• 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

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    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!

Uh oh. I think I'm getting a TR.

Cosmokenney said:
#1 choice: KTM 1190 Adventure (road version), but OMG the $$$$s!
Yamaha Super T, but I hear they are a little sluggish.
Honda NC, but if I go for a twin, I'd want to go for a 1100.
Ducati Multi Strada, but OMG the $$$$s! Plus, I hear they break easy and have, of all things, parts distribution issues. And, I've been told the BMW actually handles better on-road.
BMW's big GS, but OMG the $$$$s! Plus, there's nothing in them that I can fix myself.
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Honestly, if those are the bikes you are looking at, but want something cheaper I would not be looking at the TR650. I'd be looking at a 650 V-strom or 650 Versys. Or a TDM900, but I don't think those are sold in the US.
 
Cosmokenney said:
#1 choice: KTM 1190 Adventure (road version), but OMG the $$$$s!
Yamaha Super T, but I hear they are a little sluggish.
Honda NC, but if I go for a twin, I'd want to go for a 1100.
Ducati Multi Strada, but OMG the $$$$s! Plus, I hear they break easy and have, of all things, parts distribution issues. And, I've been told the BMW actually handles better on-road.
BMW's big GS, but OMG the $$$$s! Plus, there's nothing in them that I can fix myself.
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I have a 2012 Super Tenere and it definitely isn't sluggish. If 140mph doesn't satisfy your needs then you can send the ECU to unleashed at AF1 racing and have it modded to OMG status. I love mine with just the clutch mod which uncorks the ECU and a RS4 Yosh.. Fun bike but I stick to hard pack and gravel. Nothing too crazy offroad. Here is a picture of the current setup. The new 1190 KTM R model looks like a hoot too, but pricey like you mentioned.
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reveille said:
I have a 2012 Super Tenere and it definitely isn't sluggish. If 140mph doesn't satisfy your needs then you can send the ECU to unleashed at AF1 racing and have it modded to OMG status. I love mine with just the clutch mod which uncorks the ECU and a RS4 Yosh.. Fun bike but I stick to hard pack and gravel. Nothing too crazy offroad. Here is a picture of the current setup. The new 1190 KTM R model looks like a hoot too, but pricey like you mentioned.
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Nice!

That's almost the exact setup I've got on the KLR. Here's an old pic from the fish'n hole:
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I've since added a Madstad windshield, a tank bag and some full bore tires. And I dropped the handlebar bag -- interestingly that got rid of a lot of buffeting.

I really like the Super T. It's more street oriented than the KLR. And that's exactly what I'm looking for. I've already got the dual-sport/dirt covered with the TE. How does the Super T do on the twisties?
 
It eats the twisties up and asks for more. The bike feels very light while riding it. Very very (did I say very) planted on gravel, BUUUUT if you get in soft sand the front end pushes so you have to be ready for it and get on the throttle. Twist the throttle and it plants the bike nicely. Very confidence inspiring but it ain't no dirt bike IMO. I am very happy with it and for 12k OTD it's hard to beat.
 
turtlemoye said:
I've run 80mph on the freeway fully loaded (hard bags + duffles + my 235# fat ass) with no issue and still had power to pass. And that was on my stock Terra tires. It's actually a 5 speed but works well. I've hit 90 a few times but never sustained it.
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I find 75 mph is about as high as the "all day" riding is comfortable. 65 mph is much better with less fatigue from the wind. This is loaded or empty. It just gets a little less stable above 75.

I've had it to triple digits, but only briefly. It's not a freeway bike, if you can stick to 2 lane; black top, gravel, or dirt then you'll be happy.

For the 80+ mph runs, I'd say go for at least the 650 V-strom or Versys. The extra grunt and the fairings would do well, and they'd still be somewhat capable off pavement (vstrom moreso than the versys).
 
