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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

want to buy my first enduro bike...

MotAd said:
Ok cool. So no light means it's all good?
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Don't put words in my mouth :naughty: Just means it has no light. I own a 13 so advice on a 12 should come from others. I believe you can do some light tuning with iBeat software as you will have Mikuni as opposed to Keihin on the '13/'14.
 
ok cool. i'm sure the 310 with the injector + edu mod done should be fine for me for a long while yet. so long as know that the FI being lit or flashing isn't a good thing, that'll stand me in good stead for checking this bike out at the weekend :thumbsup:
 
Johnrg said:
The 13 does not have a keyed ignition.

This is how a '13 looks. The instrument has a FI idiot light replacing the key. Starter looks like an add on but is stock.

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Thats an awesome photo.

That bike in the photo (yours?) Looks like the same as the ones ive seen also without the key. Is the fuel cap hose aftermarket?
 
Thanks... It is my bike and a frame from a go pro video a couple of weeks ago. The vent hose is aftermarket.
 
Hmmmm I don't seem to be having a lot of luck so far. About 5 minutes before I left to go and test ride and very likely buy this te310 I get a phone call letting me know they've sold it! Despite them supposed to be holding it for me. Was not very happy to say the least. So back to searching again.

I have however learnt some valuable lessons about motorcycle dealerships, they really are as bad as everyone says!
 
true. although my family have/had a good relationship with these guys so i thought their word was bond. also i had already found myself in a situation where i'd put a deposit down on a bike without seeing it and it's not good.

the dawning realisation with all this is there is no such thing as a 'relationship' with dealers, not around my way anyway!
 
Sounds like you're having some fun and games, best of luck with the search. Unfortunately dirt bikes usually have quite a hard life and finding a "perfect" one can take some searching. At least the original dealer gave you a refund.
 
cheers dude. there's a 2007 te450 up for grabs at the mo for half the price of the 310r. thinking it might be a better option...
 
yeah i've kinda read that. was worried the 450 will be too much at the beginning but fear = fun :banana:
 
MotAd said:
cheers dude. there's a 2007 te450 up for grabs at the mo for half the price of the 310r. thinking it might be a better option...
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good choice ! I got myself a 2007 TE 250 for €1400 with all the gear , I am sure you will be pretty happy with the 450. I had not really been on a dirt bike since my 1987 Suzuki 125 RM back in the days and I must say these italian husqvarnas are great ( I am less impressed with my 510 smr because it is too high imo , and the power is just ok ... )

please post pics when you got it
 
MotAd said:
will do. €1400 is a great price!
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It is indeed. Previous owners kinda torture-tested the bike, but I knew there was a pretty little thing behind the scars and the bumps...now I take good care of her, and she gives it back to me

I don't know how is the market for dirt bikes in England, I lost contact with my friend in Leicestershire a while ago, but here in France, with maybe more offers, there are opportunities to find a few interesting bikes. Just to give you a ballpark:

http://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/867327850.htm?ca=8_s
 
yeah that's about the same price i'd pay on this 07. there's quite a lot of bikes around but they are usually a long way (100 miles +) from where i live. so getting to them and checking them out can be an annoying procedure.

i've been searching for a ktm excf 350, wr250 and a husky 310 but can't find any local. the one 310 i found (which was perfect) got sold the day before i was going down to test ride, and probably buy it.

this 450 should be perfect though, strong enough to take a beating, beaten up enough to not care about damaging it more and enough HP to scare me and have some fun. will do the winter on it and if i get the bug i may go to a newer FE350 or hunt out a EXCF 350 next year.

the trouble with enduro bikes over here is there's a not very honest 2nd hand market for them. finding a good bike can be a long process unless you're super lucky.
 
This is getting silly now. The 450 has been sold, 1 day before I was due to go see it! What is it with f'ing enduro bikes!?
 
You have to be quick, it looks like fall is the best moment in the year for enduro bikes b/s/t
 
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