Brian KKime
Husqvarna
A Class
Pondering leaving Orange, Looking to learn as much as I can about Husky. Looking to buy a 2012/2013 TE 511, Mostly for dirt riding, will she thrill??
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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
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Rearwheelin
Husqvarna
Pro Class
http://m1208.photobucket.com/albumv...Mobile Uploads/IMG_1502.jpg.html?o=0&newest=1
Smashed two 300 pumpkins on Thompson hill on Dusy Ershim with my 2012 TE 511.... The answer is yes
Best dyno run 47hp to the ground with JD tuner and FMF slip-on...
Cross mountain, jawbone
Thrill , yes.... 0-100mph
Skip to about 1:50 for thrills and some TE action on Chulkwalla trail....
Watch husky 511 hand KTM 300 his a-hole at 2:45
... Awsome vid of DusyClose up shots of TE 511 on Dusy , hoses WR 450 at 4:20..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgqshwwKHzE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
She fits on those Blunt Nosed Leapard lizard trail good too !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2_6QELERz8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Bikes tits
Brian KKime
Husqvarna
A Class
Thanks for all the videos. Been hearing some negatives, like its to heavy to pull the front wheel off the ground. Was thinking of dropping down to a 14 tooth front sprocket would cure that problem? Did you also pull all the smog crap off, went and looked at one yesterday, saw it even has an o2sencer on the pipe.Does it feel light, wth all the trouble they went to of centralization,was wondering how that worked out? Been riding a 450 exc, KTM is very proud of there new 500,thats what led me to checking out these Huskys. I never see any up here in Northern California. Thanks again for your thoughts.
Rearwheelin
Husqvarna
Pro Class
The TE 511 is 2 pounds lighter than the KTM 500 not that 2 pounds make I difference . I currently have mine geared tall , 15-45 and I can flip it over backwards from 75 mph , it has absolutely no trouble yanking the wheel in the air as you will see in some of the vids. I yanked all the smog crap straight away , it barely ran when the dealer let me test ride it. The JD tuner and FMF slip on is a great combo and give the bike quite a bit more poke. As far as it's handling it's the best balance of a do everything you can get, and it has a low center of gravity , rocky step ups bike seems to land and handle all that stuff like its balanced good, I
does it all. It finds traction better than all bikes I have previously owned . For really tight trails I run the stock 51t rear sprocket and put a 13t front on her, a 14 will work well on single track as well..... I ran into a guy riding a 500 today and they are very nice, looks bigger than my husky. I was riding my CRF 450r today.
does it all. It finds traction better than all bikes I have previously owned . For really tight trails I run the stock 51t rear sprocket and put a 13t front on her, a 14 will work well on single track as well..... I ran into a guy riding a 500 today and they are very nice, looks bigger than my husky. I was riding my CRF 450r today.
Dude, I've got a bone stock 2011 TE449 with no mods other than ditching the emissions canister, and I can tell you that the people who can't get the front wheel off the ground must be hampered by the purse strap on their throttle hand.
I have no problem getting the front wheel up and with decent traction, power wheelies out of corners are just a wrist twist away.
Compare prices and you could do all the popular mods, plus go big on bling, and you'd still have enough money in your pocket after going Husky to fund a few camping trips. KTM is kind of like Harley, they have a good rep and loyal followers who have no problem happily dumping their wallets on the sales counter without a second thought. Thus they can price accordingly.
I have no problem getting the front wheel up and with decent traction, power wheelies out of corners are just a wrist twist away.
Compare prices and you could do all the popular mods, plus go big on bling, and you'd still have enough money in your pocket after going Husky to fund a few camping trips. KTM is kind of like Harley, they have a good rep and loyal followers who have no problem happily dumping their wallets on the sales counter without a second thought. Thus they can price accordingly.
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wowo ... Some of that cross MTN stuff is really cool and gnarly looking ... Some of those downhill slides were spooky to say the least ... I do like that open terrain so you can get a good look at the hazards that lay just off the trails ...
How many hrs and miles do you spend out there in one day?
Rearwheelin
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I usually do a day trip out there, it's about a hour and 15 from my house and cross/Chulkwalla loop is about 32 miles. Takes me about 2-4 hours to go around depending on how much parking i do and who goes with. I have taken up to 10 hrs depending on who goes with and how much I ride other riders bikes for them. There is a squid filter early on in the ride wich is a good indecater if riders are going to have trouble on this ride
I don't recall the hrs/ miles exact but somewhere around 20/600