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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

  • 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Austria - About 2014 & Newer
     TE = 2st Enduro & TC = 2st Cross

TE/TC TE250 2014

rockdancer

rockdancer

Husqvarna
Pro Class
Well I thought Id post up a thread on my new toy - 2014 TE 250 with only 14 low hours on it

Ive had it a couple of months and I am happy with it but as usual there a a few things to sort out
Ive fitted higher bend Renthal bars and it has Steg pegs .

The suspension feels ok to me . The handling is much better than older KTMs with PDS
The rear seems perfect for my weight at 180 lb . It sits slightly lower than the WR 300 which is good . I may get front revalved but Ive adjusted rebound back and it feels ok .
Maybe a little bit more unpredicatable and deflects a bit more than the revalved WR
But steers better and feels lighter .
Feels better on single track .

The clutch feels fantastically light and rear brake doesn't lock up and feels great on down hills

Feels like I could hill climb and descend better on this bike as more in control

It goes very well - has lots of down low and very responsive . This was evident when ridden back to back with a Sherco 300.

I ve been happy with how it runs but it does seem to be running slightly rich
Running 165 main and 35 pilot and stock needle on 3 - N8RK

Ive tried the NECJ needle on last ride and wasn't that happy with it

It seemed to make it a bit less responsive but pulls hard more at mid range
Looking at that needle it seems to leaner ( thicker diameter ) but a fair bit thinner near tip ( richer)
I will try a richer pilot to see if that works better with it as others seem to say it needs it .

It also seemd to use more fuel with NECJ needle change only - so overall a richer needle

Ive adjusted the float height to sit lower so will see how that goes too

Ive recently fitted a titanium Akropovic silencer which I found cheap secondhand ( new $900 from dealer )
It is much larger than stock but weighs 700 grammes less . ( 1.5 pounds ) Sounds similar so far .

It still had original Michelin tyres on it and they weren't too bad . The rear allows a bit of predictable sliding . Just put new Bridgestone X30s on it
 

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I agree they did a great job on graphics. My knee guards are hard on tank graphics so I covered them with soft grip tape. I also changed original side panels and guards for some cheap ones to keep original ones nice.

Its running the red spring . I quite like it so haven't played with it yet .

I reduced length of clutch lever to allow two finger useage . Changed to 13 - 50 gearing .

I also scored a complete top end kit for a KTM 250 sx for only $100 from guy with silencer . I am hoping that's a direct fit later on .
Not sure about whether to get a full pipe guard or not. Pipes are cheap .


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Well to explain - you have to spend $300 on a decent Force pipe guard . ( heavy and a dirt catcher ?) I could put on an old stock one for $100 to 150 or an fmf for less than 300 . If I dent it its probably going to be still be ok and I can put original one back on when I sell the bike .

I know others have gone through a lot of pipes but I haven't many taken huge wacks in the past . ( but I aint Graham Jarvis either )





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