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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

SWM is back

I think the only way SWM will do a street legal 2 stroke is if the old Husqvarna had a complete (or near complete design) of a modern, perhaps direct injection 2T...
 
Boogie said:
I think the only way SWM will do a street legal 2 stroke is if the old Husqvarna had a complete (or near complete design) of a modern, perhaps direct injection 2T...
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I Hope so- if so they will be in the lead of modern 2strokes.
 
reveille said:
Black gets trashed after the first good offroad ride. My buddy switched all his 350EXC plastics including a 4 gal Acerbis tank to black and regrets it. What really surprised me was how easy it was to maintain the color of a white bike.
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Your absolutely right about white being easier to keep clean (A little counter-intuitive) Also, all black is a little too much - but that being said, I have friends that have a lot of black plastic on they're bike that look good and holds up - seems to be the application and manufacturer that make a difference. Black is also usually more UV resistant, but will show stress bends. In woods racing in my area, guys (and Gals) change plastic every year anyway.
 
Everything looks good except that SWM logo. Ugly in my opinion. Looks like writing on a box from China at Harbor Freight.
 
reveille said:
Black gets trashed after the first good offroad ride. My buddy switched all his 350EXC plastics including a 4 gal Acerbis tank to black and regrets it. What really surprised me was how easy it was to maintain the color of a white bike.
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i guess i get the best/worst of both worlds. a little wetsanding for the white every other year does the trick. black holds up to uv and fuel degradation well or at least acerbis version of it does..Photo767.jpg
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Erik, do you have a demo for a short ride? Enduro or SM, just to feel the engine. I went for a 701, but after the SWM news I doubt whether to keep 2,4 grand in the pocket.. I live in 't Gooi..
 
warmbakkertje said:
Erik, do you have a demo for a short ride? Enduro or SM, just to feel the engine. I went for a 701, but after the SWM news I doubt whether to keep 2,4 grand in the pocket.. I live in 't Gooi..
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Hi,

Our shop has the SM650 in demo (our web business is located elsewhere). However we can contact the importer and arrange for the TE demo ride if you prefer.
Give us a call! Ask for Henk-Jan: our sales guy!

Erik
 
Wow. I have been gone awhile..... Any two strokes coming??? And what about that cool scramble style bike???? The logo does seem to need some help...Just happy to see something good coming out of the buyout.....AWESOME!!
 
I must say, I have a small butterfly in my tummy knowing that they didn't let the Italian factory go the way of to dodo bird. I understand business is business. But I am a customer and all I see is putting money above people. I am glad to see something I love not get flushed down the toilet because of bread name bull@#$it.. I for one am going follow this new endeavour with some passion as I always have. Italians build stunning things, one of them is dirt bike's. KTM should take note. The Italians are back, this time with the Chinese backing.... I have to note, you don't see the Japanese hatchet each other over money. Honour is Honour. .... Good luck, SWM.... You have my attention
 
fletchman45 said:
Wow. I have been gone awhile..... Any two strokes coming??? And what about that cool scramble style bike???? The logo does seem to need some help...Just happy to see something good coming out of the buyout.....AWESOME!!
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The logo will stay: it is an historical brand! It takes some getting used to, but I love it now. :)
Two stroke line-up is in development.
You mean the Silver Vase? Available! :D
 
Erik:

Any news/gossip on how things are coming along with a US importer, and if everything is good to go with emissions/registration in the US?

Interesting that AJP is using the SWM motor in their PR7. The more companies who use SWM parts, the healthier SWM will be. I wonder what plans the Chinese backers have for SWM inside of China and the Asia area? It is one thing for SWM to compete and try to succeed in the western markets vs KTM/Sherco/Beta/GG/TM/Japanese brands... I think if they are able to bolster their bottom line by selling SWM branded bikes in China/Asia (even if they are non-glamorous 50cc-150cc bikes) that it will also ensure less sensitivity to market ups and downs worldwide. I am keeping my eyes peeled for SWM stateside in the meantime :applause:
 
edmoto said:
Erik:

Any news/gossip on how things are coming along with a US importer, and if everything is good to go with emissions/registration in the US?

Interesting that AJP is using the SWM motor in their PR7. The more companies who use SWM parts, the healthier SWM will be. I wonder what plans the Chinese backers have for SWM inside of China and the Asia area? It is one thing for SWM to compete and try to succeed in the western markets vs KTM/Sherco/Beta/GG/TM/Japanese brands... I think if they are able to bolster their bottom line by selling SWM branded bikes in China/Asia (even if they are non-glamorous 50cc-150cc bikes) that it will also ensure less sensitivity to market ups and downs worldwide. I am keeping my eyes peeled for SWM stateside in the meantime :applause:
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Well all I know is that it is going well with the US importer... not sure who it is though haha!
SWM will function as the R&D center for Shineray so no SWM branded bikes will drive around in Asia: but their bike will drive around under the "Shineray" brand.
 
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