• 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     WR = 2st Enduro & CR = 2st Cross

  • 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!

All 2st Any big boys ridden 85's?

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WXC250

Husqvarna
AA Class
This isn't really husky related but I have been loving my 250.. I had a 2004 KX85 sitting around for a couple years and got around to cleaning the carb and got it fired up. Pro Circuit Pipe/spark arrestor stock jets 140 main and 45 pilot which are supposedly rich from the factory. Most setups i have seen everyone drops to a 138 or less on the main and 40-42 pilot. The bike rips on the top end but is gutless and will bog out of powerband.. Is this just the fact that im 200lbs riding a kids race bike or is there a jetting issue? It has that booowah sound sometimes like when you run out of gas under load but pulls strong on top. I screwed the pilot screw fully in with no real change..
 
Those little wheeled chainsaws don't have any bottom end, they love being revved. I don't necessarily think it's a jetting issue since you're basically riding 2-up at their normal operating weight. :thumbsup: The only mini bike that I've ridden (screwed around on) you had to pretty much wind it and slip the clutch on take-off. But man those little rippers can be fun. :D
 
Does the powervalve actuator shaft sit correctly, there's a marking on the case that should line up with a dot on the shaft.
 
I have not confirmed the powervalve operation. Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I will check for that alignment tomorrow.
 
I've got a dead KX100 in my garage awaiting resurrection (2 actually, but one is a parts bike). I think it will be a fun little ripper if I ever get around to reviving it.

Flywheel weight might be worth looking into for that 85?
 
The stupid power to weight combined with a high center of gravity with a big guy riding it caused me and 3 other adults to have a near death experience in under 20 min. As we took turns riding a YZ85 one guy was almost dying riding/looping out/high siding it the others were dying laughing.
 
lankydoug said:
The stupid power to weight combined with a high center of gravity with a big guy riding it caused me and 3 other adults to have a near death experience in under 20 min. As we took turns riding a YZ85 one guy was almost dying riding/looping out/high siding it the others were dying laughing.
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Yes, I am the owner of a mini bike too. I can't get anybody interested in buying it for any realistic price, so here it sits, in my living room.:rolleyes:

I thought that having a 145 pound CR85 RB would be quite the hoot, but I soon found out that its cramped riding position offered up challenges that were too much for my old body and joints. And I found out about how little you are actually able to move around on it, if you want to avoid going over backwards. No loopouts, but too close for comfort.
 
dork girl 2s KX 65 pulls me just fine faster than i want what with the WAY over loaded suspension and im sure im the biggest man in the cafe any late model mini hauls if its right
 
Thank you Bart, the power valve was installed incorrect. The downside is you have to pull the jug to get it to sit right again. In 06 they changed it to a nut on top of the shaft vs welded so I will just order one of those. I rode it with the valve forced shut and low and midrange were much better and responsive. Thanks again
 
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