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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

Husky Genuine Rear Rack

Russ

Russ

Husqvarna
AA Class
A couple of weeks ago I was asked to post some pictures of my rear rack, which follow:

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Thumperama said:
Thanks for posting the pics. I've got one on order from Motoxotica.
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No problem. You will note that the installation requires removal of the black standard pillion handles, which isn't a concern because the rack incorporates replacements. It is high quality, but fairly small - it is perfect for my tail bag but a bigger one may be more suitable for larger loads.
 
Thanx for the pics. So have ordered one too. A bit late as I´ve scratched the plastic and need a decal to cover up the damage. New bike and shop soiled already!
 
I like it. :thumbsup: Looks sturdy and well made. Is that hand crafted by Trooper Lu himself ?

I've got the TCI Borrego rack on my 610. Also got the Sequoia Tail bag by Cortech that straps
on to it. It's a kind of bulky setup so I only strap it on for long outings or if I need to carry a lot
stuff as I've come to realize that wearing a backpack is a lot better for hard off-road riding.
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jerbear610 said:
I like it. :thumbsup: Looks sturdy and well made. Is that hand crafted by Trooper Lu himself ?
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The rack is a Husky genuine spare part, as included in its 2011 special parts catalogue. I had the dealer, Trooper Lu's Garage, fit it from new, along with various other bits and pieces. They sourced it from Husky's Australian importer.

I am very happy with it - high quality, neat & streamlined, incorporated pillion handles, stainless steel frame fitted with 4mm aluminium plate rack. I believe it is rated to carry loads of up to 5kgs, so it sounds like it's really designed for small/medium tail bags rather than huge loads. That's fine for me, as it' s all I need, but those needing to carry larger loads may be better off with something sturdier.
 
As yet, I´ve always used a back pack (and even an Army mortar ammunition back rack for heavier loads) as the weight slips down onto the rear fender and so is no great strain. But it does muck up the white plastic on the 630. So have now ordered a Husky decal to cover up the damage and the Husky rack. Thanx for the pics!

PS

Wonder whether Trooper Lu could open a branch here in Germany?
 
jerbear610 said:
I like it. :thumbsup: I've come to realize that wearing a backpack is a lot better for hard off-road riding.

Yes, I've always used bum bags in the past, but am getting soft in my old age & am now letting the bike carry the weight. Won't be such a good idea if I drop it in a creek though..., nor as convenient if I get a flat. But it is better when I want to refuel or, ahem, get a coffee...

I did some hard offroad riding last week over several hours and I didn't notice the weight of the tailbag, it stayed on fine and didn't kick me in the lower back too often.

organ donor said:
Wonder whether Trooper Lu could open a branch here in Germany?
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I think Justin has his hands full at the moment. Two little kids (Trooper & Lu) and started his dealership from scratch a couple of years ago to follow his passion, so he is working through the challenges of growing a fledgling business. He is also a dealer for MV and last month became the latest Oz dealer for Hyosung, to broaden his offering. He is a smart guy and a good operator & I hope he does well, as we need strong dealers.
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It's a nice looking piece if not a little small. Just watch out putting much weight on there, here's all that's holding up the whole assembly back there:

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I came up with these as a fix, one on each side, 3/16" aluminum bar stock:

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