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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
Magnificent 7
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oldbikedude
Husqvarna
Pro Class
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
oldbikedude
Husqvarna
Pro Class
eddychecker
Husqvarna
AA Class
During the last Leaf River ride I met with a friendly tree. It stepped into my path and I chose to hug it. X-rays show no broken bones but the sprained wrist and thumb will take time to heal. In the meantime, I am converting my 300 to Left Hand rear brake, changing the clutch master into the brake master and adding a mountain bike master cylinder for the Rekluse clutch. When I'm done, I'll post a couple of pictures.
Picklito
Husqvarna
Pro Class
goes well with the black im thinking.....Picklito's shop is like that cos the "in laws" were coming to visit and the wife said "clean that mess up or else!!
ill bet it looks like all our sheds when they go home....( i hope)
Well... even a Victoria's Secret model combs her hair before the photo shoot!
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Well! Bottom line is that you are not injured too bad.
Yeah, post some of your work up with the left hand rear brake. Sounds kinda nifty!
eddychecker
Husqvarna
AA Class
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Here's a picture of what I'm doing. The white master cylinder is a Formula RX front brake and I'm using it for the clutch. The clutch master will connect to the rear brake master. I need to machine the adapter before installing it.
That's cool! Looks like you are doing a fine job! I know of guys on here that have done that. Keep me posted how you like it then.
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Those IRC Heavy Duty tubes are so thick it's like putting a tire inside a tire. Last time I saw a tube that thick was one of those orange ones, from way back.
I should get the gun kote today to redo the clutch/ ignition covers where all the VHT paint is coming off.
Only paint I will ever use from now on, is anything that doesn't come in a spray can.
Only KBS, Gun Kote, Automotive or some powder coats.
Like to get the brake backing plates finished as well.
Cylinders are all done except 125 and we are waiting for a piston from Wossner that is on back order.
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Bead basted then filled imperfection with JB Marine weld. I will come back and sand / feather it out like Bondo.
Then I dust it with bead blaster over sanding areas.
Clean with advance auto parts parts/brake cleaner/ paint and bake.
JB Marine weld holds up to baking heat.
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justintendo
klotz super techniplate junkie
87husky500xc
Husqvarna
Pro Class
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
So that would be around a 70ish because the body line sticks out instead of concaved?
Think 73-74 was concaved?
Funny! I have painted 3 of those trucks. I that dark green on the Camper Special model, one black with a silver stripe and red pinstripe down side and 1 in Baby Blue with aluminum spoked rims with white bed tarp.
Yes, those are great body styles and classics. I might still have a gallon of baby blue?
Someone going to be shopping at LMC Truck!
DeathFromAbove
My Cat Says AREAR!
Looks like dartyppyt has a couple.
Will the marine stuff really work under powder coat and not bubble?
justintendo
klotz super techniplate junkie
pretty sharp sir..its a 69..67-72 is the "bumpside", 73-79 is the "dentside"..
anyways, back to the regularly scheduled beautiful coatings..
