outdoorsman166
Husqvarna
A Class
I like the blue shrouds. I love when people say hey cool yz lol I just say yeah thanks and point at the H on the motor
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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
250-500cc I'm thinking BLUE
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Husqvarna
outdoorsman166
Husqvarna
A Class
I would actually trade you the blue for the red since im planning to sell the bike in spring
Jhunter
Husqvarna
AA Class
It rained all weekend so this was the perfect project. Spray the Plasti-Dip for 5 min and then watch Football for 30 min and repeat the process until I applied 6-7 thick coats. Here's the process: Pulled the wheels off the bike, cleaned them with super fine steel wool, thinner and the wiped them down with a wet/damp rag. I made a jig with two jack stands and a pipe. Taped off the spokes and covered the rotor/sprocket then wedged 3x5 index cards between the tire and rim. I did the first coat a little thin and went thicker with the other coats up to 7 coats (about 1 can per wheel). The Plasti-Dip doesn't blow around and you don't get much overspray so I did this in my basement with almost no issues. Some mild fumes but not too bad.
Tips: Clean and prep is important, Do the first coat thin. The more coats the better, Min 30 minutes of dry time between coats. Flip your can over and clean out the sprayer after each coat. Don't be surprised if it looks 'clumpy or thick' when you apply it. It smooth's out as it dries and will look fine when you come back in 30 min. Really pretty easy. We'll see how it holds up.
Tips: Clean and prep is important, Do the first coat thin. The more coats the better, Min 30 minutes of dry time between coats. Flip your can over and clean out the sprayer after each coat. Don't be surprised if it looks 'clumpy or thick' when you apply it. It smooth's out as it dries and will look fine when you come back in 30 min. Really pretty easy. We'll see how it holds up.
where can you find this stuff in lots of colors typically?
Jhunter
Husqvarna
AA Class
My local Home Depot had Black, Red, Yellow, and White ($6.95 per can). I was told that ACE Hardware also has Orange, Green & Pink. PlastiDip also has 'Camo' and a 'custom' blend color kit. The following site is 'HUGE' with the import car tuners and it looks like you can also purchase from these guys. https://www.dipyourcar.com/Full-Spectrum-Plasti-Dip-Colors.html