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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
125-200cc 2011 wr150 are in the country
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LawnDartMike
Husqvarna
AA Class
Norman Foley
Husqvarna
Pro Class
LawnDartMike;100896 said:
KTM started it when they changed designation of 144SX to 150SX.
Norman Foley
Husqvarna
Pro Class
razornpc;100969 said:
I believe you.... KTM 200 is the most overated bike on the planet! I am always prepared to be amazed when I get a ride on one and always gladly go back to my WR125. Last two KTM 200 guys who rode my '09 WR125, wanted a little more motor, but both called the handling "Laser Guided". These guys both have heavily massaged KTM 200's. I think the WR150 or 144 kitted WR125 will really give the KTM 150 and 200 a run for their money.
krieg
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I dunno, for the very brief time I owned it... I thought the KTM 200 was the perfect blend of handling and 2 stroke motor. Every time I rode my WR300, I was waiting to be hurled into a tree and killed, every time I rode anyone's 125 (including our CR 125), I was wanting more motor. I'm just not a 2 stroke rider anymore. I've become waaay too lazy to make a 2 stroke work for me. I plan on snagging a 2011 CR 150 to get us back to an "All Husky" race team as a 2nd bike to the TC 250. The KTM 150 is a great bike, but it'll be nice to see all red and white in trailer again!Norman Foley;100974 said:I believe you.... KTM 200 is the most overated bike on the planet! I am always prepared to be amazed when I get a ride on one and always gladly go back to my WR125. Last two KTM 200 guys who rode my '09 WR125, wanted a little more motor, but both called the handling "Laser Guided". These guys both have heavily massaged KTM 200's. I think the WR150 or 144 kitted WR125 will really give the KTM 150 and 200 a run for their money.
Norman Foley
Husqvarna
Pro Class
krieg;100976 said:I dunno, for the very brief time I owned it... I thought the KTM 200 was the perfect blend of handling and 2 stroke motor. Every time I rode my WR300, I was waiting to be hurled into a tree and killed, every time I rode anyone's 125 (including our CR 125), I was wanting more motor. I'm just not a 2 stroke rider anymore. I've become waaay too lazy to make a 2 stroke work for me. I plan on snagging a 2011 CR 150 to get us back to an "All Husky" race team as a 2nd bike to the TC 250. The KTM 150 is a great bike, but it'll be nice to see all red and white in trailer again!
I'd rather ride my '00 WR250 than a '10 KTM 200 XC-W. "The master's eye fattens the cattle." If you think it's good, then it is. KTM Talk guys agree with you, I agree with razornpc. Marino or Hendrix..it's all what you like.
Daniel508s
Husqvarna
AA Class
The complete other side to the heavy tractor TC510 I own.
Norman Foley;100904 said:
because the first batch of ktm 144's kept blowing up .... Realizing they had totally screwed the pooch and anything with ktm and 144 in the title was a non starter. The marketing folks decide it was best to call it a 150 even though it is a 144 version 2.0!! if you ask me ... 144 has a better ring to it!!
krieg
Husqvarna
Pro Class
My '08 144 held together through 8 races with nothing but a new set of tires, regular oil changes, and filter cleanings. There was a 144 "blow up" poll at KTM Talk in '08... If I remember correctly, 70% of '07/'08 144 owners had no issues with their bikes. I think 15% had seized pistons and the rest had other issues not related to the piston/cylinder. STILL... 15% blowup rate is nothing to brag about. I felt fortunate that we've had great luck with our 144 and now our 150. I always ran ours rich, used race gas, and stuck with a 40:1 mix. Some of the owners with melted heads were running 50:1 or greater... not smart on a high performance small bore IMHO.skid;101000 said:
krieg
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Most of the failures were piston seizures that required a cylinder and piston/standard top end job... no case splitting. Pretty easy job for a moderately skilled shade tree person. If I recall correctly, most repairs were in the $400.00-$500.00 range.Coffee;101021 said: