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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

Need input from light riders – suspension Q’s

I'm 5 10 87 kg i had my Te 450 2008 lowered 2'' it performs so much better in the tight stuff can be lay-ed over and swung around so much easier , it has a lower centre of gravity it used to feel like riding a horse, i can dab the ground in ruts ,turn around easier , manoeuvre the bike so much better , i also took 1 1/4 '' out of the seat foam to make it lower again .i love it . its set up for me . do your self a favour and take the seat to an auto upholster to remove some seat foam and then respring , revalve, and lower that bike .the seat feels fine riding it doesn't make any difference to comfort levels .

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My suspension is on its way back from Les! :applause: He said that the Husky suspension comes from the factory with one of two springs and mine had the heavier springs, and was overfilled with oil. Like my skinny arse needed those heavy springs! Suspension was revalved and resprung, but not lowered. Les didn't think I needed it lowered, neither did my husband, and by the end of the riding season last year I wasn't worrying about it either. A very nice guy to deal with for sure. :thumbsup:

Can't wait to try out the new ride, but won't be anytime soon with all the snow we've got. Been out cross country skiing, ice skating, and snowkiting to keep myself entertained this winter, but sure looking forward to spring.
 
'09 TE310 - 33" Seat Height

We got the Husqvarna TE310 back from Drew Smith, the suspension guy in western NJ... http://www.werproducts.net/mainmenu.html

Drew re-did everything for the GF (130#, 5'4") - springs, valving, fluid, spacers, and shortened the side-stand. The seat height is now 34 inches unladen and 33 inches with her in the saddle. We haven't shaved foam (yet). Both feet touch the ground w/ street shoes. It's too cold for a ride report, but we expect to be in the woods soon.

See more photo's here - http://www.bmwxplor.com/galleries/show/2853

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I'm 5 ft 5 in and weigh 120, but I carry a big ol' tool bag, so I set my bike up for a 140 pound rider. TE 450 with 5.0 rear spring and .42 front springs. I want to get a softer std height seat foam, slide the forks up 1 inch and put a 1 inch lowering link on the back. I rarely crash, but I fall down a lot from not being able to touch the ground at low speeds and at a standstill.:doh:
 
Magile;21513 said:
We got the Husqvarna TE310 back from Drew Smith, the suspension guy in western NJ... http://www.werproducts.net/mainmenu.html

Drew re-did everything for the GF (130#, 5'4") - springs, valving, fluid, spacers, and shortened the side-stand. The seat height is now 34 inches unladen and 33 inches with her in the saddle. We haven't shaved foam (yet). Both feet touch the ground w/ street shoes. It's too cold for a ride report, but we expect to be in the woods soon.

See more photo's here - http://www.bmwxplor.com/galleries/show/2853

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Wow, that's a pretty low seat! Is she a newer rider? I was sort of uncomfortable with the stock seat height at first, but spent a lot of time working on my balance and in the end decided not to lower my Husky.
 
Chop Suey;21548 said:
Wow, that's a pretty low seat! Is she a newer rider? I was sort of uncomfortable with the stock seat height at first, but spent a lot of time working on my balance and in the end decided not to lower my Husky.
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+1 on working on balance. We also take lessons & practice (sometimes). We figure having a lowerd bikes saves on a few Band-Aids every year.
She's been off-roading for 5 years (25+ years road riding). She's coming off a Yamaha WR250F (below) that was also lowered at WER.
- M.

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Cool pictures! Well I cheat and ride a KX100 for the tougher stuff. My husband doesn't want me tearing my Husky up, so no racing/competing with it. The KX weighs about 100 pounds less than the TE, so it's much easier to be agressive and crank through harder sections.
 
Coffee;6300 said:
From strictly an economic view, How much does it cost to swap springs vs a complete re-work of suspension front & back?

My re-work of suspension included
re-valve
springs swapped
insert lowering spacer
new oil
seals

It really was not that expensive ($400?) for what benefits it provided. Might at least be worth a peek at some suspension shops web sites or email/phone call. It appears Les might come in about $300? $400? based on his site - unclear if his re-valve includes springs.
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Hi, does anyone have websites for Les and the others mentioned in this thread? I know I at least need a rear spring as we set my race sag yesterday and it's off. I'd really like to talk to someone about this whose done it. We can do the rear spring ourselves but would like to talk to someone about it. I'm in Wisconsin. Thanks!
Kira
 
You're welcome! Who did you buy your bike from? We got mine from Stocks Harley Davidson in Manitowoc, WI. Never thought I would buy a bike from a HD dealership!!:lol:
 
LOL! I got mine from Heinen's in Osseo, MN. Brand new 2008 TE250 for $5000, couldn't beat the price or I would have gotten one from Keytime Motorsports in Warrens, WI. I was not real impressed with the service at Heinen's. They lost my paperwork (still waiting on some of it), they didn't have anything ready (we called weeks in advance to do all the paperwork and over and hour in advance of picking it up). I'm sure they figured we wouldn't be using them for any service but I have a lot of family and friends in MN...sigh.

Rumor has it Michigan has some great single track???
 
Oh, not a very auspicious beginning with your dealer! Michigan has lots of trails and I understand that people come from all over to ride them. Nothing very gnarly, but lots of miles of scenic trail. Michigan made about 25% of their trails statewide accessible for two wheels only (no quads) last year. We live up by the Mackinaw Bridge and want to try some of the trails in the UP this season.
 
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