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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
Pics Of Your 630!
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Nick Taylor
Husqvarna
AA Class
johngil
Husqvarna
A Class
Amen! What a mess.
Nick Taylor
Husqvarna
AA Class
organ donor
Husqvarna
Pro Class
BATES
Husqvarna
A Class
I didnt do my tank. my tank is grey. It doesnt look bad, and i havent spilled any fuel on any of the plastidip parts yet.I've heard that before too, but I already had a black tank
Not sure about Bates.
A splash shouldn't kill it, but soaking will.
CODYs
Husqvarna
A Class
scrambled eggs
Husqvarna
jtemple
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Kenneth Webb
Livin' It Up!
Travis Shrey
Husqvarna
A Class
I came from one to the Husky. If you have a lot of single track it is fun, but they only have half the power and when geared down for the dirt they are thrumming at highway speeds. And they're almost as heavy as a TE if you go to a single exhaust and lithium battery (which I think you have). Can't beat the reliability though - all I ever did was add gas and change the oil every 3K. First valve check is 26K...
Whatevier
Husqvarna
A Class
The red looks pretty cool! I think whats really keeping it from showing awsome, is the silver/aluminum colour on the wheels/exhaust/heat guards.. put a little red on top of black and it really stands out, on top of silver it's meeh..
Well that's what I plan to do with mine at least, we'll see how it will turns out
jtemple
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I didn't go with a lightweight battery yet, but it's on my list.I came from one to the Husky. If you have a lot of single track it is fun, but they only have half the power and when geared down for the dirt they are thrumming at highway speeds. And they're almost as heavy as a TE if you go to a single exhaust and lithium battery (which I think you have). Can't beat the reliability though - all I ever did was add gas and change the oil every 3K. First valve check is 26K...
Really, what I'm concerned about with the 630 is how long lasting the bike will be and availability of parts. Is this bike going to last 50,000 miles? 5 years from now, if I want new plastics to replace my beat up ones (mine are already pretty scuffed up), am I going to be able to get them? When it's time to rebuild the engine, am I going to be able to get the parts? The thing Yamaha has going for it is that there's a million of them. Shimming valves every 3000 miles on this bike makes me wonder about how long it's going to last if I keep going on these 2000+ mile trips every year. I think the shimming has settled down now and might not change for a long time, but it still makes me wonder.
I want to ride my bikes, not work on them. Don't get me wrong; I don't mind working on my bike when needed and I don't mind the increased maintenance of the 630. But 3000 mile valve checks, some initial leaks, and only one year of production isn't exactly confidence inspiring.
Until now, I hadn't really planned on keeping any bike long term. I average about 10,000 miles on the odometer before I'm shopping for something new. My 630 is at that point right now. I have finally settled into the type of bike I want to ride. I don't want to sell it. But, I also don't want to hang on to something that I won't be able to keep running, either.
I can appreciate your concerns, but long term it's probably cheaper to keep her... When you look at the hit you're going to take to trade or sell your bike now vs. say 3-5 years from now, probably not alot of difference. Then turn-around and the hit you'll take buying a new one, it's a viscious cycle.
As for buying replacement parts, I believe in the U.S. manufacturers are required to provide parts availability for 8 or 10 years from the last production run of a model, this is one of the reasons we don't see alot of the bikes they get in Europe. So short of Husky going belly-up, I think we'll be able to get parts. Will it get to 50K miles without a rebuild, probably not, but they're simple engines, so rebuilding should be relatively inexpensive. I bought mine after they were discontinued and thought about all the points you've made prior to buying, I feel pretty good about my bike.