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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

not too pleased at TM DESIGNS !(more the agent than the manufacturer)

R

rabskyline

Husqvarna
AA Class
i bought a chain slider for 130 ish as i was told it wore well and was best of the bunch.... wear has shocked me that it has worn 2 ruts in 60 miles approx as it was so expensive ... and to add insult to injury, i found this earlier while browsing here !! zip ty use tm and sell that slider for half the price of TM !!! wtf ? :banghead: not amused, i hope ive missed something or i am dreaming but that sucks ! :confused: no one to blame but myself for not looking elsewhere.. :p

http://www.ziptyracing.com/products/product_detail.aspx?id=MTc4Mg==
 
rabskyline;57592 said:
i bought a chain slider for 130 ish as i was told it wore well and was best of the bunch.... wear has shocked me that it has worn 2 ruts in 60 miles approx as it was so expensive ... and to add insult to injury, i found this earlier while browsing here !! zip ty use tm and sell that slider for half the price of TM !!! wtf ? :banghead: not amused, i hope ive missed something or i am dreaming but that sucks ! :confused: no one to blame but myself for not looking elsewhere.. :p

http://www.ziptyracing.com/products/product_detail.aspx?id=MTc4Mg==
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Wow...I'd be a little upset, too, if my new expensive part wasn't performing as expected. If it were me, I'd probably give TM Designs a call and discuss it with them. Perhaps they'll make good on a replacement or a refund for you.


WoodsChick
 
to be fair, it rutted a little but very noticeably after only 2 miles round the block ! but a mate says they wear a fair bit and then seem to stop... but this and the fact that another company can offer their product at half price is nothing short of disgusting really ! or am i over-reacting to the price thing ?
 
The wear should slow or stop once the side plates groove in and the rollers start to ride on the center ridge.

$130 is an awful high price for that item. That's about what you should have paid if you got the swingarm slider with it.
 
I would think wear in is common and should stop or slow way down after the initial getting to know you. Call them and get the rest of your overcharge back.
 
The original is a beauty in my opinion as it can be bent back into shape after a crash. They are also lighter. I believe the MXers still keep them on for those reasons.
 
Only guessing here, but I think we're comparing 130 Aussie dollars versus US dollars. US dollars would be roughly half.
 
TM Designs in right here in town, they always donate parts to our events, call them up and discuss it with them they usually resolve any issues. :thumbsup:
 
krieg;57666 said:
Only guessing here, but I think we're comparing 130 Aussie dollars versus US dollars. US dollars would be roughly half.
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no mate, they are almost on par ! hence my despair ! :p

and it was through their dealer here in OZ, dirtbike.com.au who are the ghr honda race team also... also, it was 141 dollars with the 10 bucks post included..

“FACTORY EDITION" REAR Chain GUIDE Husqvarna RED TMRCG-HUQ-RD $129.00 $129.00

$129.00
$12.35
$11.73
$141.35
 
The aussie dollar has gained a lot of strength against the american dolar in the last 6 months. GHR honda most likely bought a huge load of chain sliders 6-8 months ago when the aussie dollar wasn't as strong, and they set their pricing based on the exchange rate at that time. Now that the aussie dollar has gained strength it would seem that the price in OZ would fall also. But since the sliders were bought at a different exchange rate, if they were to lower the price to match current exchange rates, they would end up losing money. It sucks, but it's one of those things we can't control.

Also my TM chain slider wore very quickly for the first few rides, just like yours did, but hasn't worn a noticible ammount in the last 10-11 months.
 
I RECKON YOU ARE RIGHT9but exchange hasnt been that bad in six months to warrant double !).. AND I WILL AMMEND THE DETAIL/HEADING AS I AM MORE PISSED OFF AT THE RETAILER THAN THE MANUFACTURER REALLY.. (damn caps lock..sorry)...

i had hoped that tm had a control on their product pricing but we'll see, ive emailed my concerns to both parties. probably peeing into the wind but we'll see ! i actually want the arm slider and rollers too but not at ghr/dirtbike.com.au pricing ! thats for sure !!! they probably had big windows and seen me coming !
 
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