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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

Welcome to the forum! Introduce yourself here!

kerrymccaughey;23877 said:
Hello I'm Kerry McCaughey, Vintage Husky (1974 CR-400 ) racer from Corpus Christi Texas. I've raced with the Houston based Evo Sports venue for 5 1/2 years and held the #1 plate in the vintage Expert class for 4 years. Some of you may know me from Steve Clark's Yahoo -Husky Owners Group. My scope of expertise is ealy 70's models but have had my nose in several other year models...I'm happy to be here and I will be very willing to share my knowledge with others at "The Cafe"...........km
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And we're happy to have you here at CafeHusky, Kerry :cheers:

I'm sure your experience will be a welcome addition to the already deep pool of knowledge here of all things Husky :thumbsup:


WoodsChick
 
Intro.

Good Day all and Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Hum Green Beer.

I am from Middlebury, Ct and am in the process of getting a mutt running. Frame is 1980 250wr and the lower end but rhe top end has 390 jug. I bought the bike for $200 and not sure if the rebuild was done properly, so I am going to check timing and have all ready rebuild the Mik. carb.

I want to get ready for Mother's day, opening day at the Thomaston Dam one of the few places the state will let us ride.

Fran
 
Hello Forum

I've got a 06 SM610 my first Husky but, not bike. I've been riding 22+ years on and off-road this is my first "dual sport" type of bike and funnest I did alot of research prior this purchase and the SM fit the bill. I hope I can contribute to this forum as much info/knowledge I know is available.

chopt
 
Hey fellas and ladies. New 510 SMR owner here in Charlotte, NC. I am an avid roadracing and trackday guy with a Yamaha R6. Missed riding on the street and I'm using the SuMo for an around town toy and this bike rips for an urban assault bike. I've had a few minor issues here and there with the fuel pump pickup failing and the threadcerts spinning out in the frame, but am otherwise very happy with my purchase. I'm looking for a stiffer 6.7kg spring for the rear. Anyone heard of running 4 stroke yz springs? I was told by a suspension guru they will fit the sachs rear on the 08 510 SMR's.

Cheers

R6addict
 
Wandered in with the invite from tirebiter! Looks like a great site!
I cant wait to start gleaning knowlege about my "new" used 06 TE450.
Cheers!
 
FlbJr.;23952 said:
Good Day all and Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Hum Green Beer.

I am from Middlebury, Ct and am in the process of getting a mutt running. Frame is 1980 250wr and the lower end but rhe top end has 390 jug. I bought the bike for $200 and not sure if the rebuild was done properly, so I am going to check timing and have all ready rebuild the Mik. carb.

I want to get ready for Mother's day, opening day at the Thomaston Dam one of the few places the state will let us ride.

Fran
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Welcome to CafeHusky, FlbJr :cheers: I know a few "right coasters" that ride at Thomaston Dam :)

Good luck with the FrankenHusky :thumbsup:



WoodsChick
 
chopt;23979 said:
I've got a 06 SM610 my first Husky but, not bike. I've been riding 22+ years on and off-road this is my first "dual sport" type of bike and funnest I did alot of research prior this purchase and the SM fit the bill. I hope I can contribute to this forum as much info/knowledge I know is available.

chopt
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Alright! A kindred soul dualsportin' the SM610 :thumbsup: Glad to see you made it over here, Chopt :cheers:



WoodsChick
 
r6addict;24001 said:
Hey fellas. New 510 SMR owner here in Charlotte, NC. I am an avid roadracing and trackday guy with a Yamaha R6. Missed riding on the street and I'm using the SuMo for an around town toy and this bike rips for an urban assault bike. I've had a few minor issues here and there with the fuel pump pickup failing and the threadcerts spinning out in the frame, but am otherwise very happy with my purchase. I'm looking for a stiffer 6.7kg spring for the rear. Anyone heard of running 4 stroke yz springs? I was told by a suspension guru they will fit the sachs rear on the 08 510 SMR's.

