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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
Skid Plate Options
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Husqvarna
Ogre_fl
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Well I have done my first oil change since getting the Altrider plate and I am still unimpressed.
Typically, I got oil on the engine and plate during the change. As such I wanted to remove the plate to clean both.
What an PITA it is getting the bolts and nuts back in and torqued.
This should have a hanger attached to the frame with bolts that attach the plate to that hanger from the front.
For the cost they also should have at least provided proper length bolts.
As I suspected, I do have a silver stripe down the middle of the plate where the anodized has been sand blasted off.
Typically, I got oil on the engine and plate during the change. As such I wanted to remove the plate to clean both.
What an PITA it is getting the bolts and nuts back in and torqued.
This should have a hanger attached to the frame with bolts that attach the plate to that hanger from the front.
For the cost they also should have at least provided proper length bolts.
As I suspected, I do have a silver stripe down the middle of the plate where the anodized has been sand blasted off.
broadwayron
Husqvarna
A Class
I've got a stock Strada that needs stuff, so I'll be asking a few questions in the near future...
Does anyone know which skid plates don't work with the centerstand? I figure, that will help narrow down my choices, because I definitely want the centerstand.
Does anyone know which skid plates don't work with the centerstand? I figure, that will help narrow down my choices, because I definitely want the centerstand.
I can't say for sure which ones DON'T work with it, but I can say that the Ricochet does in fact work with the center stand.
Just keep in mind the centerstand is definitely designed for the Terra. It's slightly tall for the Strada so it takes a bit of grunt to get it on there rather than just rocking it back.
broadwayron
Husqvarna
A Class
Thanks... yeah, I've read that it's for the Terra. I've had the same issue with aftermarket centerstands on other bikes- I could barely get my TE610 on the stand. It doesn't help when you are short, and the bike is tall.
OK, so the Ricochet is a possibility.