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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

My 07' 510

M

Mick

Husqvarna
AA Class
Hey guys,
As I posted up before, just bought a 510. After a few hiccups after taking delivery, It's back in my shed and semi dismantled. I was a bit hasty when it came home and didn't get any "before" pics, but I'll shoot some tomorrow.
As far as i can tell, it's standard, aside from the radiator guards and bash plate, and the missing side covers for the air box (is this common/normal?). My main focus at present is pulling it down, inspecting everything, fixing any problems I find, then ride and enjoy it. So far, some of the issues I've come across are;
tank fairing inserts are stripped, have searched and found a few different possibilities for repair. I can't get the old nutserts out though, I've tried jamming with a screwdriver and a pick to no avail. I'm ordering new farings from UFO to go on after the first few rides as the current ones are well worn, so they can stay on for the time being. I was thinking about freezing the tank to make the plastic less malleable, I'll let you know how it goes.
I'm not too sure if they have a thermo fan from factory, a few I've seen do, but this one does not. May have been taken off, if so I will replace. (this explains the spare plug behind the headlight)
The dash, when i purchased the bike was on the blink. speedo was erratic, hi beam light always on, and neutral light came on when in top gear. They couldn't fix it, so supplied me with an aftermarket unit that whilst not having a neutral light or hibeam, has temp gauge, lap timer, average speed etc. After I got it home I had a tinker, got the speedo to work, and the neutral light, hi beam is still questionable. Tossing up between keeping what I have and trying out the new one.

It's going to a reputable suspension shop to have everything set up for the type of riding I'm planning on doing (Enduro & desert rally) and after a few shakedowns I will make some finer adjustments to suit how i ride, if needed.

I've taken the graphics off, they were starting to peel a little.

Rear shroud (muffler side) had a spinning nutsert, could not be salvaged, so smacked it out with a cold chisel and will press a new one in tomorrow.


Removed the go awful number plate holder that the dealer puts on the back of all of them, cut it down to a little tail tidy. Will install flush mounted indicators in a few weeks.

That's al i can think of at the moment. It's pretty run of the mil for me to buy a new bike and strip the guts out of it, re grease, re tension and re gasket anything i can find. I used to work in a fastener store, and before i left bought a few boxes of button heads which have made their way on to every bike I've had.


If anyone familiar with this model could reply I'd appreciate it, there are a few things I'm not quite sure of and would love some assistance and guidance. All a part of learning a new brand, and so far I'm loving this one :)
 
Only the euro 07's had the fan. Check and see if you have the steering head lock, if you do then you have a Euro model. The airbox uses the number plates for the sides....it does not work very well.
 
It does have the stem lock, I would say the euro model would be the same as the australian model.
 
Nutsert repaired, and all other nutserts slightly re-pressed to prevent further accidents.
 
despite having done around an hour since the workshop service it, I'd be happier knowing it'd been done right. Using Motul 7100 10w 50 (as that what I've always used on my dirtbikes)
 
Check to see if it has the Euro-3 emission control equipment (a black box under the seat, bolted to the top of the rear fender). If so, there will be a catalytic converter welded into the front of the muffler. No spark arrestor.
 
No black box. With the lack of an oil sight, is the intention to open the weep hole allen key bolt, sit the bike on a center stand and fill with oil? or it provisioned for use while the bike is on the side stand? Husky dealer tells me 1.5L.
 
Most people don't use the weep hole and I am one of them. I change my oil about every 3-400 miles so there is little chance of significant lossage in that period of time. There should be an air pump that has a line going to the intake between the carb and the head. I capped mine off and removed the pump.
 
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