• 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     WR = 2st Enduro & CR = 2st Cross

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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

All 2st New pipe tips:

pvduke

pvduke

Husqvarna
Pro Class
Got a new pipe last night and before I slap one on for the first time I like to...:

1- get an old cable, wire, etc and chuck it up in a drill then snake the pipe with it, let it flail around in there a bit to knock off any flashing or slag that can get knocked loose and sucked back into the engine. You'd be suprised what's hiding in there.

2- blast it all out with the hose, really good, soapy hot water works great too with a long bottle brush and dries fast when ya rinse with cold to cut the suds and then rinse in hot clear water.

3- plug one end, pour some pre-mix in the other, then cap and swish around to coat the innards so it dont rust up. Then hang by tab with both ends open from the vise and let it drip out.

4- uncoated pipe: put on some laytex/nytrile gloves, then, clean with laquer thinner then alcohol to remove handprints, grease etc. before and after mounting, then, wipe on the clean metal some ATF before ya fire it the first time. Seems to help on some naked pipes with preventing flash rust after washing- as I've been told. Handprints etc. tend to get burned into the surface.

That's about all I can remember at the moment, got any of your own? Post 'em up!
 
Have it ceramic coated?

I like these but have no idea on cost. Saw one on George's Baja Raceco engine and it seemed like the ultimate solution.
 
We have a ceramic coating place here. I've always wanted to get my pipes done in black; just never actually gone through with it.
 
That would look slick but, gosh if I mashed a chamber after I ceram-coated it that would be a :censored:'r!
 
Snaked my new one last night with a magnet on a claw thingy....man I pulled out some frags!
 
glangston said:
Have it ceramic coated?

I like these but have no idea on cost. Saw one on George's Baja Raceco engine and it seemed like the ultimate solution.
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It looks definitely looks good. I had my headers done for my Camaro, was not cheap. Don't think it would stand up to offroad abuse at all. I know i got little nicks in mine just from installing them. It's a coating not a plating!
 
Funny you should you post this , I put my pipe on yesterday. The fit was a little tight and needed "persuaded" a little . I was just going to get it ceramic coated first but I am glad I didn't I think I like it like it as is. From a performance stand point all I can say is "wow" . It has been a long time since I have had a exhaust system that I have installed and really felt it made that much of a difference, this one does! I'am glad I spent the extra cheese and had one built espesially for my 167 . I know that the PC and FMF are half the money, that is because I feel you are getting half the pipe. This thing staight up rips, no if's and's or butts! .

Thanks Alan @ Scavini. :cheers:
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Those things are nutty wicked goodness. I'd be afraid to bolt one on my trail bike. Definitely a must have for a moto bike.
 
Nice Troffer, what length silencer did you end up with? Any issues with the shock resevoir? I wonder if they make a clear ceramic coating so you can retain the works look?
 
TROFFER88 said:
Funny you should you post this , I put my pipe on yesterday. The fit was a little tight and needed "persuaded" a little . I was just going to get it ceramic coated first but I am glad I didn't I think I like it like it as is. From a performance stand point all I can say is "wow" . It has been a long time since I have had a exhaust system that I have installed and really felt it made that much of a difference, this one does! I'am glad I spent the extra cheese and had one built espesially for my 167 . I know that the PC and FMF are half the money, that is because I feel you are getting half the pipe. This thing staight up rips, no if's and's or butts! .

Thanks Alan @ Scavini. :cheers:
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Awesome, I want to try that!!!
 
TROFFER88 said:
Funny you should you post this , I put my pipe on yesterday. The fit was a little tight and needed "persuaded" a little . I was just going to get it ceramic coated first but I am glad I didn't I think I like it like it as is. From a performance stand point all I can say is "wow" . It has been a long time since I have had a exhaust system that I have installed and really felt it made that much of a difference, this one does! I'am glad I spent the extra cheese and had one built espesially for my 167 . I know that the PC and FMF are half the money, that is because I feel you are getting half the pipe. This thing staight up rips, no if's and's or butts! .

Thanks Alan @ Scavini. :cheers:
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Man that thing is pretty****************************************

I've found that light weight steel wool & some WD-40 keeps a pipe nice & clean, especially the "factory finish" ones. Also, the carbon guards are a must, but I remove mine just about evey other wash to get all the little rocks & grit that collect between the pipe & guard, it scatches & chaffs the pipe... I know, I'm A +++ retentive. LOL
 
Yeah, I agree nice lookn' pipe from the outside but thats not where performance comes from. I presume it is TIG welded. Was it purged with Argon during welding as this will ensure a clean finish on the inside?
 
Troffer, Does your kickstarter rub the pipe? Mine does slightly, going to have to make something up so it doesn't wear a hole through it. I also found it to have a couple of pin hole leaks, one at the rear bracket near the kickstarter and another on one of the seams facing out at the thickest part of the pipe.
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Mine rubs a little I put a ding in it for some room, I will keep a eye on it


Yeah, I agree nice lookn' pipe from the outside but thats not where performance comes from. I presume it is TIG welded. Was it purged with Argon during welding as this will ensure a clean finish on the inside?
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I pressure tested it first before I even touched it , it was good. I do the pressue tests before I will mount a pipe like this, I have had pipes made like this before and they leaked and having the MFG warranty them after they have been mounted has been a pain. I have a camera snake form looking at water leaks , I works good for looking in side pipes and this thing looks just like the outside on the inside , clean:thumbsup: top notch workmanship, a true artisan.​
 
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