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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
Pics of your 610!
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mnb
Husqvarna
Pro Class
So, true to form of a never ending list of bullshit problems with this conversion, repairing the broken pinch bolt wound up involving leaking fork fluid, JB weld and drilling and tapping out for M8 bolts instead of M6. Oh, and a couple cracks in the exhaust header that needed fixing. I got those dealt with, though.
Did 150 mile ride on some great local roads yesterday (Calaveras, Mines, Del Puerto, Mt. Hamilton for those curious) and apparently I was breaking the sound barrier or something (although the speedo never said I went over 70) because the wind shear ripped off a turn signal and the speedo cable came unscrewed from the console and was flopping around on the road. I removed it from the drive gear in the hub and put it in the tail bag. When we left The Junction, a sheriff pulled out after me. So I have no idea how fast I'm going and the turn signal I'd use to signal I'm pulling over, like to fake interest in taking a photo or something, is missing. Bugger followed me for about 8 miles, too.
So more minor fixes that will take a few weeks to deal with. BTW, there's not really room for flush mounts, does anyone have a suggestion for low profile, very flexible turn signals? Bulb type preferred so I don't have to mess with the relay.
mnb
Husqvarna
Pro Class
it's a 150/70-17
Honestly, mnb...can you not tell the difference between a 150 and a 180 by looking at a photograph?
I'm a nerd, you gimme numbers, I process them. Although I was wondering why it wouldn't be bulging on the rim....
Back to the nerd stuff...
A 150/70 is just as wide as a 150/60, but is 15mm taller at the rim. Ground to top of tire... 1.2" taller. It'll make a minor different with a little more top speed (@4.5mph). Almost 4" more circumference.
hunglikeaduck
Husqvarna
B Class
Yeah Trailtech X2 HID. Works a treat.
Muddy Waters
Husqvarna
AA Class
larry belli
Husqvarna
A Class
Did you have to beef up the voltage to run HID? I have TrailTech X2 Halogen and it's not quite bright enough for night riding.
hunglikeaduck
Husqvarna
B Class
larry belli
Husqvarna
A Class
Thx. Is the HID to potent for the road?
hunglikeaduck
Husqvarna
B Class
I think its perfect. Also allows you to stand out more during the day.
larry belli
Husqvarna
A Class
Thx again!
bensl
Husqvarna
AA Class
did you have the exhaust guard powdercoated or is it a DIY job? certainly looks alot better than stock.
BikeSDP
Husqvarna
AA Class
A fellow 610 owner here in Colorado hooked me up. He did it as his shop when he had some downtime. It's still holding up pretty well, but is wearing a bit from contact.
BikeSDP
Husqvarna
AA Class
Toddler was there, he's on the far right in the pic. I believe you know him at least through this board. We did Black Bear, lunch in Telluride, Imogene, Yankee Boy Basin on Saturday. Sunday we did Corkscrew, Hurricane, California, a side trip to Placer Gulch, Cinnamon Pass into Lake City and back to Ouray via Engineer. I gotta say, it was a weekend full of incredible scenery and a great bunch of guys to ride along and share in the magnificence that is the San Juans.Oooh! Neat-o! I want to go there so bad...maybe next summer or late spring
I know Toddler! Unpronounceable Todd
That guy's a character. We rode with him in Utah 7 years ago. Cool dude! I'd love to ride with him again. We're thinking about doing a 3-week ride next summer to celebrate our 20th anniversary and we want to include Colorado. Maybe y'all can share some local knowledge and ride with us on a few rides?
BikeSDP
Husqvarna
AA Class
Absolutely!I know Toddler! Unpronounceable Todd
