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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

KTM throws the first punch of 2011.

Funny, it looks like they are building an orange husky now. Linkage, similar frame design, the shape of the plastic and tank. Looks good but I'll stick with husky thanks :D
 
They are beautiful!!!

I agree with Motorsportz.

I wonder if the Husabergs will get the same plastics for 2011 also?

I really want a 2011 FE570 but man,,,,the choice is getting harder and harder now with all the great new machines coming out. Decisions....decisions....
 
TXC&KTM;97228 said:
that 150sx interests me...
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I've got an '09 150 SX for sale... given KTM's financial situation, I'm sure it'll be the same except for bling... just like it's been since '07. :D
 
U gotta admit these guys are pumping hard on their brand ... And the 211 are already racing?

The 2011 KTM 350SXF will soak up the media limelight for the next model year. Mike Alessi will race the hybrid in the AMA 450 Nationals, starting this weekend at Hangtown ..

Why are they calling this bike a hybrid?
 
I agree is has many similarities to the new TC design..especially the plastic....and low and behold the rims are unpainted again ????? LOL

but I really think the new 350 design will change things for the future....at least for MX....reports indicate that the lap times are quick indeed..with riders reporting less effort and just the right amount of power...plus lighter and less gyro effect from smaller crank


time will tell
 
JPinNC;97268 said:
What's their financial situation? I thought that they were doing pretty well.
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If you call losing 80M Euro last year doing pretty well, then they are doing great!
 
Troy F Collins;97285 said:
I agree is has many similarities to the new TC design..especially the plastic....and low and behold the rims are unpainted again ????? LOL

but I really think the new 350 design will change things for the future....at least for MX....reports indicate that the lap times are quick indeed..with riders reporting less effort and just the right amount of power...plus lighter and less gyro effect from smaller crank


time will tell
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Very well said Troy. This bike could change motocross. Only time will tell. KTM and Husaberg are the trailblazers now for the future. Many of the others brands are waiting to see what happens.
 
ScottyR;97287 said:
If you call losing 80M Euro last year doing pretty well, then they are doing great!
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All bike manufactures have been taking a --itkicking the past few years....all are reporting losses across the board.....


Except Husqvarna although sales have gone up ......its a good time to be small enough with lower operating costs to weather the storm...

Putting efforts into development is money well spent...
 
Why doesnt the 150 have the gas tank lower? I notice the same thing for the wr125. I can understand that it is convienient to get to the spark plug...but it isn't that big of a deal to take out a few bolts in order to change a plug.
 
Colo moto;97217 said:
The 2011 KTM's sure lookin sweet. That is if you don't mind orange.

http://motocrossactionmag.com/Main/News/ITS-OFFICIAL-FIRST-LOOK-AT-THE-2011-KTM-MOTOCROSS-6961.aspx

A friend of mine stopped by a KTM dealer a couple of weeks ago to ask about the new 350sxf and was quoted a price of $9500**************************************** I'm sure that will go down once the hype passes over, but still that's a whole lotta cheddar.
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I just read though the ktm350 suspension stuff - whoever wrote up that rambling rationalization of pds versus linkage (aka pro-lever) on 2 strokes is going to need years of couch time with a very good therapist....:popcorn:

;)

jeff
 
oregon_rider;97358 said:
I just read though the ktm350 suspension stuff - whoever wrote up that rambling rationalization of pds versus linkage (aka pro-lever) on 2 strokes is going to need years of couch time with a very good therapist....:popcorn:

;)

jeff
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Yep, a salesman hard at work ... He sat in his little cubicle many an hour to dream that verbiage up :popcorn: And a new name for linkage! He might get a window seat someday ;)
 
Swampds;97340 said:
Why doesnt the 150 have the gas tank lower? I notice the same thing for the wr125. I can understand that it is convienient to get to the spark plug...but it isn't that big of a deal to take out a few bolts in order to change a plug.
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The 150xc has a nice big tank that sits low, it's even clear. I looked at one and all I could think is why can't Husky build this.


On the money KTM loss. Is that from motorcycle operations or from their attempt to build a sports car? That situation kind of reminds me of when Cannondale decided to expand from bicycles to motorcycles.
 
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