Someone on here made a fairing out of a trash can and I copied their design. I never really knew if it worked or not but based on what you guys are reporting it must as I don't have the wind fatigue that you guys are reporting. I'm 6 foot, 235#s so I'm not small by any means and it seems to work.
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turtlemoye said:
Someone on here made a fairing out of a trash can and I copied their design. I never really knew if it worked or not but based on what you guys are reporting it must as I don't have the wind fatigue that you guys are reporting. I'm 6 foot, 235#s so I'm not small by any means and it seems to work.
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I made one. It works well and cost less than $10.

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Cosmokenney said:
What kind of RPMs are you guys spinning at 80 MPH? Can you run it at that speed for hours on end?
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5100 RPMs at 80mph. Furthest I've run it at that speed was 400 miles on the highway. I've done that trip a few times on the TR and found it quite comfortable in that element, even with no windshield.
 
Last summer on the way back from Kings Canyon National Park (gotta love Cali)I got mine up to 103mph with my ol'lady on the back. Still had some more to go but I noticed a sherrif waaaaaaaaaaay up the road and got off of it. Never once did it feel unstable, but it is not something i want to do again any time soon (got the speed thing out of me back in my sport bike days...having children certainly make you change the way you think). As for wind, I have the factory "high shield" and it does well enough for me (~5'8").
 
I'm not too concerned about top speed on my bikes. I'll never get there. It's more a matter of if the bike can run for sustained periods at 70 - 80 MPH. The old KLR eats oil at those speeds. I like to get home quick after a day of rock scrambling and boonie bashing to get to the fish.
 
I sold my KLR and bought a TR. You will think you died and went to heaven . I did rework the seat but I also did this on the KLR . The TR does everything I ever wished the KLR to do and it does it better. Just under 5,000 miles so far, half of those off road in Utah. My rear fender broke at the mounting points and my dealer had a new one in 2 weeks ,installed, thanks to Husky no charge. The Strada/Terra is a better off road bike , better on road bike , gets better mpg, and feels much lighter than the KLR . After 9 years of KLR I don't miss it at all. Buy it .
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I also ride a 1200 gs.
 
reveille said:
I have a 2012 Super Tenere and it definitely isn't sluggish. If 140mph doesn't satisfy your needs then you can send the ECU to unleashed at AF1 racing and have it modded to OMG status. I love mine with just the clutch mod which uncorks the ECU and a RS4 Yosh.. Fun bike but I stick to hard pack and gravel. Nothing too crazy offroad. Here is a picture of the current setup. The new 1190 KTM R model looks like a hoot too, but pricey like you mentioned.
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BTW, when you put the Yosh on, did you replace the headers or remove the cat?
 
Masterpotter said:
I sold my KLR and bought a TR. You will think you died and went to heaven . I did rework the seat but I also did this on the KLR . The TR does everything I ever wished the KLR to do and it does it better. Just under 5,000 miles so far, half of those off road in Utah. My rear fender broke at the mounting points and my dealer had a new one in 2 weeks ,installed, thanks to Husky no charge. The Strada/Terra is a better off road bike , better on road bike , gets better mpg, and feels much lighter than the KLR . After 9 years of KLR I don't miss it at all. Buy it .
I also ride a 1200 gs.
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TR is a next step, on-off road bike..
 
Next said:
Whooooa... I leave you guys alone for a minute and poor Cosmo gets dog piled by TR650 fans :D

Seriously, though. You might search the threads on supportive dealers/dealers with MOSS and see if there are any options nearby. Even if you had to order from parts from Bill's, Eurosport, or wherever, the TR650 is major bang for the Dual Sport buck, and Perrier has stated he plans to support the old bikes for quite some time.

Ride the heck out of the bike and sell it for parts in 3-4 years and make most or all of your money back. If after a few years I sell mine (and I don't plan to) for half what I paid for it, that's $3300. That is pretty cheap and fun riding. Nothing else on the market is even close.
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By law in the us they have to caryy parts for ten years.
 
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