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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

Out and About (Terra, Strada)

Hi Thumpa, I directed that the original Left Side pipe to be cut 1" above the "Y" (Divided), it was then capped and after it cooled pored in water looking for leaks = negative. Then heated up the outside to burn off any water residue, then applied the (per-wetted) Thermal Wrap. Lastly, you only need the LEXX Mxe Muffler and no mid-pipe. I just went and measured the stock pipe in front of the Lexx and the caliper states 1.835". additionally the Lexx comes w 2 springs to maintain tension so these also need to be welded on the stock pipe. Regards, Chris
 
the black wheels and that black (whatever it is?) front fender really make that bike.
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Took a 250 mile ride last week, weather was awesome. This was on the way to Parker Canyon Lake. Both bikes ran spectacular, I was on the Guzzi and my neice was on the Terra. I may just have to keep both bikes.

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...and the old rear Tourance hung in....barely! :D

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What is it about Thumpers ...and big grins?
A DR650 home-built tripod.


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engineerk9 said:
I'm looking at the V7 to replace my ZRX1100
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Replace is such a harsh word :D

Plan on spending some money on the suspension, it is a brick. I think some new valving is needed. Kits are available online for the V7.

Went out for a ride again today, weather has been unbelievably perfect for riding this time of year.


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This bridge was a nice surprise, water running in the (high) desert, 80 degrees in February, go figure.
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Heading up into the hills
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Looking back from Montezuma Pass
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Clete said:
the black wheels and that black (whatever it is?) front fender really make that bike.
nicely put together
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Hello Clete, Thank you for your kind words. That front Black Fender is a Acerbis SM that is pre-cut for air flow to radiator. But in mounting it I used some fold-able 1/4 rubber mat to provide some relief from vibration and where the stock 2 screws mount to the headlight - I used the husky screws but used zip ties to hold the headlight to the front forks to reduce any slack. Regards, Chris
 
M1A2TechPI said:
Hello LED and Thumpa, I am running Shinko 705's which I have also use on my 98 KLR. I have read that the 705's are #4 on the best dual sports tire list? The Metallic Cylinder is a 139 db Strebel Nautilus Horn from Twisted Throttle. My Skidplate is a Moose Unit from my KLR that has been Adapted to the Terra. On Monday Feb 1st a fellow Terra rider "Arvin" modified (cut) and Mig weld the left side pipe and installed his spare LEXX Muffler - Sweet Mellow Sound but when I got home the Right Side rear directional had started to melt on top = fabricated bracket to lower directional's 1 inch and attached to rear fender supports. PS Kuya in Tagalog means Brother. Regards, Chris
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Hey M1a2TechPI, cool "working on the bike photos". I get over to PI every couple years or so to visit the wife's family in Cebu.

I wish I had my Terra there to ride when we're there, maybe one day.....

Usually we just borrow a bike from one of her brothers. This was from a day ride we did last trip. My wife was shooting the pix while we were riding, she's getting pretty good at it.

I think we'll be going back this year if it works out.




 
I had a nice ride acouple of months ago out to Camerons Corner. I hate that powdery red dust.
 

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