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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

  • 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Austria - About 2014 & Newer
     TE = 2st Enduro & TC = 2st Cross

TE/TC looking at converting from a 4T to a 2T

robertaccio said:
If going GG be sure to go with the latest chassis/engine (phoenix) spec not the older heavy weight set up. But again like Fletch said the C/B shaft KTM/Husky machine... is just amazing.
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yeah i was thinking of the 2019 ones, the 2018 are the same (new backbone frame etc..) i was seeing if any pop up near new/demo models.

they won all the offroad bike of the year awards in Australia for the past 2 years, they are hard to get as they sell like hotcakes, i didnt notice much vibration when i was riding them,

but today i was board so i went down to my local KTM/Husky dealer, and man those new TPIs look good,,
 
The 10-13 (actually they did make red 14s as well) were not bad bikes.. a tall chassis they did have. Pretty reliable but slightly heavy and outdated cockpit (in my opinion) no juice clutch ...if the price were right I would not hesitate to buy one for a second bike..the red Italian 300 hauled pretty good ..with the slightly awkward kick starter and more compression then the 250 I thought kicked hard...like robertaccio said the 12-17 gas gas to me would be a great dual sport bike but unless your superman they are heavy! And choked up. if you've never had a c-b 17 up husky you may be fine with a bike that vibrates more...i had a 17 husky 250 and a 16 beta 250 at the same time. In jumping from one to the other the vibration was highly noticeable...i like electric start but if my bike has electric start call me old school but I need kick backup..im glad husky and gas gas have chosen to leave the kick backup...i talked with my dealer about jumping ship back to gas gas...they felt since I've experienced the nearly vibration free husky and the light weight that I may be disappointed..at least for me..handling wise I'm told the bikes are a 50.50 split...suspension wise I'm told stock for stock the g asser fits a wide range of riders...i have favoritism towards husky but a soft spot for gas gas...with getting older my hands go to sleep easier..if buying the g asser it was suggested I also purchase a mako xc 360 handlebar mount. I guess this eliminates most vibration..tough choices...there are some good deals on 18 gassers and huskys..the 19 husky motocrossers and tx got some improvements where the 19 g asser got a map switch and sounds like small refinements like better plastic..the g asser to me looks cooler but I suppose it may be because husky is so mainstream since the ktm takeover....(buyout)..
 
I vote(obviously biased) for GG purely for chassis/susp & old school donk. Get an XC250/300 if ya don't need full rego. Much better specced(pipe/switches).

Mate has KTM XC300 & loves it(Mikuni carb & air forks).
 
Dealer I bought my GG off is no longer selling them(due to GG AUS giving another dealer 15km down the road from him GG too!) & has an '18 EC250 6 Days(just different plastics) for $10K.
 
shawbagga said:
Dealer I bought my GG off is no longer selling them(due to GG AUS giving another dealer 15km down the road from him GG too!) & has an '18 EC250 6 Days(just different plastics) for $10K.
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Yeah I saw a six days 2018 a few months back for 9.5k, I had not ridden a 2T for ages so I was a bit hesitant. Would of got 3k for a trade in as well. But yeah they are getting popular, it a big waiting list to buy one new, I'd be happy with a ex demo. A dealer near me said they may have there demo up for sale soon. See what happens
 
One of my buddies has an xc300 GASGAS and since he bought it 2 months ago he has put 45 hours on it with no issues other than a starter problem when it was brand new that the dealer fixed with a new battery and he neglected to check the spokes after the break in rides (his fault) and broke one spoke. Because I like the KYB forks and the price I'd for sure pick the GasGas one a KTM orange or white.
 
te450dean said:
hey guys, so i am looking a trading in my 2010 TE450 for either a 250 or 300, (15-17 models). there is quite a few second hand selling for around 8-10K (in Australia),

only question is i have not yet rode one. I have been to a Beta & Gas Gas test ride day the other week, i found the Beta 300 just stupid power, while the 250 was a little easy to ride,
then i rode the Gas Gas models, the 300 was what i thought riding a 300 would be like, and the 250 was just as good, a little easy to push it harder, but saying that, i was pretty much sold on the fact i need a 2T, (i did ride the beta 350,390,430 4t but was like meh, my te450 is almost as good)

overall around the little test track i was 12 seconds faster on the EC300, 10 secs faster on the EC250 compared to my TE450, and i loved it, riding became enjoying instead of a punish.

so what would i expect from a newer Austrian Husky compared to the Gas Gas 2019 models, or what about the last of the Italian 2010/2013 models, seen some pop up under 4K , or what should i look out for

any help would be good

cheers

dean
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Awesome color of the italian 2T aside, they do not have a hydro clutch or e-start. But for under 4K add a lectron, gnarly pipe and do the clutch arm mod, and you have one heck of nice machine. Lots of torque out of the WR300. Lots.
Though I have to admit, my current bike a 2017 TX300 is one hell of a machine, too. Lighter still, than my '09 WR300. And with the super smooth power and very light overall weight, it can ride for hours and hours and after everyone else is whooped, I'm still looking for new bush to wack.
In contrast my '13 TE511 killed me on the trails. Two to three hours of riding and I couldn't walk the next day.
 
lankydoug said:
If you're considering the KTM/Husky for about the same money you should look at the TM en300 or en250 which has an amazing engine and suspension. The GasGas is lower in price than either the KTM or TM but that said my friend who bought a GasGas and then rode my TM said if he had it to do over he would buy the TM. Same thing as another friend said after buying a Beta 300 and rode my TM en300. I've heard that Aussies have trouble getting access to good race fuel which would be a deal breaker on the TM since they all require race fuel. My en300 MAP switch on the handlebar changes the personality quite a bit so if you're looking for smooth linear power MAP 2 is perfect... MAP 1 in ridiculously fast and would be great for MX or sand.
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I heard a rumor that TM was going out of business??
 
Cosmokenney said:
Awesome color of the italian 2T aside, they do not have a hydro clutch or e-start. But for under 4K add a lectron, gnarly pipe and do the clutch arm mod, and you have one heck of nice machine. Lots of torque out of the WR300. Lots.
Though I have to admit, my current bike a 2017 TX300 is one hell of a machine, too. Lighter still, than my '09 WR300. And with the super smooth power and very light overall weight, it can ride for hours and hours and after everyone else is whooped, I'm still looking for new bush to wack.
In contrast my '13 TE511 killed me on the trails. Two to three hours of riding and I couldn't walk the next day.
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https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/...89.2138595832.1548052577-841975946.1489791947

this bike is close to me and have been watching it for sometime now.
tempting to offer around 3.5k, anything to look out for on the 250s?
 
shawbagga said:
I'd be offering $2.5-$3K absolute tops. Its a near 10 year old bike no longer in production with no rego.
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yeah OK.
i went to my husky/ktm dealer the other day, there are 10x 2018 TE250s (carby) in stock left in AUS, i could get it for under 12.5k ride away, (hoping my Tax return covers this easy doing it on tomorrow).
would make it roughly the same price at a Gasser ec250..
 
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