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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
Sprocket quest...
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Trenchcoat85
Husqvarna
Pro Class
sure, why not?
you can get middle of the road steel sprockets for about $20 less though (30-32oz) or aluminum too. you can get high end sprockets for about $20-50 more (supersprox, dirt tricks). I do not recommend the supersprox stealth if you're looking for weight reduction- it ain't there. dirt tricks ironman might be better there.
if you wanna split the difference between the mid-level and upper-echelon, then your pick of the superlite might be the way to go.
be careful when ordering counter shaft sprockets for our bikes; they're one-of-a-kind. not even other huskys can use them.
2thdrinOR
Husqvarna
Thanks for the info. Yeah with my limited skills I am mostly going for durability with some weight reduction. For a beginning rider, (or for any I guess) do the aluminum sprockets tend to wear out faster, being a compromise for the weight savings? I never even thought of running aluminum sprockets on my street bikes of course...
Trenchcoat85
Husqvarna
Pro Class
nope, aluminum sprockets will usually last a bit more than the lifetime of a good chain; and since you should change all sprockets when installing a new chain it's no problem.
...slightly less rock and impact resistant. Mud can wear them too- but even in western oregon- it's not a problem. Most bikes come stock with aluminum sprockets in the rear. I like 'em because I feel they're slightly more forgiving to the chain.
A bad chain will ruin a new aluminum sprocket fast though.