someone's trying to get 10% off) lol
 
Motosportz said:
Wow, thanks.
"I wouldn't be surprised if you were a professional motorbike journalist"
Would love that, where do I sign up? I really do like riding and evaluating and then writing my findings. I find it fun.
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Sign yourself up. Collate the tests you've already done, do some more on the bikes you've ridden over the years and get a hold of your buddies new bikes...old vs new comparo's etc etc.

Add a BIKE TEST section to your new website :thumbsup:
 
LandofMotards said:
Congrats motosportz! (I think someone's trying to get 10% off) lol
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haha funny... but i'm more than happy with my heavily discounted 2014 TE511 at just under $7000 with FMF exhaust and Warp 9 SM wheelset all Brand New BTW. Just waiting for it to arrive at the dealer since hes been selling them superfast. It's actually my 1st new bike purchase ever let alone a husky. LOL
 
aciel78 said:
haha funny... but i'm more than happy with my heavily discounted 2014 TE511 at just under $7000 with FMF exhaust and Warp 9 SM wheelset all Brand New BTW. Just waiting for it to arrive at the dealer since hes been selling them superfast. It's actually my 1st new bike purchase ever let alone a husky. LOL
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Sweet deal and congrats on the bike!
 
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