I know this is a husky site but when I dream of a bike like that, I want an aprilia sxv550 motor or a 2 stroke
. Sorry lol
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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
EBR (Eric Buell) lives on...
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. Sorry lol
Buell MXi
Yuck lolBuell MXi
The good news is there should be a ton of fuel in that frame lol
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Yeh that SXV is a ripper. I enjoyed riding one but its a shame the first couple years of that motor was nothing but a 2 cylinder claymore.I know this is a husky site but when I dream of a bike like that, I want an aprilia sxv550 motor or a 2 stroke
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i put 3300 trouble-free miles on my '07 550, all backroads and 1 trackday. what a blast that thing was. def got lucky with zero issues though.
i once saw eric buell in person, but was too shy to even say "hi". he's one of the few people who combines the passion and the ability to build extraordinary motorcycles. a huge inspiration.
i was honored to be allowed to see the only britten v1000 that's located in europe last year. while many german collectors are quite elitist and secretive about their toys, unwilling to let "ordinary people" even have a look, italians are totally different. i was given an address and date/time to "a friend's workshop", which turned out to be one of the most fascinating collection of motorcycles i have ever seen. they put the bike in the middle of some huge empty space, let me look at the bike for 2 hours, take photos until the battery was empty, and even sit on the bike. when i left, the owner said to me "thank you for wanting to see this beautiful motorcycle", leaving me speechless.i will never forget that experience.
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well, who doesn't?
i was honored to be allowed to see the only britten v1000 that's located in europe last year. while many german collectors are quite elitist and secretive about their toys, unwilling to let "ordinary people" even have a look, italians are totally different. i was given an address and date/time to "a friend's workshop", which turned out to be one of the most fascinating collection of motorcycles i have ever seen. they put the bike in the middle of some huge empty space, let me look at the bike for 2 hours, take photos until the battery was empty, and even sit on the bike. when i left, the owner said to me "thank you for wanting to see this beautiful motorcycle", leaving me speechless.i will never forget that experience.
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What a cool experience. Thanks.
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wowo ... Did not know this ... CAT is one of the companies that is a corner stone of the worlds economy... Just another american company (?) that sits in frontseat, and reducing risk(?) by not investing in all phases of the equipment with its' name on it.
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ARM computer chips in so many devices are designed by ARM and this design is licensed out to APPL and others for manufacturing... Intel, on the other hand, designs and manufactures its chips 100% ... I'm placing bets (small ones) Intel moves to the front again in 1-2 yrs in this other-than-PCs segment of the market...
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Good luck Eric ...
There is a V1000 in the museum/collection display in Solvang, California. It's sitting between Rollie Free's Vincent Black Shadow and one of H-D's first "modern" roadracers, with a rotary-powered '82 Norton next to that.
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I've seen quite a few CG pics of the Buel / HD Dirt Bike project of a few years ago. With Hero behind / employing Buel, I'd be very surprised if something doesn't come from them with regards to Dirt Bikes. Probably more basic ones, but a high end , real performance Dirt Bike, at a reasonable cost, could certainly sell well. There are far bigger, emerging markets for toys / recreational activities 'Bikes', than we in the West can provide as customers. Though, with good prices, on good bikes, there could be a resurgence in Dirt Bike sales in the West. It's there for the taking, especially in new markets.