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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

Stabilizer or not ??? - Most Definitely!!!

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dirtdiva

Husqvarna
AA Class
Just wanted to follow up on a previous post where I asked for opinions on whether or not a steering stabilizer was worth it. Put one on and after 400 miles through the Mojave desert I say - YES IT IS****************************************

While the Husky does seem to tractor through the sand and rocks better than my "red" bike, the stabilizer was a huge improvement in bike handling in the sand, at speed, and especially when hitting rocks (I swear they were invisible rocks cause I never saw them :excuseme:). There was no front end twitch and my fatigue level was tolerable after 2 days of 200 desert miles each day...

I went with the GPR V4 Stabilizer and it was a great choice. I have a new IMS 3 gal tank and there was only minor fit issues with the bracket and pin (apparently IMS redesigned the tank recently and the front sits up higher than previous versions). Luckily for me, GPR is only an hour from my house so I took the bike down there and Randy worked it out - GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE. Definitely adding another GPR to my "red" bike. I like to think it makes me a better rider :applause:
 
I keep thinking about stabil or sea foam fuel stabilizer when I see threads like this. :)
 
Sorry - my bad - I just write it like I thinks it - :doh: Tried to edit the post but can't change the title ..... Next time I will be more specific :busted:
 
You title is fine, I'm on autopilot when I see certain words. :)


If you do ever want to edit a title:
edit -> advanced, you should be able to edit title just fine.
 
Here are pictures

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Notice that the pin collar does not sit above the gas tank as it should (new IMS tank now sits up higher than previous mfg. runs). In order to accommodate this, we had to flatten one side of the collar (using a grinder) so the pin would slide down into the bracket. If the pin doesn't sit in freely (i.e. you have to force it down) it will pop up while riding.

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I had to melt the tank on my '09 WR 125 to get my V4 to fit. Not a big deal but irritating. It sure makes riding on the rock filled trails less tiring. The sub-mount raises the handlebars about .5 inch which was great for me.
 
Good people over at GPR Randy has helped me out a races and never charged me a dime. I'll be getting a V4 as soon as my funds line up.
 
My 25 cents worth, inflation has dictated the price. I am a firm believer in dampers. After breaking my wrist about 12 years ago on a Red bike that had violent headshake that caused me to crash, my wife bought me a Scott's damper after that. I am a decent expert rider and had never used a damper before. My warning would be is that the damper can give you a false sense of speed. When I installed mine I was riding my normal Gran Prix pratice track and the braking bumps didn't cause any headshake. This is where the problem lies. You will tend to go into corners much faster than you are accustomed to. I blew through 3-4 corners before I figured it out. Work yourself into how the bike reacts. It can get real scarey when you realize you are over your head and it could result in a big boo boo.
 
I've been toying with the idea of a stabilizer on my te 450. It gets crazy speed wobbles at times. How much did the stabilizer cost if you dont mind my asking? I race desert and think it would really help...

I appreciate your 25 cents worth too chayzed... You bring up a good point..
 
I don't remember - somewhere around $300-$400 but they were running a special for $100 off in the latter part of 2010. Definitely worth the money - it really makes for a more "stable" and less tiring ride - but, of course, I always ride within my limits!
 
Same product different year, 1st GPR install onto new (08)chassis design with IMS natural tank installed, Bike spent time with the GPR crew to get it dialed in, those guys are like good family to all of us customers.
With IMS tank
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With OEM tank
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note FYI (personal choice), mine is 90% set at 1-1.5, never dialed more than 2.5 even for H&H, for me its only to prevent bar swap from hits, I like my machine to remain loose and tail happy (my choice), seems that I have more control of the bikes' feel and drive that way.
 
I was thinking about getting one as well. I was looking at the Scotts stabilizer because from what I have read they don't dampen back to center. I don't want to get the impression that I am fighting to get the bars straight again. I have heard really good things about the Motorsportz stabilizer also.
 
I have a below the bar Scotts on my 525, had a GPR v1 on my KTM 200 and I just put a Motorsportz on my 310. They all three work well as intended. They all 3 installed easily. They all 3 have a good and easy to adjust knob. The only real difference I can see, you get free re-builds on the Motorsportz if it looses seal and the Motorsportz is cheaper by about 150 bucks.

Honestly, now having ridden with all 3, I can't say one is necessarily better than the others, so I let money decide. Plus I like the lower profile of the Motorsportz damper over the other 2 options.

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dirt_rider93561;141498 said:
I was thinking about getting one as well. I was looking at the Scotts stabilizer because from what I have read they don't dampen back to center. I don't want to get the impression that I am fighting to get the bars straight again. I have heard really good things about the Motorsportz stabilizer also.
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Unless you have the damper cranked up, you don't feel them at all. You will never feel like you are fighting the bars. If you do, then you have too much dampening dialed in. Most people (me included) keep my damper on the easiest setting 95% of the time. I only crank mine up some when I get into the real deep loose sand, other than that, min setting.
 
That is a good point. Thanks for the input on that. I also like that fact that Motorsportz is a sponsor on here and does a lot of work with the Husky's. I think I know which stabilizer I will be getting when I have the extra money.
 
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