• 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     WR = 2st Enduro & CR = 2st 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!

All 2st Unless Husky Comes Out With A New 2t I've Narrowed My Choices Down To Two.

Motosportz said:
I own both...

Tractable power
More planet feeling
No pipes to buy, and buy, and...
No 2 st oil and spooge to clean up

Love both bikes. Been riding buddy Adams TE310 a lot and love it.
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I did ride and enjoy the 4t 250, 400/450 and continue with the 2T.
Would you agree we as riders have lost some riding area from sound issues?
As a ride venue host I know my neighbours can hear us more now with the mix of 4t/2t than a decade ago when it was all 2t. Interestingly I recently read that there is less crashing now with the less pipey 4t- for sure pros and cons.
 
steadydirt said:
I did ride and enjoy the 4t 250, 400/450 and continue with the 2T.
Would you agree we as riders have lost some riding area from sound issues?
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I went to a land-use hearing here a year or so ago. I don't ride track, but I support everything that has to do with the sport, and appreciate the skill the track bunnies have... The track ended up getting DENIED it's land-use permit, and the main argument was noise.... There was a bunch of other BS and political shit going on, but thats what all the surrounding residents pleaded...
 
Blakelpd5 said:
I went to a land-use hearing here a year or so ago. I don't ride track, but I support everything that has to do with the sport, and appreciate the skill the track bunnies have... The track ended up getting DENIED it's land-use permit, and the main argument was noise.... There was a bunch of other BS and political shit going on, but thats what all the surrounding residents pleaded...
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If I am correct the AMA SX guys have to meet 115db max and work hard to pass. I do also remember the amazingly quiet kdx's from back in the day- might not be that hard to do it for the new stuff.
 
Guys the new 2012 GG bikes are made for the tall riders now so I would at least sit on one before thinking they are to small. I have the 2010 GG 300 and at 5' 7" it fits me. My son at 6' had to add the tall guy bits. Just a thought on the 12's. Hey don't throw stones I own two Huskys! BTW I'm getting the new Ossa Explorer.
 
If Husky made a thumper that was as quiet as a Honda X I would probably be on one as I hate noise. But the TXCs I have heard are not obnoxious or anything. Even the TC I rode was not real bad. My 150 is not exactly quiet either but there is not much I can do about it.
 
Most new and inoviative ideas haven't really panned out to be much, ie: Husaberg F's, YZ450, and dare is say the Husky 449 / 511.... GAS GAS even had to drop their new air box design before they could produce the 2012's. So all of it's new inoviation didn't even make it to production. KTM went back to linkage suspension. Honda built a new 250 motor in '02 and everybody wanted the old motor back.

The new OSSA is a neat idea, but will it really work? Will it really be better? Will it cost as much as a CHRISTINI AWD ? I've seen nothing about anybody actually riding a prototype or anything, so is it the really deal ? Will it actually see production?

Even the general death of the two stroke didn't pan out. They seem to be coming back from the dead, because their are some things that just work, such as 66 X 72 bore and stroke combo for 250 two strokes, gas tanks in front, over the motor and linkages.

When somebody comes out with something new and 250A riders start running down top AA pros with it, I'll take interest. I can't afford any more "FADS".

Until then, I'll just stay with the tried and true and hope Husky dosen't screw up my WR's.
 
steadydirt said:
If I am correct the AMA SX guys have to meet 115db max and work hard to pass. I do also remember the amazingly quiet kdx's from back in the day- might not be that hard to do it for the new stuff.
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If I am not mistaken the AMA SX guys have to pass 96 or 98db. No way they could get by with 115db. Do you realize how loud that is ? ??????? That is like a straight pipe on a Harley reving to 7 grand. LOL LOUD !
ISDE guys have to pass 94db.
 
A 2t is much louder up close than a 4t but but can never make a 4t quieter due to the 4 stroke being a low frequency sound as compared to the high pitch of a 2t. This is why you can hear 4t's in the distance whilst a 2t sound fades away - this you will find is what the complaints are over.

AMA is now on the same 94db limit as the FIM...they're still loud in the distance.
 
john01 said:
Guys the new 2012 GG bikes are made for the tall riders now so I would at least sit on one before thinking they are to small. I have the 2010 GG 300 and at 5' 7" it fits me. My son at 6' had to add the tall guy bits. Just a thought on the 12's. Hey don't throw stones I own two Huskys! BTW I'm getting the new Ossa Explorer.
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No stone throwing from me... I'm just curious what kind of reception you'd get over at the GG forum, pushing '12 Husky 125/144's as an option over no '12 GG 125'a and no "real" big bore option for the GG125.
 
john01 said:
Simple solution for the high sound level when racing MX....... go back to MXing 2-strokes :applause:.
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Yeah, we never had much of a problem around here until the four stroke "BOOM" hit. Then we started having noise issues and closures.
 
Where's the funkie motor?

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That looks like a ktm 250 dressed up like a husaberg

I'll chime in here on husky vs .......
I have owned a 08 WR 250, 10 WR300, 2011 gasgas 300 and my current ride a 2010 TC 250. I bought the gasgas because I didn't want to buy a new/old WR. The 300 was good bike and did turn better that the huskies. I am 6'4 and struggled with the small bike. The WR's fit me perfect. I regretted selling 300. I decided to buy a 2010 TC 250 and am in love. I sold my gasser after my first ride on TC. The bike is magic!! Just the right amount of power with full akro exhaust. I struggled a bit with jetting and starting but have got past that. Added a rekluse and now have the perfect bike imo. Bike turns great and and goes in straight line without feeling loose. Bike feels so damn light and can throw it around with ease. I am a b rider and can't think of a better bike. Best value out there on a bike!!
 
Norman the guys over there on the GG fourm are very cool and some of them already know how good the Huskys are.
 
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