Title says it all. Do the new KTM Husky's have the same old Husky durability? My 05 TC seems to be tough as nails....she's never made me walk. I'm looking at the new 17's. Do they hold up as good as the old Husky's, or have they inherited some of the KTM longevity issues. I want a bike that won't burn down in a few seasons. Looking at a fc or fx 450. I was just wanting to see what the guys with new bikes have to say about how they hold up so far.
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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
FE/FC How's the durability since the buyout?
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reveille
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Can't comment on a 2017 nor can anyone else since they're all new models but my 2014 FE501 has been flawless for over 165 hours and 4800 dualsport miles. It's been in very remote areas and I don't worry about being stranded. My Italian 2012 TE310 left me pushing a couple of times.
87husky500xc
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Well I have a 15 te300 that has not failed me a single time yet with 110 hours all off-road. Just put a new piston in it and the one that came out could've given another 30 hours probably. I have ridden it pretty hard and frame and chassis wise id say these bikes are hard to beat. I haven't had any real issues with mine at all. Just about flawless as stated above
HusqRacr
Husqvarna
AA Class
We've been a husqvarna dealer since 2002 and I can easily say the performance, build quality, and dependability has never been better since KTM took over. The only issues we"ve seen with 14' and newer bikes have been "customer induced". Ive personnally owned a 2004 tc450, 06 smr450, 2012 TE511, and a 2010 WR300. My current 15 fc450 is almost boring because I never have to fix it, just routine maintenance. Get a new one and let er rip!
The only non-customer-induced failures that we've had since '14 are
A failed R/R unit on an FE (out of the box)
A weepy front brake master cylinder on a TE (2 hours)
A weepy clutch slave cylinder on an FS (4 hours)
The factory has been exceptionally proactive in recall notifications, often issuing us recall repair orders before we've even gotten the bikes. And there have been maybe five of those, total.
A failed R/R unit on an FE (out of the box)
A weepy front brake master cylinder on a TE (2 hours)
A weepy clutch slave cylinder on an FS (4 hours)
The factory has been exceptionally proactive in recall notifications, often issuing us recall repair orders before we've even gotten the bikes. And there have been maybe five of those, total.
Brapman629
Husqvarna
A Class
I was at my local dealer earlier this year and saw a 14' FC250. The thing looked whooped. Service department said it was in for a freshening up on the forks and shock, had 227hrs on it and all they did so far was a topend at I think he said 130hrs and a set of clutch plates. I think they are solid bikes. Mine has had a few little quirks, stock battery was toast within a few weeks, front brake took a few rides to firm up, both front brake and clutch reservoir caps weep. One thing is that the Husky inherited so many years of KTM R&D, power plant wise at least.