Last Lap
Husqvarna
A Class
It was an interesting first ride. About 9 miles into my ride after riding a tight section I smelled something burning. My buddy a I could see the blue coolant stains on the engine. We removed the tank and found the hose on the plastic "T" was all the way at the end of the "T" and crimp style clamp apart and dangling around. We pushed the hose back on the "T" and I drove it home. Lucky it did not pop off before we found the problem. Husky uses three crimp style clamps on each side of the "T" so you can't over tighten a clamp and crack the plastic. I included photo of what I did so I could continue to ride. I meet a guy while riding that worned me about his 05 450 bike melting that "T" on the inside and plugging the water pump causing it to over heat. He said the was an aftermarket fix for this. I really was not paying close attention to the company who has the fix. So if anyone knows could you please post it.
Other than that The bike ran good. The gas cap leaked when the tank was full. I'm not sure what was going on there. The gearing on the bike seems short. You shift threw the gears pretty quick in the woods. I think first is useless. I found my self running 4th and 5th in areas that I could run third on my old bike. I hit a couple of blacktop roads. To keep up with my buddy on his 450 you have to ring it out in 6th. I came off a KTM 300xc so I'm not sure about this, but the bike does not like to lug in tight areas. You have to work the clutch. I would come up to two trees that were next to each other slow down pull the clutch in get threw the trees and let the clutch out and the tire would lock up and stall the bike. You have to slip the clutch and give it some gas. An auto clutch would cure that. The trans was smooth but I did get some false neutrals. I might have to adjust the shifter to fix that. I really liked the suspension on the bike. I did soften it before riding. I rode it 70K and my butt knows it. That seat is tough. The motor is super quiet. I could hear my budies decompressioner slapping in front of me when riding on low rpms, but nothing on this bike. Comming off a 300xc it would not be fare to compare the two motors. I did not wind it up all the way due to breaking it in. But it revs quick and seams to have a second hit up top that I felt when I was really tearing into it one time. I think once it is broken in it will be sweet. The fuel injection was smooth. It starts right up after being hot.
I tried putting EE hand guards on the bike before riding this weekend. A little note about that is the bars have a 5/16 opening at the end. You have to drill them alittle past 1/2 an inch to fit the collars inside the bars. I was able to cut an inch off each side and fit all the controls in with no problem. the reason I could not install them was because the clamps down by the base where not big enough. They are sending me the Renthal clamps. I let everyone know how it goes.
Other than that The bike ran good. The gas cap leaked when the tank was full. I'm not sure what was going on there. The gearing on the bike seems short. You shift threw the gears pretty quick in the woods. I think first is useless. I found my self running 4th and 5th in areas that I could run third on my old bike. I hit a couple of blacktop roads. To keep up with my buddy on his 450 you have to ring it out in 6th. I came off a KTM 300xc so I'm not sure about this, but the bike does not like to lug in tight areas. You have to work the clutch. I would come up to two trees that were next to each other slow down pull the clutch in get threw the trees and let the clutch out and the tire would lock up and stall the bike. You have to slip the clutch and give it some gas. An auto clutch would cure that. The trans was smooth but I did get some false neutrals. I might have to adjust the shifter to fix that. I really liked the suspension on the bike. I did soften it before riding. I rode it 70K and my butt knows it. That seat is tough. The motor is super quiet. I could hear my budies decompressioner slapping in front of me when riding on low rpms, but nothing on this bike. Comming off a 300xc it would not be fare to compare the two motors. I did not wind it up all the way due to breaking it in. But it revs quick and seams to have a second hit up top that I felt when I was really tearing into it one time. I think once it is broken in it will be sweet. The fuel injection was smooth. It starts right up after being hot.
I tried putting EE hand guards on the bike before riding this weekend. A little note about that is the bars have a 5/16 opening at the end. You have to drill them alittle past 1/2 an inch to fit the collars inside the bars. I was able to cut an inch off each side and fit all the controls in with no problem. the reason I could not install them was because the clamps down by the base where not big enough. They are sending me the Renthal clamps. I let everyone know how it goes.
