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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
Adventures with my TE310 - the beginning
- Thread starter WbCherry
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WbCherry
Husqvarna
A Class
Depends on the route, I guess.
Leaning towards highway/side roads on the first leg, then the Trans-Am on the return.
A week to get there, two or three to get back.
http://www.transamtrail.com/about/
Beemers are for weiners.
Who says I'm carrying a lot of weight?
I'm 135 lbs. I eat one small meal a day. Slept thru Bavarian snow in a poncho liner and a tarp, for years.
Iraq taught me to conserve water, less than a liter a day, including hygiene.
I'll wash my clothes in a creek. Or stink. Who cares.
Quicksteel, wrenches, extra oil bottle, and my MotoPort.
Leaning towards highway/side roads on the first leg, then the Trans-Am on the return.
A week to get there, two or three to get back.
http://www.transamtrail.com/about/
Beemers are for weiners.
Who says I'm carrying a lot of weight?
I'm 135 lbs. I eat one small meal a day. Slept thru Bavarian snow in a poncho liner and a tarp, for years.
Iraq taught me to conserve water, less than a liter a day, including hygiene.
I'll wash my clothes in a creek. Or stink. Who cares.
Quicksteel, wrenches, extra oil bottle, and my MotoPort.
Aaron8
Husqvarna
AA Class
Of course they are. What was I thinking? I should have suggested a larger-displacement, lower-mechanically-stressed at highway speeds ride that carries more than .9 qt of oil. The 310 is a lightweight, high-strung race bike. But yeah, like freaky said, go for it. Good luck.
mnb
Husqvarna
Pro Class
People have gone round the world on an R1 or done remote riding on 125s... Just about any bike will do if you're willing to deal with it's weaknesses. The 310 would excel at any rugged off road work. It would suck for any distance and it can't carry much. But if you're going to do a route of 150 miles a day and stay in motels while somehow sticking to dirt... the 310 isn't so bad for that kind of pace.
WbCherry
Husqvarna
A Class
Motels? I have a tarp and a hammock.
Around 350-400 miles a day, west.
I-40 to avoid Virgina State Troopers. Then, diagonal up to Seattle.
Down to Oregon for the Trans-Am trailhead. About 35 tanks of gas. 6 to 8 days.
Going east, 4800 miles to the Tennessee border. Two weeks or so, trail dependant.
Cruise the Blue Ridge for a day.
Run I-40 east through North Carolina, then HWY 264 to Cape Hatteras.
Then 300 miles back west to my couch.
Take a nap. Walk the dog.
Switching to a TKC80 and running it home-grown tubeless (to piss off more internet rangers).
I need mail my Scorps to somebody in Oregon, for the ride back.
Keep the TKC's until I get home, in case I wear out the Scorps along the way and need it mailed ahead.
Would be nice to meet folks along the way. Folks that happen to have extra oil filters I can buy.
Aaron's vagina is out there somewhere. Maybe I'll take a photo in front of his house.
Around 350-400 miles a day, west.
I-40 to avoid Virgina State Troopers. Then, diagonal up to Seattle.
Down to Oregon for the Trans-Am trailhead. About 35 tanks of gas. 6 to 8 days.
Going east, 4800 miles to the Tennessee border. Two weeks or so, trail dependant.
Cruise the Blue Ridge for a day.
Run I-40 east through North Carolina, then HWY 264 to Cape Hatteras.
Then 300 miles back west to my couch.
Take a nap. Walk the dog.
Switching to a TKC80 and running it home-grown tubeless (to piss off more internet rangers).
I need mail my Scorps to somebody in Oregon, for the ride back.
Keep the TKC's until I get home, in case I wear out the Scorps along the way and need it mailed ahead.
Would be nice to meet folks along the way. Folks that happen to have extra oil filters I can buy.
Aaron's vagina is out there somewhere. Maybe I'll take a photo in front of his house.
WbCherry
Husqvarna
A Class
Sorry about the crappy cell-phone photo.
That will hold my backpack and a Giant Loop horseshoe bag, and Primus bottle for oil.
Tank panniers for food and junk.
Waterproofed Backpack for electronics, underwear, socks, hammock, sleeping bag, tarp, and water.
GiantLoop for hard parts - tools, spares, etc.
Still waiting on my GPS. Starting to think I've been Ebay scammed.
Cig adaptor, SAE adaptors, and GPS wiring came in today. Aerostich solid-state fuse panel on the way.
Mounting and wiring the Whelen cop taillight this weekend. And a louder horn.
Hard-wiring the GPS to the fuseblock.
Cig adaptor routed thru the backpack to keep the phone and stuff dry. Sealed with Goop around the hole, then SAE adaptor out. Mating 36" SAE lead to the fuse block. Long enough to strap the backpack wherever I want.
Can use the same lead to power my air pump.
Or, just wait...and I'll show photos.
That will hold my backpack and a Giant Loop horseshoe bag, and Primus bottle for oil.
Tank panniers for food and junk.
Waterproofed Backpack for electronics, underwear, socks, hammock, sleeping bag, tarp, and water.
GiantLoop for hard parts - tools, spares, etc.
