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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

250-500cc Note to BMW/HVA

Just got my first look at the new Beta today at MOTOXOTICA and man it is a winner.Quality parts well thought out Estart low seat heightnice ergo's people are gonna buy the shit out of them.Only bad thing was the 7999.00 price tag.Oh and it was at least 10 to 13 pounds lighter than my wr250.Also looks to have an adjustable power valve.
 
The only real negative to that bike for us is the itty bitty tank they have mounted. I wonder if there is an oversized option?
 
454x said:
Just got my first look at the new Beta today at MOTOXOTICA and man it is a winner.Quality parts well thought out Estart low seat heightnice ergo's people are gonna buy the shit out of them.Only bad thing was the 7999.00 price tag.Oh and it was at least 10 to 13 pounds lighter than my wr250.Also looks to have an adjustable power valve.
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I found one online at a good price:
2013 Beta
300 RR 2-Stroke
MSRP $0

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/27602/Buyers-Guide-Specifications/2013-Beta-300-RR-2-Stroke.aspx
 
454x said:
Just got my first look at the new Beta today at MOTOXOTICA and man it is a winner.Quality parts well thought out Estart low seat heightnice ergo's people are gonna buy the shit out of them.Only bad thing was the 7999.00 price tag.Oh and it was at least 10 to 13 pounds lighter than my wr250.Also looks to have an adjustable power valve.
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10 to 13 lbs lighter? ever run one over the scales ? you'll be surprised
 
I wouldn't care if they kept making the current 250/300 for those that like it but......I wouldn't get an old new Husky 250/300. I also think if they made the old (current 250/300) and a new version of 200/250/300 on the new frame with better suspension, lighter weight, adjustable PV, better carb, option e-start, etc....they would sell a lot more of the NEW. I know the current old bike can work but to be competitive and not lose sales and customers they need to step it up IMHO. I sure hope they do.
 
braddenning said:
10 to 13 lbs lighter? ever run one over the scales ? you'll be surprised
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Maybe it felt like that because it had a lower seat height. It has a built in grab handle like the husky so I gave it a lift like I was going to put it on a stand and it was noticeably lighter. So maybe the lower c.o.g. makes it feel lighter and no since I don't own one and they are just being released this year as a first year model I have not ran them over a set of scales.
 
454x said:
Maybe it felt like that because it had a lower seat height. It has a built in grab handle like the husky so I gave it a lift like I was going to put it on a stand and it was noticeably lighter. So maybe the lower c.o.g. makes it feel lighter and no since I don't own one and they are just being released this year as a first year model I have not ran them over a set of scales.
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yeah the wr can use some modernizing and the fact that it is so tall makes it feel heavier when picking up the rear buts it only 230 lbs (no gas ) the advertised weight of the Beta is 223 dry but is closer to 233 with no gas,lowering the seat height 1 to 2 inchs would make a vast improvement on the husky but seems to me they are pushing the 4 strokes
 
I'm glad the WR250 has a tall seat height, I put a tall guts seat foam and cover on mine to make it taller. Tall seat height was one of the main reasons I bought a Husky.
 
the new owners are looking at renaming all the off road wrs to the new name "onion bajis" and including a cage for carrying chickens.2014 is new bike time for me but if its going to be husky its gotta make the bike i want.
 
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