Cheers

R6addict
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Welcome to CafeHusky, r6addict :cheers: Always thought I'd end up with an R6 as my next bike but I waited too long. By the time I bought another street-only bike I couldn't be physically comfortable on sportbike ergonomics :( I've taken too much of a thrashing in the dirt:D
After riding an SM, I have no interest in sportbikes anymore anyway:p

Never heard of running YZ springs on a Husky. Usually the complaints are that the Huskys are set up way too stiff! There are a few suspension shops that know the Husky pretty well so I'd start there. I had no problems getting a softer spring from Les at LT-Racing for my SM610. Pose the question in the technical forums and you might attract a wider audience. Good luck!



WoodsChick
 
Mille44;24019 said:
Wandered in with the invite from tirebiter! Looks like a great site!
I cant wait to start gleaning knowlege about my "new" used 06 TE450.
Cheers!
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Howdy, neighbor :thumbsup: Welcome to CafeHusky and congrats on your "new" TE :cheers:



WoodsChick
 
Hi all, looks like a great site for Husky riders. Just racked up my first 130 km,s on my new 09 TE450. Very impressed with the handling so far after 5 years on a Kato pogo stick. Had an 02 husky 360 before that. Read heaps of info on this site already and found it very informative. Keep up the good work.

Cheers

Mick
Down under in Australia
 
New to Husky in NJ

Finally got my 09 TE450 on Monday and took her out today for her 2 hour break-in ride in the NJ pine barrens. Never owned a Husky before but I needed a replacement for my kick start only 02 Yamaha WR426F.

All I can say is WOW!!! Power seems to be everywhere on this thing with the power-up kit. Light, super easy turning on tight single track. I can't wait till I can really open her up :thumbsup:

Later

Wil
 
Howdy all- glad to have found the site and it's great sponsors! Made the switch from sportbikes about a year ago to an '07 SM610- fabulous bike, and Motoxotica has it running so great. I'm usually lurking the Coast Hwy/back roads/deer trails between Pt. Reyes and Fort Ross. Coffee- are you in the North Bay?
 
Big Mick;24067 said:
Hi all, looks like a great site for Husky riders. Just racked up my first 130 km,s on my new 09 TE450. Very impressed with the handling so far after 5 years on a Kato pogo stick. Had an 02 husky 360 before that. Read heaps of info on this site already and found it very informative. Keep up the good work.

Cheers

Mick
Down under in Australia
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Welcome to CafeHusky, Big Mick :cheers:



WoodsChick
 
NJHuskyRdr;24141 said:
Finally got my 09 TE450 on Monday and took her out today for her 2 hour break-in ride in the NJ pine barrens. Never owned a Husky before but I needed a replacement for my kick start only 02 Yamaha WR426F.

All I can say is WOW!!! Power seems to be everywhere on this thing with the power-up kit. Light, super easy turning on tight single track. I can't wait till I can really open her up :thumbsup:

Later

Wil
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Welcome to CafeHusky, NJHuskyRdr :cheers:

Congrats on the new bike, too :thumbsup:



WoodsChick
 
jmesenburg;24342 said:
Howdy all- glad to have found the site and it's great sponsors! Made the switch from sportbikes about a year ago to an '07 SM610- fabulous bike, and Motoxotica has it running so great. I'm usually lurking the Coast Hwy/back roads/deer trails between Pt. Reyes and Fort Ross. Coffee- are you in the North Bay?
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Welcome to CafeHusky, jmesenburg :cheers:

I, too, have an `07 SM610 and you are right: it is a fabulous bike:thumbsup: Way more fun than the sportbikes I used to ride.
Some of my favorite roads are just north of Fort Ross. The Lost Coast is fun, too:)



WoodsChick
 
jmesenburg;24342 said:
Coffee- are you in the North Bay?
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East bay, although several members are in the north bay. For some reason Huskys are popular in the SF bay area :thumbsup:
 
Nothing makes me smile like my 06 te610:busted:

HarmonsDen462.jpg
 
Hi

I live in Sweden

And i am Husqvarna Dealer in Seden

My own bike is a 300WR 2009:thumbsup:

Best regards Klas
 
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