• 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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 4CS Issues

David Hudson said:
Are these new 4CS forks really this bad? How do they compare to the stock wr250 forks from my bikes era (2000-2002)? I'm interested in possibly getting a new husky one day, but I'll probably wait a couple more years as they are a bit expensive, but everyone seems to complain about the front forks. I still really enjoy my ancient 2000 wr250 (it has 2001 forks with .40 springs and 5wt oil 120mm from top)
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I had a 2000 TE610 with 45mm Zokes and stock they were crazy soft yet somehow harsh. Had RG3 valve and spring them for me and they were much better but still harsh compared to the KYB Japanese bikes at the time (YZ426/KX500) and my old '95 Husky with Showas. I rode my buddies '01 TE570 and the forks seemed similar to my '00. The 45's on the '08 TE610 are pretty good stock though, so it seems they got better.

MY '14 Berg 300 still needs the 4CS' sorted but they seem a better starting point than my old '00 Zokes. Stiffer springs helped mine with the full compression deflection they seem to have by keeping higher in the stroke, but sharp edge g-outs still get sketchy. They'll probably find their way to Zip Ty's.
 
put about 120km on the forks with the latest mods today (stock parts) with some internal changes, man they are so much better, I didn't mind them originally but high speed hits shook my bones, they are plush now, ride really high in the stroke and resist bottoming good.
I had a crf with revolved showa's previously which was great for woods, I would rate the 4CS as good if not better than these now.

front end traction is on another level now, only downside if both legs now only have comp adjustment on the top, rebound is fixed
 
so now you have compression on the top and rebound on the bottom ? is that the fix with these forks ?
 
Some folks sent their forks to suspension shops and they added base valves basically turning the forks into open chamber style but Bowser is commenting on his personal reconfiguration method which uses existing parts assembled differently causing the adjusters on the top to affect compression only. He doesn't have base valves with that setup. Clear as mud right?
 
thats right Reveille, both top adjusters are comp now and have no adjustment on the bottom for rebound or anything else.
I did try the same stacks without the adjuster swap so it was same as stock and it didn't feel as good, swap the rebound check valve around and it made them better.
rebound stack is slightly different (stiffer) with a bleed shim, stays up really high in the stroke now, blue oring is installed still.
What I have might not suit everyone but I was looking for an alternative than spending big bucks with a tuner and are presently surprised with what I ended up with
 
Same here once some one who is smarter then me sets up my suspention I install it and ride. Never have I had to touch it. When you race the Nationals we go everywhere and still no adjustment needed .
 
don't get me wrong I wish I still had the option to adjust rebound but at the moment they are working well for the riding i'm doing.
many guys don't even adjust sag let alone play with the clicker voodoo magic
 
For me I like to adjust it for where I ride. Sometimes it is tight woods, some times it is whooped out dez, some times it is DS, maybe one day it is MX, usually fine tuning for rock gardens is normal... for me. All like different setups. Also riding in mud can add 20 pounds to your bike, some compensation is nice. Even fuel levels can change the weight on the forks as much as 20 pounds. I've even needed to change rebound for heavier tubes and tires. In the summer I ride much faster (dry conditions) and weigh a lot less (gear and mud). A few clicks either way can make a huge difference. They have clickers for a reason. Every bike I have ever had that had a adjustment missing I was always frustrated with as I knew it could be better with a few clicks one way or another. The other day going two clicks stiffer rebound for riding through a lot of loose rock made a huge difference. I personally would never give it up. I even change tire pressures for where I ride.
 
Most people are not very good at making changes... a lot of people make changes thinking they are doing something good and they would ride just as fast or good leaving it the same....
 
racemx904 said:
Most people are not very good at making changes... a lot of people make changes thinking they are doing something good and they would ride just as fast or good leaving it the same....
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Yeah I ride with some of those people and watch them struggle and get kicked all over the trail with crap setups.
 
I'll just be happy to get the forks back. They've had the forks longer than I've been able to ride the bike. I'm forced to ride my wife's 200xc Gasser for tomorrow's ride. Already took the stupid rekluse out of it so I can ride it. I'm starting to regret my decision to get rid of the 2012.
:I obviously need a tissue: :(
 
Motosportz said:
Yeah I ride with some of those people and watch them struggle and get kicked all over the trail with crap setups.
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When a person gets old like me, being crafty about setup is the great equalizer on the trail. I like it when my riding companions are bouncing all over the place...LOL....and yes I want my rebound adjustment too!
 
racemx904 said:
Most people are not very good at making changes... a lot of people make changes thinking they are doing something good and they would ride just as fast or good leaving it the same....
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I agree. Some guys like to tinker though. I prefer to change my riding style slightly to use the same set up, for all riding.
 
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