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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

Husqvarna is alive, Husaberg is no more

MikeB said:
Damn !!
They didn't say if the new bikes will be red and white or blue and yellow ??
:excuseme:
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I do not even care what color they are. H ad the yellow huskies with white and blue the old ones with aluminium tanks. Blue and Yellow --Red and white ----don't think Orange will work
Even some Carbon like my Eddie Seel will do ;)

The Red does look cool --But so does the Blue and Yellow -- Orange is just a faded Red anyway--

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The more I think about it -- the more excited this makes me. I guess the real question will be what are the bikes like? I personally wouldn't mind either the red scheme or the blue/yellow. As for "re-badged" vs. totally different after watching the wire for the last few months here's my speculation: You will see both!!!

The wait until October suggests they simply aren't just putting new graphics on Husabergs and calling them Huskys. That would have been easy enough to do. Several comments suggest different platforms -- so I am going to take "them" at their word. I think you will see some "seperate" bikes [although with WP suspension, common parts, etc.]. Don't know what they will be -- probably 250f and 450f [with big bores maybe]. Don't really know. Hopefully some new two strokes too. I also think you will see some re-badged KTMs to fill in holes in the model line [minis come to mind]. So I think you will see some of both. Just my $0.02.
 
boisedave said:
The more I think about it -- the more excited this makes me. I guess the real question will be what are the bikes like? I personally wouldn't mind either the red scheme or the blue/yellow. As for "re-badged" vs. totally different after watching the wire for the last few months here's my speculation: You will see both!!!

The wait until October suggests they simply aren't just putting new graphics on Husabergs and calling them Huskys. That would have been easy enough to do. Several comments suggest different platforms -- so I am going to take "them" at their word. I think you will see some "seperate" bikes [although with WP suspension, common parts, etc.]. Don't know what they will be -- probably 250f and 450f [with big bores maybe]. Don't really know. Hopefully some new two strokes too. I also think you will see some re-badged KTMs to fill in holes in the model line [minis come to mind]. So I think you will see some of both. Just my $0.02.
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I agree, I think we will see some of both. Some models will be 75% Husky specific with some shared components, and some models will be rebadged KTM. I'm OK with that, it will allow Husky to keep a separate identity while at the same time allowing them to easily plug holes in their model lineup.
 
Glad to see not all here are doom and gloom prophets and that at least some of us can see a glass half Full rather than half Empty -- I as for one am hoping things will work out eventually for Husky. At last things seem to have turned for the better and I cant wait to see what the future holds :)
 
no doom and gloom here... the more I think about this, the more I am looking forward to seeing what is in store for October. If I like "it", then I just may give the new Husky a shot. In the end, if a particular bike appeals to me, I would buy it.... no matter the politics, real or perceived.
 
Tinken said:
Not just any KTM single cam, what you want is the 450 XC-W 60HP engine. It has the 449's DDS clutch, starter clutch, stator design and the ZTR crank mod built into it.
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Yaaaaaah! 60 is the number of the beast
you got the answer in red & white form
 
boisedave said:
I was just thinking the same thing!!! I would much rather go to Loyal than to the BMW dealer. Weird!
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I'm wondering if he's going to go Beta/GasGas he has access to those as we speak.. .just sent him a message on FB... and I don't want to go to the BMW dealer either... Not sure he cares about bikes , think the ATV's are what keep the lights on at MotoTech these days....
 
They will be blue and yellow again if they are announcing them in Sweden. One has to assume they will be rebadged Husabergs.
 
So will they be called Huskabergs :lol:? This whole thing may work out; at least thats what I'm still hoping for.
 
I kind of like the red and white color way. But blue and yellow wouldn't be bad either. It would be nice to see some spy shots! October/November is a loooong way away.
 
Well i have been happy husky owner for years Now with Husky in the Hand of a company who wants to build RACE BIKES not fu fu adventure bike with metal suitcases on the side I am even happier
What ever they build i will be there to try it out
Seems anything is better then the way BMW was taking the company
Just the idea of 2 Race Bike Companies comming together is good news
 
It will be very interesting to see what they show in October in Sweden and November in Milan. I am thinking it will almost certainly have to be something we have seen before. I just don't see any way they will be able to design, develop and manufacture a 100% new design in 6 months. The bike will almost certainly use existing engines and frames unless it is a 1 off, very early prototype. Maybe the next generation 70 degree husaberg slant engine? Something that was already in the works prior to the buyout?
 
I'd say the only "new" bikes will be a 250 and 450 motocrosser...
The rest will be existing design with cosmetic changes (bergs with Huskys clothes)
 
news just in today; ( Dealer News 16 May 13)Husqvarna and Husaberg will be united new bikes will be shown in October in Sweden, they will be shown at EICMA show in Milian. the new company will be based in Mattighofen Austria. company name to be Husqvarna Sportcycle
 
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