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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
KYB open chambers and Race Tech Gold Valves
- Thread starter bigriver
- Start date
SAM511
Husqvarna
AA Class
Had it done several weeks ago and am absolutely stoked on the new action.
Check out my post recently in the 4 Stroke Forum under the title KAYABA SUSPENSION SET UP ON TE449/511.
SAM511
SAM511
Husqvarna
AA Class
Just for the record these are my latest suspension settings.
I always keep a log of where I am at so I do not lose my way and it makes the "feel" comparison when riding relevant.
SAM511
2011 HUSQVARNA TE511 (03/03/12)
FRONT FORKS
Spring Rate Racetech FRSP4446 - 0.48 kg/mm
Racetech Type 1 Gold Valve Kit
Fork Fluid Motorex Racing Fork Oil 5 wt
Fork Fluid Level 120 mm
Fork Set Height in Triple Clamps 10 mm
LS Compression 11 clicks
Rebound 11 clicks
REAR SHOCK ABSORBER
Spring Rate Racetech SRSP6228 - 5.4 kg/mm
Racetech 4 mm OAL Spacer (to lower the rear ride height by 12mm)
Static Sag with full tanks 38 mm
Rider Sag with full tanks + gear 113-115 mm
HS Compression 1 + 2/3rd turn
LS Compression 12 clicks
Rebound 13 clicks
Arctra
Husqvarna
AA Class
Check out my post on when I had it dones for more info: http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/got-my-suspension-revalved-and-tuned-this-weekend.19623/
In my opinion, when you buy a new bike the first thing to do is get the suspension sorted out for you. If you're a fat bastard like me, you need new springs at a minimum. If there is any sign of compression spiking (front or rear) it's worth getting the valving sorted out. I suspect mort of the work is done in the restacking of the shims, but with the cost of an OEM shim kit to do that, you may as well go the whole hog to get the Racetech Gold Valves kit as it has the replacement shims you need as well as the better flowing valves.
This is just my opinion, your milage may vary.
Flatop
Husqvarna
I couldn't figure why it rode so hard. Once I was able to lower the tire pressure just to the manuals recommendations (as a base point) and set the shock valving to "soft" and stiffen up from there, the bike stuck to the ground. So, setting up the suspension is a must. I'll continue to tweek it as I ride until I believe I'm comfortable with the settings.The engine performed well with no hickups. The little reflector below the rear license plate snapped off in the first 2 miles, no surprise back there.
