• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

Tasky's 2011 TE449 first ride report = fun!

Mootak

Mootak

Husqvarna
AA Class
OK, here it goes. Just got back from my break-in ride at Walker valley on my new-to-me 2011 Husqvarna TE449. Low cloudy fog, 45 degrees, dumping rain all day. "PERFECT!" let's ride! Yanked the DB killer out of the muffler, removed the giant plate holder, turn signals - replaced with LED units and stock mirrors, tossed in some 1 inch bar risers (I hate for my first ride on a bike to feel awkward because of low bars, so I always raise the bars before the first ride.) Pirelli MT43 trials tire on the rear at 8 lbs. Dunlop MX51 up front 11lbs. My trusty old Cycra Pro-Bend Hand Guards, Moose elephant ears, and a zip-tie for the Webstar. Started out back and forth on a short technical trail. Backed off the compression a bit for break in front and rear, slowed the rebound some both ends. Adjusted all the controls and off I went straight to the nastiest root and rock infested trail close to the truck in case I needed to go back for anything. End of the trail, all is good. Now I am ready, lets hit it! First uphill nasty, The rear end of this thing hooks up enough to float the front end to any spot on the trail you choose. Not sure how to say this just yet, but the crank mounted clutch seems to exaggerate the planted rear end - equaling even more precise traction! I am not going to compare this Husqvarna to a Husaberg. Now I have two totally different awesome machines to choose from. • Light feeling bike on the trail - very minimal engine breaking. • Brembo brakes - good as always • Clutch awesome • Cockpit was good for me. (1 inch bar risers) • Transmission is butter. • Injection flawless, only rider error stalled the bike. After a bit I started railing her into the rutted corners. The bike likes being pushed hard. Leg out on the turning side, slide way forward on the endless seat and hammer down. This was my favorite part of the day. Seems like the rear was higher through the corner which planted the front end, no pushing all day. This is going to be a fun bike for sure. Can't wait to get some more bar time on her. I am going with a 52 on the rear for my riding style and grip heaters for the cold wet days. That's it - more to come>

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Sounds about right. Freaking incredible bike IMHO. Drill the front rivets on that muffler, cut the CAT out, put the SA back in and it will be choked XR400 quiet and default to the "race map II" and RIP gaining a lot of attitude. Rear shock compression settings make a lot of difference on this bike, play with them. Motor and handling are sweet huh? Another buddy rode mine yesterday and after he got off stared at it in lust for about 3 minutes. I had to pry him away from it.
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Everyone who has ridden it fell in love instantly.
 
What trail is the big stump on, Jeff? I figured you'd make it out, rain or shine. We were hoping we'd see you and the new Husky on the trail at Walker yesterday, but no go.
 
We called the trail Coyote back in the day. There are even bigger stumps up there. Can't help but thinking what it would be like to ride in woods with trees that big. Lots of Weber stuff near by.
I am in race map 2 also. I put the DB killer back in the muffler for todays ride and liked it better than opened up. Super stealthy and quiet! I am really enjoying this machine. The motor is butter smooth. I need to lower the front brake lever some more but the banjo bolt is hitting the bars limiting the adjustment. The motor really chugs out the grunt in taller gears. It's a fun bike to wick up and loft the front end at will. Oh - I tried all day to feel the wide clutch side of the frame, but already forgot about it. Not an issue. Now if I could only keep up with Jeff Jr. on his TM125E
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Good stuff, sounds like you feel the same way about the bike as you do. Rode open Dez and tight trails this weekend. Bike continues to amaze with it's versatility and light weigh feeling fun. It is so accommodating and willing to go. Great bike.
 
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