Husqmarkus
Husqvarna
A Class
Thank you - I am thinking of painting the inside of the grove red or white....or maybe I should leave the aluminum ? Thoughts?
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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
Nomadic Rack
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Husqvarna
MotocycleWriter
Husqvarna
AA Class
The mount for the TE250 is welded tubular steel.
Brian KKime
Husqvarna
A Class
Anyone try to install the Nomadic rack onto a 2013 TE449/511. Big issues ? Smooth install ?
Nice Machining!
Nice Machining!
Husqmarkus
Husqvarna
A Class
It was a bit of a hassle to get it to install properly; have to slightly bend it to the proper angle and then I actually drilled some additional holes for my rotopax gas can, because once it is installed it is too difficult to remove the rotopax mounting piece in the position the rack has them. It held up wonderfully after 5 days worth of pounding on extreme terrain with ~40lbs of stuff loaded in my wolfman tail bag. See images below 
Not to mention 1600 miles round trip at 65-80 mph loaded on the back of a trailer attached to the bike. Not one slip or necessary adjustment.
Just so you get a feel for the angle...very steep....and I put over 600 miles on the TE449 at altitudes from 10,000-13,000
Not to mention 1600 miles round trip at 65-80 mph loaded on the back of a trailer attached to the bike. Not one slip or necessary adjustment.
Just so you get a feel for the angle...very steep....and I put over 600 miles on the TE449 at altitudes from 10,000-13,000
Husqmarkus
Husqvarna
A Class
yes sir it is.....
Husqmarkus
Husqvarna
A Class
I recommend Black Bear Pass and coming back up Imogene. I did notice a significant power loss above 9k feet; but there was no problem climbing any of the passes or descending severe mountains
Rearwheelin
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Let's the gopro vidsI recommend Black Bear Pass and coming back up Imogene. I did notice a significant power loss above 9k feet; but there was no problem climbing any of the passes or descending severe mountains
Husqmarkus
Husqvarna
A Class
Haha; I have so much footage -- I had three batteries and a higher capacity memory card; I am still sorting through the footage. I did Black Bear Pass, Imogene Pass, Cinnamon Pass, Corkscrew Pass, Hurricane Pass, California Pass, Yankee Boy Basin Pass, and Olphir Pass - plus Devils mountain in Pagosa Springs and Wolf Pass....I will try and sort through it and post something up ....Let's the gopro vids
vetxracer
Husqvarna
AA Class
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Justin at Nomadic used my 2013 te511 as a template. Came out very strong and if anything fails it would be the sub frame. The curved bar is the front mount for lack of a mounting point. It's strong enough to pick up the back of the bike. Very pleased with results and Justin is a great guy to work with.
Husqmarkus
Husqvarna
A Class
that is an interesting approach to the issue around the lack of support in the front. I however just screwed the screws to the plastic and haven't had an issue as of yet. And believe me I was toting around a turd load of weight during my Colorado trip. Here are some videos of the pounding the nomad rack sustained while up there
. Keep in mind my riding skills are not to be critiqued - jk, I welcome all comments sarcastic and otherwise ....I used to remember how to embed the video -- but i have slept since then. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IsYtYxEonF8?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Gotta ask where did you get that heat shield?! Iv been diggin online for one and can't find anything like it