drzcharlie
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Beautiful!
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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
Out and About (Terra, Strada)
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Husqvarna
Beautiful!
Hansi
Husqvarna
AA Class
NW Nevada, Eastern OR, Steens Mountains East side and loop , Hart Mountain, four night camping trip, lots of dusty washboard gravel and dirt. Standing on the pegs of my Terra for hours at a time soaking in the scenery. Loved every second of it. A great trip with a great bike.
mag00
Husqvarna
Pro Class
A couple I took on a ride today.
Great shots.
Hey Nev, what is that crop in the first photo? That's not super roo food is it? LOL. And the trees look a tad charred, what's the backstory?
The trees thing is what I don't have for terrain here in Souther Arizona, I enjoy these shots.
The cotton is starting to bloom here, seems to be one of the better crops for AZ. So next time you put on some blue jeans, they may have grown from the dirt in AZ.
drzcharlie
Husqvarna
Pro Class
The crop in Nev's photo looks like a field of Canola (used to make canola oil).
duibhceK
Husqvarna
AA Class
Looks like it indeed.
We call them "happy fields", as when they are in bloom, no matter how dreary the weather, their yellow glow makes it seem like the sun is shining
drzcharlie
Husqvarna
Pro Class
What case is that on the rear? Looks to be the perfect size for day trippin
mag00
Husqvarna
Pro Class
It is a case from a vintage Relax-a-ciser. It's bolted directly to the rack in the 3 holes using a backing plate on the inside. I have foam inside, my camera fits nicely with some glove etc.
Riding Again
Husqvarna
AA Class
If interested in day bags drz charlie I use a moose racing Bag that has worked great through the rain and is expandable. Holds my gloves, rain suit tools etc. Also fully lockable. Just do not loose the water proof cover. LOL
ADVENTURE SERIES REAR RACK BAG
MSRP: $99.95
- Developed to handle the rigors of adventure touring
- Easy to install with quick-release, lockable buckles
- Designed to offer a multitude of mounting configurations
- Expands to hold an impressive amount of cargo
MORE DETAILS
drzcharlie
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Thanks RA...I like the looks of that one. I have the Wolfman Peak, but it's too small for the crap I carry.
Riding Again
Husqvarna
AA Class
I am not a drinker but it will carry a 6 pack of bottle beer with a little room to spare. Gives kind of the size, not very big. Works great for me when expanded and with a small lock I bought from harbor freight is completely lockable. It is cloth and you can cut it off though. For me security is just to keep honest people honest. We could get in any of the accessory bags or cases you fit on these bikes with a SOG.
danketchpel
Husqvarna
AA Class
I finally got in a dual sport ride last Saturday. All previous rides had been pavement only, mostly though the local canyons 
This ride took me up to Santa Barbara and back into the hills behind it, about 150 miles total. It was my first real dirt riding on this bike and I must say I was really happy how well it worked in the dirt. Even with stock suspension I was giggling in my helmet I was having so much fun with it. It rides like a dirt bike, not like a overweight ADV bike like ummm...... a KLR for example. It felt more like my DRZ. The only thing that limits your pace is the limited suspension travel. I did bottom out a couple times but not very badly and mostly in the rear. Having that 8+ lbs of Rotopax back there doesn't help.
Here's a few shots from the ride. As you can tell, we're having a drought here in SoCal.
Overlooking Santa Barbara close to sunset.
This ride took me up to Santa Barbara and back into the hills behind it, about 150 miles total. It was my first real dirt riding on this bike and I must say I was really happy how well it worked in the dirt. Even with stock suspension I was giggling in my helmet I was having so much fun with it. It rides like a dirt bike, not like a overweight ADV bike like ummm...... a KLR for example. It felt more like my DRZ. The only thing that limits your pace is the limited suspension travel. I did bottom out a couple times but not very badly and mostly in the rear. Having that 8+ lbs of Rotopax back there doesn't help.
Here's a few shots from the ride. As you can tell, we're having a drought here in SoCal.
Overlooking Santa Barbara close to sunset.
broadwayron
Husqvarna
A Class
My first real ride on this thing... Sat and Sun, about 300 miles total. There was a fair amount of pavement, because I need to go over 70 miles from Brooklyn to get to any dirt in NJ. South Jersey is awesome. There's a lot of this...
Which led to this...
And, some of this...
Which led to this (!)
(That was a zero mph tipover... nice plastic, Polisport!)
This is from an organized ride today by the Meteor MC called Ride the Pines...
And, before my 3+ hour ride home:
Aside from the fragile fender, the bike did great. I had a helluva time picking it up from a couple spills (this is way heavier than any other bike I have ridden off-road, except for a Triumph Scrambler). And, cruising home on the road wasn't horrible, so I'd consider this a win.
Edit - I'm also not used to so little clearance and suspension travel. The bottom of my footpegs clipped the top of a lot of the whoops, and my boots hit a lot of stuff.
Which led to this...
And, some of this...
Which led to this (!)
(That was a zero mph tipover... nice plastic, Polisport!)
This is from an organized ride today by the Meteor MC called Ride the Pines...
And, before my 3+ hour ride home:
Aside from the fragile fender, the bike did great. I had a helluva time picking it up from a couple spills (this is way heavier than any other bike I have ridden off-road, except for a Triumph Scrambler). And, cruising home on the road wasn't horrible, so I'd consider this a win.
Edit - I'm also not used to so little clearance and suspension travel. The bottom of my footpegs clipped the top of a lot of the whoops, and my boots hit a lot of stuff.