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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
FE/FC Looking for some FE501 Feedback
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I'm sure you can look up the contents and see the friction modifiers. There are several oil comparison charges floating around. I have yet to use an oil, any oil that made my clutch slip. I'm sure they are out there but lots of oils will not be an issue. IMHO.
Jenkinator
Husqvarna
I asked Stephen Greenfield (legend off road racer in australia, does the suspension for the ktm enduro team)what to do about the front end twitch/wobble he said definately put a steering damper on and to drop the forks through to clamps which will increase wheel base and make it more stable. Just letting you guys know and I reckon I will because I did this on the 350 and it was awesome, none of this bull shit wheel balancing or sticking weights on the rim but yeh
Wheels are big and spin fast and should be balanced. No BS.
Russ Henry
Husqvarna
AA Class
I have not had any wobble or wierdness with the front end. I run my 350 on the gravel and paved roads up to and over 60mph with no issues. The bike is stock except for the ecu reflash
i did not notice anything when I rode your bike either but that was just a short trail. Very nice bike.
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Fast1
Husqvarna
AA Class
Russ
Have you run your bike in sand at 50 mph plus? This is where I noticed the issue with my bike with the stock front tire.
I tested my bike again this weekend (225 mile ride) with a new Michelin Competition Enduro IV and although the bike still has this characteristic, it is a lesser extent. My static and race sag where set per factory spec and the forks are at the second line down. If I clicked up the comp by 6 clicks (from 13 to 19) I could eliminate much of the twitchy (head shake) handling.
The KTM 500 I drove in the exact same conditions with the stock Maxxis tire previously that was rock steady and exhibited absolutely NONE of the twitchy feeling mine bike had in the sand changed with a tire switch. Last weekend we installed a new Pirelli Scorpion Pro enduro front tire which has the same knob shape as the Michelin and made no suspension adjustments. Now the KTM has the twitchy handling. So with are front tire testing to this point, we have determined that the handling traits are reliant on the front tire used on the bike.
The third KTM 500 in the group had a Scott steering stabilizer with a stock front Maxxis tire and it was rock stead at 50 mph+. Even with the stabilizer set to NOT overcome any steering issues it was still rock steady. That front Maxxis tire must have a profile and knob pattern that is very conducive to high speed sandy straight line riding.
I'm now on the hunt for that Maxis OEM front tire fitted to new KTM 500 EXCs or to find a more suitable tire for fast high speed sand environments.
Have you run your bike in sand at 50 mph plus? This is where I noticed the issue with my bike with the stock front tire.
I tested my bike again this weekend (225 mile ride) with a new Michelin Competition Enduro IV and although the bike still has this characteristic, it is a lesser extent. My static and race sag where set per factory spec and the forks are at the second line down. If I clicked up the comp by 6 clicks (from 13 to 19) I could eliminate much of the twitchy (head shake) handling.
The KTM 500 I drove in the exact same conditions with the stock Maxxis tire previously that was rock steady and exhibited absolutely NONE of the twitchy feeling mine bike had in the sand changed with a tire switch. Last weekend we installed a new Pirelli Scorpion Pro enduro front tire which has the same knob shape as the Michelin and made no suspension adjustments. Now the KTM has the twitchy handling. So with are front tire testing to this point, we have determined that the handling traits are reliant on the front tire used on the bike.
The third KTM 500 in the group had a Scott steering stabilizer with a stock front Maxxis tire and it was rock stead at 50 mph+. Even with the stabilizer set to NOT overcome any steering issues it was still rock steady. That front Maxxis tire must have a profile and knob pattern that is very conducive to high speed sandy straight line riding.
I'm now on the hunt for that Maxis OEM front tire fitted to new KTM 500 EXCs or to find a more suitable tire for fast high speed sand environments.
Fast1, have you tried a M59 dunlop in the fast sand?
Fast1
Husqvarna
AA Class
I've only had two rides beyond my initial 1hr break in ride. I do have over 500 miles in two rides however..hehe
The bike, even with higher 14/50 and 15/50 gearing, is explosive out of the chute!
I'll research some of the suggestions but that Golden Tire recommended has my interest.
The bike, even with higher 14/50 and 15/50 gearing, is explosive out of the chute!
I'll research some of the suggestions but that Golden Tire recommended has my interest.
Russ Henry
Husqvarna
AA Class
Here in the northwest the serious offroad riders don't do sand. Sand is for the quad and Perrier crowd. Our trails are filled with rocks,roots and more rocks. Round rocks,sharp rocks and lots of loose rocks. A person must have some rocks loose to ride this stuff. Everything shakes including my 54 yr old body.LOL
http://s106.photobucket.com/user/snomobill/slideshow/nachees%2072614
Norman Foley
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Russ,
I defy you to go to South Jersey and call Mike Lafferty and all the other sand fleas.... Perrier drinking quad riders. Sand comes in 50 varieties down there and can kick even the most capable rockhound's butt.....
Also, that's where the terms.... stick farm and ignorant tight were invented!
I think he was being flip and just saying he rides the high country and does not do a lot of sand. Russ is a very humble and very nice guy, he's not trying to stir the shit thats for sure. Let me elaborate on what he is saying though about our local situation. We have massive dunes here and there are endless drunk crazies out there like there seem to be on every huge dunes. So most "sand" riders are crazy drunk quad guys. All the guy Russ and I ride with ride the deep rocky woods while most the quads go tot he dunes as you not riding a quad where we ride.
that said there is every single type of riding here you can think of. High des with silty sand like stuff, woods, dunes, flat out dez etc.
our sand riding looks lie this...
Russ Henry
Husqvarna
AA Class
Lighten up! Just having some fun. By the way. What does stick farm and ignorant tight mean ?
Russ, you need to watch the GNCC series on youtube. Some of it is flat and lots of pole trees all tight.
Russ Henry
Husqvarna
AA Class
I think he was being flip and just saying he rides the high country and does not do a lot of sand. Russ is a very humble and very nice guy, he's not trying to stir the shit thats for sure. Let me elaborate on what he is saying though about our local situation. We have massive dunes here and there are endless drunk crazies out there like there seem to be on every huge dunes. So most "sand" riders are crazy drunk quad guys. All the guy Russ and I ride with ride the deep rocky woods while most the quads go tot he dunes as you not riding a quad where we ride.
that said there is every single type of riding here you can think of. High des with silty sand like stuff, woods, dunes, flat out dez etc.
our sand riding looks lie this...
Thanks for the support K. Now Norman has a perspective on our sand experience. I don't see any Mike Lafferty types in this photo. LOL
Norman Foley
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Russ, I was being light, you just don't know me well enough to realize I was making a joke! I knew you meant... the Dunes and whip flag scene, but we live in different world. Stay light and ride safe!
Sand riding to me....
Hmm...avoid contact with the tree...I think I just figured out whats slowing me down 
Fast1
Husqvarna
AA Class
I'll snap some shots of the sandy forest service roads I'm doing my testing on next time out. The only interference I've had is a large 300lb black bear that bolted down the road in front of me. He made a mad dash for about 100 yards and then he was off in the bush.
Did find an old pic I had of me on my TE510 which shows the terrain
Not me in this photo.. but you can get an idea of what I'm talking about in my sand testing.
Did find an old pic I had of me on my TE510 which shows the terrain
Not me in this photo.. but you can get an idea of what I'm talking about in my sand testing.
