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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

Commuting on the TR?

Allen

Allen

Husqvarna
AA Class
Hey I just wanted to know how many of you commute on the TR? Is it your only bike? If you don't commute on it do you commute on another bike?
 
I commute everyday - weather permitting of course! Plenty of power with good braking. A little wide to squeeze between stationary cars especially with hand guards.
 
As soon as I get racks on it, it will be in the commuting rotation. Honestly, my hacks get the most commuting love, particularly my Bonneville since it has lots of power and a cargo sidecar. I've got a set of Ortlieb QLR2 bags that are awaiting racks. Unfortunately, they won't work with BRmoto racks, so I'm waiting on Happy Trails.
 
My only bike and I don't own a car and I commute everyday rain hail or shine! Love it for commuting with the only down side being the high running temp on summer days meaning my left leg gets very hot once the rad fan kicks on!

My opinion is that the strada is perfect bike for the purpose.
 
It's become my nearly exclusive commuting bike. Exceptions include days I have to wear a suit or have to haul something that just won't fit in my Pelican case....then the cage is pressed into service.
 
I do not commute per se, but the other vehicle I own with 4 wheels (van) is only used when absolutely needed. Maybe 2x per month.

Think I will go for a ride now. :)
 
I bought mine for pleasure riding. I wouldn't dream of using it to commute. Leaving it in a parking lot for vandals and the weather is not suited for my bike. If my commute was to here, maybe. This is the road up to the Smithsonian, Whipple Observatory.

Note my GPS in the tank bag. General Purpose Scratchpad.

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Alas, my car and venerable ole KLR sit. Last year I put less than 1500 mile on my SUV, will be even less this year. Love the Terra
 
I wish I could use my bike to commute. No bikes inside the fence for safety reasons. One notable downside of working where I do.
 
I commute daily into San Francisco on my Terra. I also have an SV650 that I bought as a commuter 8 years ago. It has been ridden once since I brought the Terra home. I also commute on the 610 every now and again as it's a ton of fun :D I split lanes on a daily basis and I like the improved vision and situational awareness that sitting up a little higher provides. Also, the mirrors are at a different height than the SV and I find that I "tink" SUV mirrors a lot less now.
 
WoodsChick said:
I commute daily into San Francisco on my Terra. I also have an SV650 that I bought as a commuter 8 years ago. It has been ridden once since I brought the Terra home. I also commute on the 610 every now and again as it's a ton of fun :D I split lanes on a daily basis and I like the improved vision and situational awareness that sitting up a little higher provides. Also, the mirrors are at a different height than the SV and I find that I "tink" SUV mirrors a lot less now.
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Hey, another local ! I will take mine to work by the sfo airport, but it is now permanently asleep at the cabin in the Sierras. The Ducati and Mv Agusta are still in the garage, but i miss the scrappy single. It was just fine for splitting lanes and i used to go over curbs, take shortcuts, and it sure brought the hooligan out.
Enjoy it wherever you can !
 
I ride my Terra back on forth to work daily (40 miles RT) and most freeway at 65-70 MPH. It gets great gas mileage and is fun to ride. I've done 400 mile runs on it in a day without an issue. I love this bike! I've also got a Gold Wing for the wife's riding pleasure and a Ducati for mine. The Husky falls somewhere in between :-)
 
Thanks for replies. I commute everyday through NYC on my nighthawk 750 - but soon I will live in Austin and have my Terra. The nighthawk is a beater and a great commuter bike (I don't worry about it being stolen dinged etc.) It seems like most of you, regardless of the bikes in your garage, can't help but commute on the Husky. I am guessing I will feel the same way so I think I will sell the nighthawk here instead of spending the money to get it shipped. It will be a sad day - I have rode 15,000 miles on that nighthawk over the last two years all over the US

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Allen said:
Thanks for replies. I commute everyday through NYC on my nighthawk 750 - but soon I will live in Austin and have my Terra. The nighthawk is a beater and a great commuter bike (I don't worry about it being stolen dinged etc.) It seems like most of you, regardless of the bikes in your garage, can't help but commute on the Husky. I am guessing I will feel the same way so I think I will sell the nighthawk here instead of spending the money to get it shipped. It will be a sad day - I have rode 15,000 miles on that nighthawk over the last two years all over the US
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Having a beater bike can be incredibly useful and can save a *lot* of money in certain situations. Friend comes in from out of town you have a spare bike, possibly parking at the airport for a week is cheaper to park a bike than a car? Things like that.

If it were me I would think things through to see if you would have a use for a beater bike, then do the math/cost analysis after taking a look at craigs list and other TX specific places to buy bikes for how much used bikes cost.
 
Coffee said:
If it were me I would think things through to see if you would have a use for a beater bike, then do the math/cost analysis after taking a look at craigs list and other TX specific places to buy bikes for how much used bikes cost.
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Well right now I think I can get about $1500 for the bike and I think it would cost about $500 to ship it. If I could ship it for under 300 I would probably keep it - I love having a beater... But I wouldn't be too mad if I got $1500 and could pick up a ...(http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/3841880911.html) for an extra 500...
 
Allen said:
Well right now I think I can get about $1500 for the bike and I think it would cost about $500 to ship it. If I could ship it for under 300 I would probably keep it - I love having a beater... But I wouldn't be too mad if I got $1500 and could pick up a ...(http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/3841880911.html) for an extra 500...
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You are going through all the same things I would go through, but here is a thought - will you be ever returning to NYC? Possibly visiting family? If so, maybe sell it to someone that might let you borrow it back when you visit?
 
Allen said:
Well right now I think I can get about $1500 for the bike and I think it would cost about $500 to ship it. If I could ship it for under 300 I would probably keep it - I love having a beater... But I wouldn't be too mad if I got $1500 and could pick up a ...(http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/3841880911.html) for an extra 500...
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<opinion> I would be inclined to keep it. your bike is a known quantity. If you buy a used bike in austin, you may end up spending way more both in purchase price, and in "surprises" especially at that price point. just sayin... </opinion>

--Chris
 
chris1261 said:
<opinion> I would be inclined to keep it. your bike is a known quantity. If you buy a used bike in austin, you may end up spending way more both in purchase price, and in "surprises" especially at that price point. just sayin... </opinion>

--Chris
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Good point - I always forget about the new bike "teething" issues. Well I will definitely keep the bike if I can get a decent price on shipping it.



Coffee said:
You are going through all the same things I would go through, but here is a thought - will you be ever returning to NYC? Possibly visiting family? If so, maybe sell it to someone that might let you borrow it back when you visit?
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Coffee good idea, but - I would bet you haven't been to NYC much. One of the big reasons I am moving is the SPACE! there is hardly room to keep a bike on the street and if you do you have to move it every other day or get a ticket (street cleaning). No one in NYC has a garage and some people pay upwards of $1500 just to have a place to park their car for a month. I don't really have any motorcycle friends in the city anyway :(
 
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