Husq.fleet
Husqvarna
AA Class
schimmelaw;78775 said:
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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
1981 430XC Street Legal Motard Conversion Project - Schimmelaw
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schimmelaw
Husqvarna
AA Class
With all the posting going on in the vintage resto section, thought I would post up what I've been fooling w/ this wkend. (Per Mrs. Schimmelaw "....after you get your house chores done....") Of course.
Photo 1: Final tweaking of the last bend on the stinger. Torch, bend and reinstall. Torch, bend and reinstall. Torch, bend and reinstall. Yada. Yada. Yada. Its done. Previous owner found the sleeve for the silencer/stinger junction and donated it to the cause. Thanks, LHill.
After 15 months of disappearance, shocks out of the storage bins. On the workbench for the last couple of weeks for a home grown rebuild (seals, bands, bushings, oil, nitro, upper heims, lower bushings, bump stop, some paint and stickers). Preliminary mounting - some final assembly parts going out to plating this week.
Photos 2 thru 5: Walk around veiw.
Photo 1: Final tweaking of the last bend on the stinger. Torch, bend and reinstall. Torch, bend and reinstall. Torch, bend and reinstall. Yada. Yada. Yada. Its done. Previous owner found the sleeve for the silencer/stinger junction and donated it to the cause. Thanks, LHill.
After 15 months of disappearance, shocks out of the storage bins. On the workbench for the last couple of weeks for a home grown rebuild (seals, bands, bushings, oil, nitro, upper heims, lower bushings, bump stop, some paint and stickers). Preliminary mounting - some final assembly parts going out to plating this week.
Photos 2 thru 5: Walk around veiw.
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schimmelaw
Husqvarna
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letitsnow,
Thanks man.
HT,
Got em' at the local bike shop. Nice selection of fun valve stem caps.
Shock and sideplate mounting hardware back from plating and ano. Got something to do this weekend.
Photo 1: Upper shock mount. Stock nickle plated shock bushings and fender washer. Rubber o-rings from Phillip. A buddy cut me some longer sideplate aluminum bushings which got anod. Aluminum conical washer w/ ssteel flat head allen. Times 2.
Photo 2: Buddy cut me a longer side number plate mount which got anod. (Gone is the short rubber one - hopeuflly no more resevoir/number plate rubbing.) Another nickled fender washer, aluminum conical washer and ssteel flat head allen. Times 2.
Photo 3: Lower shock mount. Two new ssteel bushing from Phillip. Nickled outside retainer. Ssteel washer and allen. Times 2.
Photo 4: Exhaust side. Another buddy donated the thinner Euro hose clamps for the silencer/pipe junction.
Thanks man.
HT,
Got em' at the local bike shop. Nice selection of fun valve stem caps.
Shock and sideplate mounting hardware back from plating and ano. Got something to do this weekend.
Photo 1: Upper shock mount. Stock nickle plated shock bushings and fender washer. Rubber o-rings from Phillip. A buddy cut me some longer sideplate aluminum bushings which got anod. Aluminum conical washer w/ ssteel flat head allen. Times 2.
Photo 2: Buddy cut me a longer side number plate mount which got anod. (Gone is the short rubber one - hopeuflly no more resevoir/number plate rubbing.) Another nickled fender washer, aluminum conical washer and ssteel flat head allen. Times 2.
Photo 3: Lower shock mount. Two new ssteel bushing from Phillip. Nickled outside retainer. Ssteel washer and allen. Times 2.
Photo 4: Exhaust side. Another buddy donated the thinner Euro hose clamps for the silencer/pipe junction.
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Husq.fleet
Husqvarna
AA Class
frame finish?
Looks awesome Schimm. Forgive me for not going back and finding this info on my own. What is the finish on your frame-powder or paint? I have some fab work to do and then get frame finished. Thanks Scott
Looks awesome Schimm. Forgive me for not going back and finding this info on my own. What is the finish on your frame-powder or paint? I have some fab work to do and then get frame finished. Thanks Scott
schimmelaw
Husqvarna
AA Class
Pick,
Sticky is Hwy's.
Scott,
Powder. Never used that finishing technique on any prior projects. First time for me. Always used paint. I'm a convert - makes paint (IMO) obsolete for this application (frame, swingarm, hubs, springs, triples, etc.). Thick and durable.
Rick
Sticky is Hwy's.
Scott,
Powder. Never used that finishing technique on any prior projects. First time for me. Always used paint. I'm a convert - makes paint (IMO) obsolete for this application (frame, swingarm, hubs, springs, triples, etc.). Thick and durable.
Rick
schimmelaw
Husqvarna
AA Class
Spring has sprung. Well almost anyways.
Photo 1, 2 & 3: Springs, upper and lower retainer clips got black powdered over a year ago - nice to have them out of a storage bin and installed. New plastic spring seporators from Phillip. Stockers were tore and plum wore out. Splurged and got a couple of shock body spring wear sleeves (again from Phillip). Put all the upper hardware on the shock BEFORE**************************************** the sleeves are installed or the upper parts won't go on. Ask me how I know.
Photos 4 and 5: Found some C clips to replace the metal bands that hold/back-up the top retainer ring. Fit right in the shock body recesses and much easier to work w/. They got nickled also.
Done.
Photo 1, 2 & 3: Springs, upper and lower retainer clips got black powdered over a year ago - nice to have them out of a storage bin and installed. New plastic spring seporators from Phillip. Stockers were tore and plum wore out. Splurged and got a couple of shock body spring wear sleeves (again from Phillip). Put all the upper hardware on the shock BEFORE**************************************** the sleeves are installed or the upper parts won't go on. Ask me how I know.
Photos 4 and 5: Found some C clips to replace the metal bands that hold/back-up the top retainer ring. Fit right in the shock body recesses and much easier to work w/. They got nickled also.
Done.
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Husqvarna
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oneal,
Thanks man. No videos comming. Just posting up photos of what I might be working on.
Thanks man. No videos comming. Just posting up photos of what I might be working on.
schimmelaw
Husqvarna
AA Class
Husq.fleet
Husqvarna
AA Class
looks good
Looking great Schimm. I like the seat foam shape. Have to get a ride report on the seat, well the whole thing of course. Scott
Looking great Schimm. I like the seat foam shape. Have to get a ride report on the seat, well the whole thing of course. Scott
schimmelaw
Husqvarna
AA Class
Thanks boys.
Stator issues and got to button a few things up.
Stator issues and got to button a few things up.
highdez1981430cr
Husqvarna
AA Class
I cant wait to get my 430 to Schim, quality!
Great build, it`s giving me lot`s of great ideas. 
Great build, it`s giving me lot`s of great ideas.
