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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
WOW, GasGas employees hang KTM dude and say KTM is not welcome there...
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RickyDZero
Husqvarna
AA Class
Lets get AMF Harley Davidson back Lol
Big Timmy
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I had an 87" electric start ATK 604 Rotax, The small battery was epoxied to the under side of the airbox lid. Yes it was the one with the disc brake mounted to the countershaft. Crazy chain routing with an upper swing arm mounted idler roller and frame mounted lower guide roller as well above and below the countershaft sprocket. If you were a chronic brake dragger you were in trouble, as the tiny front sprocket mounted disc rotor would get cherry red. If the chain broke you were even in more trouble. LOL.
It was the smoothest bike I ever road down a stutter bump filled hill. The rear wheel stayed planted and wouldn't skip like all other bikes under braking. Loads of torque but it was mentally tiring to ride as the loudness of the exhaust and the engine's noise moaning out of the tail pipe under load of that short stock Muffler would tire you out mentally before it would wear you out physically.
It had only 1 "White Power" shock on the left side and no linkage. I think some of the first WP upside down forks available. It was my first 4 stroke dirt bike and I only had it about 6 months. I wish I still had it.
This is an example of the worlds best components, combined with great design and world class materials and great craftsmanship. Although somewhat obscure. The frames and rear suspension was designed by Austrian born Inventor "Horst Leitner". I believe he founded ATK motorcycles back in the early 80's. He went on to build the suspension systems for some of the best mountain bikes which he then sold that design to "Specialized" bicycles.
My ATK was just about like this one in the picture.
The Coaxial Countershaft system of the G450X BMW / CTS system if your riding the Husky 449/511, is the only bike that even comes close to the down hill feeling of the old ATK.
That's the rear brake master cylinder cover mounted to the front side of the blue frame tube at the base of the seat and gas tank area. See the brake pedal's push/pull arm?
It was the smoothest bike I ever road down a stutter bump filled hill. The rear wheel stayed planted and wouldn't skip like all other bikes under braking. Loads of torque but it was mentally tiring to ride as the loudness of the exhaust and the engine's noise moaning out of the tail pipe under load of that short stock Muffler would tire you out mentally before it would wear you out physically.
It had only 1 "White Power" shock on the left side and no linkage. I think some of the first WP upside down forks available. It was my first 4 stroke dirt bike and I only had it about 6 months. I wish I still had it.
This is an example of the worlds best components, combined with great design and world class materials and great craftsmanship. Although somewhat obscure. The frames and rear suspension was designed by Austrian born Inventor "Horst Leitner". I believe he founded ATK motorcycles back in the early 80's. He went on to build the suspension systems for some of the best mountain bikes which he then sold that design to "Specialized" bicycles.
My ATK was just about like this one in the picture.
The Coaxial Countershaft system of the G450X BMW / CTS system if your riding the Husky 449/511, is the only bike that even comes close to the down hill feeling of the old ATK.
That's the rear brake master cylinder cover mounted to the front side of the blue frame tube at the base of the seat and gas tank area. See the brake pedal's push/pull arm?
Dangermouse449
Husqvarna
Pro Class
And I thought the CTS system was 'out there' for design..... that onboard rear brake rotor is some crazy s#!t man 
I guess it reduces unsprung weight.
Where does the chain go after it disappears into the frame area??? It looks like a about a 50 tooth counter-shaft sprocket, but I'm assuming it isn't.
I guess it reduces unsprung weight.
Where does the chain go after it disappears into the frame area??? It looks like a about a 50 tooth counter-shaft sprocket, but I'm assuming it isn't.
racemx904
Husqvarna
Pro Class
There was a sprocket on top and a sprocket on the bottom that reduced the torque on the suspension which made it smoother on chop..... It was cool for some stuff but sucked if you needed to wheelie over something.... and the rear disc on the wheel was great in theory but sucked bad.... big air cooled 4 stroke produced tons of heat and boiled your brakes then you flew into a turn with no brakes.... They were very good bikes but some different ideas mean general public not going to buy them which means you wont be in business long...
Well Ok full derailment time.
My ATK 406 was a cool bike. Last year they made the 406, no goofy rear brake or chain thing.
My ATK 490 DS bike. Single sided FRAME and billet hubs. Was a looker. Good bike.
My ATK 406 was a cool bike. Last year they made the 406, no goofy rear brake or chain thing.
My ATK 490 DS bike. Single sided FRAME and billet hubs. Was a looker. Good bike.
I wish they had kept developing that platform 449/511.
troy deck
Husqvarna
Pro Class
well as the owner of a small fleet of Polaris and Bombardier ATVs if any thing like that happens i hope its Bombardier that dose it my 04 330 outlander 4x4 HO is bomb proof NEVER A MOMENTS TROUBLE the Polaris's all of them newer its wrench, parts, wrench ,parts wrench wrench wrench im trying to unload the whole lot
Dangermouse449
Husqvarna
Pro Class
AMEN!!
I'd still be a potential Husky repeat customer.
If the 449/511 platform continued to be evolved I wouldn't have even considered anything else.
Good call Kelly
Dangermouse449
Husqvarna
Pro Class
449 is easy to lift the front wheel.... I imagine the 511 more so.
Although, to be fair, much easier once the stupid 2nd butterfly is gone
My TE511 is a wheelie monster and super EZ to loft over anything at about any speed. One of the best wheelie bikes I have ever owned. I really dont see any down sides to CTS and several upsides.
Big Timmy
Husqvarna
Pro Class
The idler wheels on my ATK's A-Trak suspension weren't really sprockets, they only had about 1/3rd of a sprocket tooth. Just enough of a tooth to center the chain and make the chain rotate them all the time. It had no problem lifting the front wheel over obstacles of nearly any size.
My ATK when I bought it was used for about 10 months. The guy I bought it from paid over $7000.00 for that ATK back then. Then he bought a similarly Rotax powered Can-Am, He put a set of Fox forks on the Can-Am. He still didn't like it and then sold it. He bought the ATK back from me along with the stock 45mm conventional Zokes from the Can-Am thrown in to the deal on trade. I put them on one of my old Maico's and I still have it.
Like the ATK and the G450X or Husky CTS,
Pull it up against a wall or a tree and stand up and give it some throttle and let the clutch out a little. It won't squat down the suspension like all other bikes do before the tire starts to turn and spin.
That's the advantage of these designs to me, simply explained.
It has no effect on the suspension. Some smart thinking from these guys.
This technology should be developed further.
My ATK when I bought it was used for about 10 months. The guy I bought it from paid over $7000.00 for that ATK back then. Then he bought a similarly Rotax powered Can-Am, He put a set of Fox forks on the Can-Am. He still didn't like it and then sold it. He bought the ATK back from me along with the stock 45mm conventional Zokes from the Can-Am thrown in to the deal on trade. I put them on one of my old Maico's and I still have it.
Like the ATK and the G450X or Husky CTS,
Pull it up against a wall or a tree and stand up and give it some throttle and let the clutch out a little. It won't squat down the suspension like all other bikes do before the tire starts to turn and spin.
That's the advantage of these designs to me, simply explained.
It has no effect on the suspension. Some smart thinking from these guys.
This technology should be developed further.