OK I know I've been missing for a bit but been getting bike set up for this year which for us started two weeks ago. So good to be back racing but damn I'm out of shape! Have tried several different combo on suspension and pulled it apart back December have look see. After trying different oil volume and weight with no luck went to a .42 /.45 combo and back to 4wt oil with more volume. The heavy oils were just so thick they slowed the comp/rebound down too much. In sand rollers the forks would actually packwhen moving at fast clip. Still have few things to try on the brake side shim stack to try slow down the comp in the first three inch travel but the .45 change on brake side really keeps it up in the stroke without cause any reflection in the slower trail trash.
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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
TE/TC 17 TE 150
- Thread starter dartyppyt
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OK I know I've been missing for a bit but been getting bike set up for this year which for us started two weeks ago. So good to be back racing but damn I'm out of shape! Have tried several different combo on suspension and pulled it apart back December have look see. After trying different oil volume and weight with no luck went to a .42 /.45 combo and back to 4wt oil with more volume. The heavy oils were just so thick they slowed the comp/rebound down too much. In sand rollers the forks would actually packwhen moving at fast clip. Still have few things to try on the brake side shim stack to try slow down the comp in the first three inch travel but the .45 change on brake side really keeps it up in the stroke without cause any reflection in the slower trail trash.
Forgot to add that also tried some gear changes and added FMF powercore. Powercore maybe little louder but gave it little more bottom snap along with a 51 sprocket. Tried 52 also but way to much shifting. Would be good in tight technical stuff though. Really like the 51t it's spot on. Second gear dead engine started are breeze.. Also added a g2 throttle cable and tube. I'm not a fan of those lock on grips at all. Sam over at g2 has a good conversion setup that quick easy to swap so you can run whatever grips you like.
John Bunker
Husqvarna
A Class
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PForceJarvis
Husqvarna
A Class
I love this thread! Been following it for the past few weeks and I wish I would have found it sooner. it would have saved me a ton of time with the jetting and power valve. I got my 150 in September and only got it dialed in some time in December! Great write ups! 
I love this thread! Been following it for the past few weeks and I wish I would have found it sooner. it would have saved me a ton of time with the jetting and power valve. I got my 150 in September and only got it dialed in some time in December! Great write ups!
I know what you mean... Darin had me way ahead of curve when mine arrived. Had useful jets ready to change on day one. Just order my vforce reeds yesterday. Thought mine were okay but at full gas Enduro last weekend I noticed that the first run of the day bike was sputtering for few minutes then was spot on. Took out Monday have look see and sure enough bottom left reeds not sealing good til warm up. Keep that in mind.
wallybean
Mini-Sponsor
Yes, I installed today. My existing reed cage actually was seating perfectly but still the V-Force is definitely a step up in quality and design. It is so cool when you have a bike like this and it starts after maybe half a revolution with the starter and just idles along purring. Then rips the front wheel off the ground through the first 4 gears. I am up to 20.3 hours on the clock and hoping to add another 100 this summer.
John Bunker
Husqvarna
A Class
Here’s another part I made to help check the float height.
A drain plug with a drilled out post to attach a 3/16 gas line to, bend the line up against the carb body then fill the carb with gas. The gas in the line will be at the same level as in the float bowl. You will have to do this with the carburetor off the bike and carb in the upright position.
A drain plug with a drilled out post to attach a 3/16 gas line to, bend the line up against the carb body then fill the carb with gas. The gas in the line will be at the same level as in the float bowl. You will have to do this with the carburetor off the bike and carb in the upright position.
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dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Them shoulders can be sticklers! Hope it heals up or you might have to duct tape it up to ride.
Is it your rotator cuff?
John Bunker
Husqvarna
A Class
What size o-ring are yous guys using?
wallybean
Mini-Sponsor
Yep, MRI is being read on Wednesday. I like the duct tape idea better than all the other options, just need the long term injectable pain killer to go with it. Have you seen the 4" needle they inject all that dye crap with. "This might hurt a bit" OW....Sorry....OWWW.....Sorry....OWWWWW, How many more times are you going to do that? So he buried it and left it there?! At least the techs were all nice.
John Bunker
Husqvarna
A Class
dartyppyt (Darin), I was going to send you a PM but can't figure out how to do it on this site. You can use my email if you'd like. mctool@tds.net
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Walt! Good luck! Hope they get it figured out and can get you patched up quick.
You can always tell a persons age by the number of patches and the number of pills you take!
Keep us up to date on how things go.
