• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!

Nomadic Rack on my TE511

So now how are we going to turn the rotopax into a Nomad tank ! Haha.... I'm thinking put a second tank in front of the first and set it vericle on the seat, bunggie cord it with a cushion and use it as a back support for the freeway rides , maybe some highway pegs too ! lol
 
I am now totally convinced after four days of hooliganism in Death Valley that having anything on the seat/fender behind me is a no go.
I had my Nomad and five, 1 liter bottles of gas to make up for the storage issue (this still wasn't enough fuel for the good trips out there.)
The crap in back made it all but impossible to ride hard because my ass kept hitting the stuff on the fender.

I may be switchin' brands if the Safari is a long ways out.
 
McKay said:
I am now totally convinced after four days of hooliganism in Death Valley that having anything on the seat/fender is a no go.
The crap in back made it all but impossible to ride hard because my ass kept hitting the stuff on the fender.

I may be switchin' brands if the Safari is a long ways out.
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Ok , just don't put any pokey things back there and I can take my rotopax off and put it in the back pack.
 
I dont see any thick plastic to thread in the front mount bolts on the 2012 fender :thumbsdown:... Must be the guy who had the 2011 bike that gave Justin the idea to make it fit good :oldman: ..... I will make it work somehow i guess.
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Hmmmmm :thinking:
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Coffee said:
Sort of a serious question... where are you wanting to go? And how rough will it be, and what speed will you ride?
Just a vague idea, just trying to get a sense of other options that may work for you.
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I am interested in the IMS tank but rarely will use it's capacity in a day , I don't do any freeway miles unless I have too... I'm simply looking for a way to transport small items on a rack to lighten my back pack load . I find this rack is extremely low profile and flat wich is really good for me cause some times when dropping down tight rock sections I need the fender room . The 5 gallon chemical jug would be for those smooth dirt forest roads and pavement where you need to go deep into the interior to get to the single track . By then you have used half your fuel. I like to keep the stock room for body positioning on the good trails and the weight down. The IMS is a hard sale for me because of price and you need to modify your seat and remove the tank to get to your air filter... I need a convertible setup .
 
Anyone wanting this rack for a 2012-2013 you need to know that you will have to build your own front mount support as these racks are design around the 2011 tail section. The main bracket that bolts to the sub frame fits but it's the new design plastic fenders of the 2012 and up doesn't have a thick plastic to screw into for the racks front mount.
 
Rearwheelin said:
Anyone wanting this rack for a 2012-2013 you need to know that you will have to build your own front mount support as these racks are design around the 2011 tail section. The main bracket that bolts to the sub frame fits but it's the new design plastic fenders of the 2012 and up doesn't have a thick plastic to screw into for the racks front mount.
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well... F###.
 
Rearwheelin said:
I am interested in the IMS tank but rarely will use it's capacity in a day , I don't do any freeway miles unless I have too... I'm simply looking for a way to transport small items on a rack to lighten my back pack load . I find this rack is extremely low profile and flat wich is really good for me cause some times when dropping down tight rock sections I need the fender room . The 5 gallon chemical jug would be for those smooth dirt forest roads and pavement where you need to go deep into the interior to get to the single track . By then you have used half your fuel. I like to keep the stock room for body positioning on the good trails and the weight down. The IMS is a hard sale for me because of price and you need to modify your seat and remove the tank to get to your air filter... I need a convertible setup .
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I bought one of these, I find it quite handy, although I never intend to use it on the more difficult trails - my plan is to drop it when I get to where ever I am going to camp. I did load it with a *lot* of stuff recently and it went up a steep hill just fine. The alternative was several trips up/down the hill on foot.
moto-mule.com
 
Coffee said:
I bought one of these, I find it quite handy, although I never intend to use it on the more difficult trails - my plan is to drop it when I get to where ever I am going to camp. I did load it with a *lot* of stuff recently and it went up a steep hill just fine. The alternative was several trips up/down the hill on foot.
moto-mule.com
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Thanks ! That's what I need ! :notworthy: Also being a truck driver will suit me well !
 
What price? Never saw a price or an estimate on deliveries. 5.5 is way too much capacity but Ill take it.

Im actually playing with the BYOB tool on the 'other' Italian bike. Might be a go.
 
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