johnclearysm610
Husqvarna
A Class
the dealers over here in ireland dont seem to do xrs anymore, all there is are crfs up to 125, 250, and 450.
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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
What big singles are there?
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johnclearysm610
Husqvarna
A Class
nope nothing from a dealer anyway, ktm husqvarna, and crfs from honda seems like the only options here. feels like a big hole in the market
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
One of my formative motorcycling experiences, and it wasn’t all that long ago, was being given a 500cc 2-stroke dirtbike for the afternoon by a bunch of smirking friends. A Kawasaki KX500, I believe it was. This was the second time I’d ever ridden a dirtbike, mind you, the first being earlier that day on a friendly little XR250.
Without going into too much detail, I have never been so terrified on a motorcycle in all my life, and I’ve ridden hundreds of ‘em. The mere thought of that ball-tearing smoker going sideways under me in the middle of an unintentional wheelstand is enough to bring on a cold sweat - and I love a wheelie as much as the next bloke. Those things are absolute animals.
The big strokers seem to be a dying breed - due to difficulties in emissions tuning, they say - and while I’m perfectly happy never to ride another, there’s plenty of psychotic powerband junkies out there who will nearly wet themselves to discover that Maico has announced a full 2-stroke lineup for 2009, include 250cc, 320cc, 500cc, 620cc and the big daddy of them all, a 685cc widowmaker that makes a hideous 80 horsepower and weighs only 101kg.
I’m going to hide behind this tree while you read the specifications. Don’t bring that thing anywhere near me.
Model: 685 Cross
Cooling: Water Inlet system: Reed walve system Exhaust system: S.E.E.S. exhaust system Cylinder capacity: 685ccm Measures: 100 x 87mm KW/horsepower: 60/82 Caburator: BING 55/44-2l05 Transmission: 5 speed gearbox Ignition: PVL digital Frame: Chrom Molybdän Front fork: White Power Upside Down 48 mm Front brake: Brembo with 260 mm Wave disc Front wheel travel: 305mm Front rim: 1.6 - 21 Front tyres: 80/100 _ 21 Rear suspension: Maico Twin Link with Reiger shock Rear brake: Brembo with 220 mm wave disc Rear rim: 2.15 - 18 Rear tyres: 120/100 - 18 Tank: 9,5 Liter Wheel base: 1480 mm Ground clearance: 388mm Seat height: 960mm Weight: 101 kg
Without going into too much detail, I have never been so terrified on a motorcycle in all my life, and I’ve ridden hundreds of ‘em. The mere thought of that ball-tearing smoker going sideways under me in the middle of an unintentional wheelstand is enough to bring on a cold sweat - and I love a wheelie as much as the next bloke. Those things are absolute animals.
The big strokers seem to be a dying breed - due to difficulties in emissions tuning, they say - and while I’m perfectly happy never to ride another, there’s plenty of psychotic powerband junkies out there who will nearly wet themselves to discover that Maico has announced a full 2-stroke lineup for 2009, include 250cc, 320cc, 500cc, 620cc and the big daddy of them all, a 685cc widowmaker that makes a hideous 80 horsepower and weighs only 101kg.
I’m going to hide behind this tree while you read the specifications. Don’t bring that thing anywhere near me.
Model: 685 Cross
Cooling: Water Inlet system: Reed walve system Exhaust system: S.E.E.S. exhaust system Cylinder capacity: 685ccm Measures: 100 x 87mm KW/horsepower: 60/82 Caburator: BING 55/44-2l05 Transmission: 5 speed gearbox Ignition: PVL digital Frame: Chrom Molybdän Front fork: White Power Upside Down 48 mm Front brake: Brembo with 260 mm Wave disc Front wheel travel: 305mm Front rim: 1.6 - 21 Front tyres: 80/100 _ 21 Rear suspension: Maico Twin Link with Reiger shock Rear brake: Brembo with 220 mm wave disc Rear rim: 2.15 - 18 Rear tyres: 120/100 - 18 Tank: 9,5 Liter Wheel base: 1480 mm Ground clearance: 388mm Seat height: 960mm Weight: 101 kg
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organ donor
Husqvarna
Pro Class
If only that Honda didn´t look as if it´d been made in East Germany.