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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

  • 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Austria - About 2014 & Newer
     TE = 2st Enduro & TC = 2st Cross

TE/TC Robertaccio's TE300 "Bullet Proof Bling" Thread........

mike243 said:
robertaccio how do you like that linkage skid plate you have compared to a guard that bolts to the linkage? one reason I don't really like the bolt on linkage guard is that if you hit something hard enough to bend the guard and get your linkage stuck then your day is over. it would be very hard to bend something like that back out in the trail.. your guard seems like it would just glide over everything ?
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Mike truth is I went that route with Obie attachment as a @30 buck alternative to all the high $ alloy pro style ones out there, all the top pros are using variations of the $$$ alloy link guards in both bolt on and re-link types. The obie "flap" is doing its job at my skill level and speed, it has taken a bunch of slides and hits and just keeps the rock gouges from the linkage and allows for sliding over obstacles with low friction plastic smoothness. Im happy with the Obie link guard it is a low cost alternative, for sure not as stout as what the pros are using (as well as some of my friends are using) but for 30 bucks its a great product and has choice of mounting as well. You can order it with OEM style slot, or like I did with pre drilled holes that lined right up with my TM Designs skid plate.
Funny side effect is that it tends to catch fuel/oil mix overflow/venting from the carb vent hoses, I may do some hose re-arrangement to get a better escape route for the venting.
 
Personally I never used the linkage skid plates because I feel it's overkill and just something else to fail.... just my 2 cents.... yes it had some hits on the link but nothing that's going to cause a break... and yes its rocky as heck here
 
I agree with the shape of seat is horrible... not sure why you want a seat that tries to make you sit in a certain spot.. . Every situation on a bike requires a different seating position...
 
racemx904 said:
Personally I never used the linkage skid plates because I feel it's overkill and just something else to fail.... just my 2 cents.... yes it had some hits on the link but nothing that's going to cause a break... and yes its rocky as heck here
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Racemx904(RM) just for S&G go take a look at Obie, you may have a change of mind, it is really just a super low tech, low cost, bikini flap thingy held on in my case by 2 screws, nuts and washers. Its really almost not even there, just a little band aid, low tech and simple, no added weight, just a glide plate really. I wanted at least a slide/glide plate because the KTM/Husky link knuckle does kind of sit like the pointy end of a triangle in that space between the chassis and rear wheel.

http://www.obielinkguard.com/about/
 
  • I like the idea of the low friction plastic skid plate and link glider. I presently have the typical aluminum plate and I can sure feel it gall and stick when I slide over rocks. I stole my kids craxy carpet to rivet to the bottom but haven't tried it yet. Cam.
 
robertaccio said:
Racemx904(RM) just for S&G go take a look at Obie, you may have a change of mind, it is really just a super low tech, low cost, bikini flap thingy held on in my case by 2 screws, nuts and washers. Its really almost not even there, just a little band aid, low tech and simple, no added weight, just a glide plate really. I wanted at least a slide/glide plate because the KTM/Husky link knuckle does kind of sit like the pointy end of a triangle in that space between the chassis and rear wheel.

http://www.obielinkguard.com/about/
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I like that thing just for the dirt protection. It would be even better if it were longer and curved up to cover more of the linkage. Dirt does nasty things to bearings and bushings.
 
I took the one off the 250xc that I sold and made it work on my 250fx. It's cheap insurance and it's gotta help over rocks.
 
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