• 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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 Husqvarna being announced today!

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Looks a LOT like the Moab, but not as ugly. That number plate/headlight nacelle is fugly, but otherwise, it looks like a nice dual sport. I wonder how much it weighs? Please Husky, fix the seat cover! It looks like a flea market replacement cover.

Can this replace the legendary TE610? I think the 610 was way better looking (and probably lighter), so it's a tough row to hoe if replacing the 610 the intent of the Baja.

http://husqvarna-motorcyclesna.com/news-detail.php?id=82&y=2012
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Do it all, and do it in timeless style with the Concept Baja – where classic style meets modern innovation.

January 20, 2012 – New York, NY – The distinct retro flair of the golden age of motorcycling is one that only Husqvarna can genuinely embody. The Husky marque is the definitive emblem of an era, and one that continues to symbolize bold innovation, classic design and timeless passion. Husqvarna’s distinctive 1970′s vibe is revisited in the Concept Baja – where vintage meets technology, and legendary style is redefined.

Vintage allure isn’t all this trek-touring design has to offer; performance is what makes the Concept Baja truly exceptional. Ideal for the casual rider as well as the committed enthusiast, The Baja will continue the trek well after the pavement ends.

Husqvarna Concept Baja
  • 650cc single-cylinder, liquid-cooled, four-stroke engine
  • Five-speed wide-ration transmission
  • Electronic fuel-injection
  • Brembo disc brakes
  • Perimeter frame with progressive linkage swingarm
  • Wheels: 19-inch front, 17-inch rear with intermediate-knobby tires
  • Innovative LED crossbar instrument display
  • Approachable seat height and layout suits wide spectrum of riders
For more photos click
 
hopefully Husky is just getting it all out of its system, and things will return to normal in short order...

Look, people with connections to HNA need to tell them to get on this forum, start a thread asking what RIDERS are looking for, and then take that data and go build the fricken thing! I admire their creative impulses--something other mfgs don't have--but somewhere along the line they need to build bikes that at least ONE person on this forum would buy.

/end rant
 
I'm sorry sence the ownership went to Germany The designers are trying to make dirt BMW's whose style is different to be different. Luckely most of there exercises never make production. I would rather see a ne CR250.
Hodaka Bob
 
OK in a sick way I kind of like it. I still am not sure where this whole BMVARNA relationship is going, but one thing I do know, in life most business partnerships do not last forever. They tooled that mini up overnight, so how hard could it be to throw even the old heavy wr 250 engine, and even older 6-speed tranny in a new style frame?????????????????????????? BMW WTFU********************************************************************************!!!
 
It's called the Baja. So I'm guessing they think it's capable of doing the Baja 1000... right? :excuseme:

Just like the Moab is capable of riding most of the trails around Moab. :lol:
 
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