FE/FC Blue Plastic

[Brapman629]

Is anyone running the optional blue plastic on their bike that Husky offers? If so can you post a pic? As nice as the white looks when its clean I'm over it now. I'm just unsure how a full blue set would look. I asked my local dealer and the only other color any of their race team guys are running is black.

 

[dartyppyt]

Only thing I don't like about the blue, it magnify's the scratches. If you fall, and plastic bends. You get like a white blemish in them from plastic stretching or white crease!

But they look good new.

I'd go over most with blue matching base graphics to get around it.

 

[Big Timmy]

I have a set of complete Acerbis black plastics with a set of graphics I haven't mounted as of yet. Cost me less than $110.00. The headlight mask wasn't included though. I also have a set of the new Acerbis Blue rear side panels, I got for $15.00 a piece. For that kind of cost they are basically disposable. Like all the money in my wallet when it comes to my toys. However, they want $62.00 or so for the blue rear fenders alone. I haven't used the side panels yet, I need to open the left one up for more air flow into the airbox. I will put on a full side base graphic like "dartyppyt" says, before I mount it. Just to reduce the amount of scuffing.

My factory white rear side panels are pretty scuffed up from the mud, sand and mostly from my boots. It is what it is though. As much as I like the look of new white plastics myself, "Arizona pinstripes" will scuff them up soon anyway. So I'm kind of keeping those black spares for a point that I want a new look rather than functionality. I will use full base Graphics for sure though. As scuffed up black panels, looks even worse.

Since I'm currently running the Acerbis 4.1 gallon transparent fuel tank now and it will likely stay on the bike, I don't see much need for the front side shroud panels now.

Early on, I hung the left factory side radiator shroud up in the brush and it ripped at the front seam where the white is molded to the bottom of the yellow insert. It ripped back about 6" from the front of the panel, when the bike had about 30 hours on it. A weak point in my opinion. The black panels do not have this 2 color mold process where they are sort of fingered together on the back side. This is the point where they are vulnerable to separation or ripping.

Could have been just a fluke occurrence for me that this happened though and I have a set of 2014 style white/black extra new front shrouds to replace them but I elected to just repair the rip on the damaged shroud with a plastic bonding adhesive and patched over the back side of the rip after with foaming gorilla glue. I stuck a sticker over it on the outside on both shrouds and kept running them. Knowing this could easily happen again where I ride. The repaired panel held up really well right up to the point I took off the stock tank/shrouds and changed over to the oversize tank.

I think the Blue would look really good. But I always liked the look of the last Husabergs too.

Lets see your bike with them mounted on it.

 

[Brapman629]

I do agree with the blue getting the white stress marks, like every Yamaha I've ever owned. I just thought the blue mite look really good with the proper graphics kit. I think I will start piecing it together over winter. If anything it will help other people in the future, since I haven't seen a Husky yet outfitted with them. My local dealer had the front fender and it is a darker blue than the Bergs.

 

[Big Timmy]

My Blue side panels, although packaged in the Acerbis bags, not Husqvarna packaging. Have "Husaberg" print molded into the backsides of them.

If I remember correctly, I got them from "Rocky Mountain". I have never laid them up against the blue fenders to see if the shade of blue matches?

 

[Brapman629]

Maybe my memory is foggy. I haven't seen a Berg since late 2014 when my dealer was dumping the last few TE250s. For some reason I thought the Berg blue was a little lighter colored.

 

[LandofMotards]

Big Timmy, do you have a picture of the blue acerbis kit?

 

[Big Timmy]

I don't have a full blue kit. Just a pair of rear side panels that are blue.

I have the complete Acerbis Black set but haven't decided which set of 2 graphics kits I have to apply to them that I have stashed.

They have never been on the bike yet.

I'm waiting for you guys to do that, so I can get motivated and do the same.

 

[JonXX]

You could just use a 2014 Husaberg plastic kit, cos that's what they are.

 

[Big Timmy]

Yep, I know that. Thanks.
I thought I mentioned that it says Husaberg right on them. I kind of figured that was what they were for.

Its all good. Except for the fact the 14' model year and 15' model year front fenders are different and so is the headlight mask different to fit each years front fender.

Since I have the 15' model years front headlight mask and the headlight mask normally doesn't come with a complete plastic set.

A proper 15' style front fender in Blue would be nice, if I was going to be changing to Blue plastics.

The 14' fender won't even mount to the 15' triple trees or work on a 15' model without swapping the entire headlight or drilling holes in the fender and basically rigging it.

 

[Brapman629]

The front fender in blue I saw at my local dealer was the 15' style so it wasn't a leftover Berg part.

 

[LandofMotards]

Found the acerbis rear/front fender but only the husqvarna shrouds. Wondering how different the blues are

 

[Brapman629]

Found the acerbis rear/front fender but only the husqvarna shrouds. Wondering how different the blues are

That's what a lot of us are wondering. I had a post a while back regarding Husky colors. Seems like every year the colors change. My 15 has 2 different color blues and yellows on it lol.