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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

new guy with a new 610

F

flynbulldog

Husqvarna
B Class
Hi,
I wanted to introduce myself and get to know some of you on this forum.
I just picked up a leftover 09 610 yesterday.

I live near some fantastic trails and forest service roads but my riding will probably be about 50/50.

Most of my friends have KLR's but I wanted something a little lighter and more powerful but still able to hang with them on the road.
I think I made the right choice. (nearly bought a KTM EXC 525 but after a test on the street I decided to get the Husky)


My elevation is from 6000ft to 11 or 12000 ASL so my bike is down on power quite a bit.
I ordered a LV slip and the lambda removal kit but I'm not sure how those things will work without some adjustments to the ECU.

I pulled the kickstand off and will try to find a machine shop to modify it for me.
I hate the separate key for the fuel tank! :thumbsdown: I'll need to find some secure way to stow it on the bike.
(I don't want it flopping around on a key chain in the ignition)

Anyway - hope to get to know some of you and learn more about this fantastic bike :cheers:
Chow
 
Check out Rick's page. He's in CO, maybe not so far from you. He documents a lot of the stuff on the 610 and what he's modified and why. A group of guys just finished a week long trip from Tecate to Cabo in Baja and quite a few of them were TE 610s and they all made it.

http://www.rickramsey.net/TE610.htm
 
congrats on your 610. did you get it in Pueblo? just asking cause I was about to head down and look at a leftover--save me a trip if it's gone:)

Nice bike.
 
zetaetatheta;77274 said:
congrats on your 610. did you get it in Pueblo? just asking cause I was about to head down and look at a leftover--save me a trip if it's gone:)

Nice bike.
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Sorry, its in my garage now and it was the last one...:shocked:

I went up to Northern first and they didn't have one and cannot order any more for 09. So down to Pueblo I went.

Nice guys down there and you can get a great deal on a KTM right now!!!

They also have a great deal on a left-over new 08 SM!

Glangston, thanks for the tip - I'll spend some time reading through that site!
 
flynbulldog;77256 said:
I hate the separate key for the fuel tank! :thumbsdown: I'll need to find some secure way to stow it on the bike.
(I don't want it flopping around on a key chain in the ignition)
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Here's a good solution to that rediculous second key...throw it away. I've been rocking one of these for three yrs now, they're really nice. :thumbsup:

http://huskyspeed.com/
 
Congrats again, just got back from Pueblo seem like nice guys for sure. I looked at the sm but it is an 07 still good deal to be had, i'm partial to FI so I'll wait for the 630 and see how it does. My son has been wanting a SM and maybe with a wheel swap we can have 2 bikes in one.
a few of us make a trip to copper canyon every march (spring break) you should come join us and break that thing in right
 
a few of us make a trip to copper canyon every march (spring break) you should come join us and break that thing in right
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Wow that's a big trip. do you trailer to mexico or start from here?

I understand about the FI. The fueling on this bike is outstanding, a ton better than the carbed bikes I tested.
And with the altitude variations where we live it's a big plus.

They didn't have a 690R did they? I asked and thought they were out of those
 
Goosedog;77338 said:
Here's a good solution to that rediculous second key...throw it away. I've been rocking one of these for three yrs now, they're really nice. :thumbsup:

http://huskyspeed.com/
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Yeah, I have been eyeballing that. I've zip-tied a carabinier under the seat to stow the gas key.
I'll see how that works out for a while. If it's a hassle I'll go with the speed cap.
 
I received my LV slip-on and the power up kit from Halls today.
I think they'll stay on the shelf for a while until I get some miles on the bike, that way I'll be able to tell what kind of change they make and if I like it.

BTW fast shipping and very reasonable prices from Halls :thumbsup:
 
flynbulldog;78274 said:
I received my LV slip-on and the power up kit from Halls today.
I think they'll stay on the shelf for a while until I get some miles on the bike, that way I'll be able to tell what kind of change they make and if I like it.

BTW fast shipping and very reasonable prices from Halls :thumbsup:
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I've been considering the LV & power up as well, so I'll be interested in your report once installed. I've read several threads about installing an exhaust and p/u, but I've yet to figure out if I'd have to take the bike to a dealer for a computer flash, i-Beat, or something. I've read conflicting reports. Did Halls give you any info on this? Is it supposed to run good with just the p/u kit?
 
flynbulldog;78274 said:
I received my LV slip-on and the power up kit from Halls today.
I think they'll stay on the shelf for a while until I get some miles on the bike, that way I'll be able to tell what kind of change they make and if I like it.

BTW fast shipping and very reasonable prices from Halls :thumbsup:
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According to the Husky's #1 authority:notworthy: (George @ Uptite Husqvarna) you should have over 600 miles before changing anything. And then after you make the changes and re program the bike (if done correct) you will not even think you are on the same bike. I and many others have followed his advise and are quite impressed with his results. Perhaps you could make it a road trip out west:D:D

BTW Jeff at Halls is a wealth of knowledge also and has taken care of my parts needs with the best customer service money can buy.
 
jckid;78297 said:
I've been considering the LV & power up as well, so I'll be interested in your report once installed. I've read several threads about installing an exhaust and p/u, but I've yet to figure out if I'd have to take the bike to a dealer for a computer flash, i-Beat, or something. I've read conflicting reports. Did Halls give you any info on this? Is it supposed to run good with just the p/u kit?
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You don't HAVE to have it iBeated after the PU, but USUALLY it will make it MUCH better. Especially if it's done by someone that has alot of experience with it.

I ran my 610 with just George's slip-on from about 500 to 1,200 miles on the bike with no problems. A lil more spunk, a pop or two on decel every great once in awhile. Then George did the rest of the PU for me and IBeated it at about 1,200 miles and it REALLY woke it up.. :thumbsup:
 
Doormandan;78306 said:
............... And then after you make the changes and re program the bike (if done correct) you will not even think you are on the same bike. I and many others have followed his advise and are quite impressed with his results.
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My bike is being shipped this week. Can't wait!!

I rode a 610 with the Leo Vince and power -up kit. Will the power-up mod without the Leo Vince make a noticeable improvement? The Leo Vince was a bit too loud for me.
 
Navaho6;80062 said:
My bike is being shipped this week. Can't wait!!

I rode a 610 with the Leo Vince and power -up kit. Will the power-up mod without the Leo Vince make a noticeable improvement? The Leo Vince was a bit too loud for me.
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I have a Leo Vince with the quietest insert with the spark arrest-er and it's not that loud. I had them remap the fuel injection after the pipe was installed. I also have the Lambda sensor removal kit installed and the bike runs good. It's worth doing both to make the bike run the way it should. :thumbsup:
 
flynbulldog;80111 said:
does anybody know how the Leo V pipe compares to The Uptight pipe?
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Well unless you can send it back for full refund I say you get some break in miles on that puppy put it on and bring it to the tinker and we'll get it sound metered against my uptite and swap up for feel :D
 
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