Still waiting on my GPS. Starting to think I've been Ebay scammed.
Cig adaptor, SAE adaptors, and GPS wiring came in today. Aerostich solid-state fuse panel on the way.
Mounting and wiring the Whelen cop taillight this weekend. And a louder horn.
Hard-wiring the GPS to the fuseblock.
Cig adaptor routed thru the backpack to keep the phone and stuff dry. Sealed with Goop around the hole, then SAE adaptor out. Mating 36" SAE lead to the fuse block. Long enough to strap the backpack wherever I want.
Can use the same lead to power my air pump.
Or, just wait...and I'll show photos.
mnb
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Dude, give your military background and what you say you want to do, I guess you're not freaking crazy. I bow to you. I'd never try what you're doing, but then, maybe back when I was 23 or so I might have. Certainly not now at 49. I don't sleep well on a bed these days, let alone camping. Although I do like to camp occasionally. 
Have you done a 400 mile day on that bike yet? It has no wind protection and vibrates a bit at speed. That can be very fatiguing day after day. You are one of our nation's finest, so I'm sure you're in good condition to endure that, but I'm just warning you... One thing I know for sure, it WILL be a trip you remember fondly for the rest of your life. And don't think you can never do anything like it again. You may not be able to get as much time, but you can do a lot in two weeks and a lot more in four. There are many, MANY more memories to last a lifetime to be had ahead.
We expect pictures and reports along the way, so make sure you get net access and fully embrace the online generation, because if you go silent for the duration we WILL hunt you down and gang up on your ass!
Have you done a 400 mile day on that bike yet? It has no wind protection and vibrates a bit at speed. That can be very fatiguing day after day. You are one of our nation's finest, so I'm sure you're in good condition to endure that, but I'm just warning you... One thing I know for sure, it WILL be a trip you remember fondly for the rest of your life. And don't think you can never do anything like it again. You may not be able to get as much time, but you can do a lot in two weeks and a lot more in four. There are many, MANY more memories to last a lifetime to be had ahead.
We expect pictures and reports along the way, so make sure you get net access and fully embrace the online generation, because if you go silent for the duration we WILL hunt you down and gang up on your ass!
glangston
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Having a pancho liner is almost cheating....everyone knows theyy are clothing from the gods.
WbCherry
Husqvarna
A Class
We expect pictures and reports along the way, so make sure you get net access and fully embrace the online generation, because if you go silent for the duration we WILL hunt you down and gang up on your ass!
Free McDonalds wi-fi + Ipad + HD video cam.
And a Ruger.
Aphrodite's bathrobe.
WbCherry
Husqvarna
A Class
This is my neice:
She has an extremely rare disorder called CHARGE syndrome. (Look it up)
There are about 50 kids in the world with the disease. My sister runs their international support group, as a single mother.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coloboma-Moms/223824470223
The gene that controls nerve, muscle, and bone development is missing.
They usually don't reach maturity.
I'd like to raise money for their charity called "Khloe's Garden".
A brain tumor will kill her before puberty.
She has an extremely rare disorder called CHARGE syndrome. (Look it up)
There are about 50 kids in the world with the disease. My sister runs their international support group, as a single mother.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coloboma-Moms/223824470223
The gene that controls nerve, muscle, and bone development is missing.
They usually don't reach maturity.
I'd like to raise money for their charity called "Khloe's Garden".
A brain tumor will kill her before puberty.
WbCherry
Husqvarna
A Class
Thanks!
I'd like to see New England again. Displace some bad memories from the last time I was there.
All the way down the East Coast later in the summer, maybe. Does Hwy 17 reach you guys?
Subframe may need repairs. We'll see. I'll get it trussed if it does.
I'm really just worried about flats. Not very good at taking off tires...I need to practice. Was hoping to seal the spoke holes and run tubeless, but...nah.
I'm off to buy masterlinks, extra oil filters, heavy-duty tubes, etc today.
Photos of the Aerostich Power Distribution Module later.
It's VERY nice. Much smaller than I thought. Completely waterproof fuseblock, solid state (no actual fuses).
Looking for compression shorts with pads in FRONT of the thigh. Which is where I always hit when I go over the bars.
I'd like to see New England again. Displace some bad memories from the last time I was there.
All the way down the East Coast later in the summer, maybe. Does Hwy 17 reach you guys?
Subframe may need repairs. We'll see. I'll get it trussed if it does.
I'm really just worried about flats. Not very good at taking off tires...I need to practice. Was hoping to seal the spoke holes and run tubeless, but...nah.
I'm off to buy masterlinks, extra oil filters, heavy-duty tubes, etc today.
Photos of the Aerostich Power Distribution Module later.
It's VERY nice. Much smaller than I thought. Completely waterproof fuseblock, solid state (no actual fuses).
Looking for compression shorts with pads in FRONT of the thigh. Which is where I always hit when I go over the bars.
jtemple
Husqvarna
Pro Class
A few practice runs and you'll be good to go. I have experienced both tubed and tubeless punctures/failures on trips and I'd take a tubed rim any day. One guy had a valve stem fail on a tubeless tire. He was stranded. If my valve stem fails, I just swap out the tube and keep riding.