• 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.

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    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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

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    Thanks for your patience and support!

TC449 suspension

Chef

Chef

Husqvarna
AA Class
Maybe someone here can give me some feedback on the 2011 tc449 suspension for trail riding and enduros. I understand all the magazines felt the suspension was too soft for mx, but how does it stack up for northeast single track and enduros? I've found one that seems like it might be a good deal but I really don't want to have to do a full revalve front and back to make it usable.
 
0.45kg/mm front springs and 6.2kg/mm rear springs (Stock is 0.41/5.1 I think) for your weight.

The stock suspension is for a 150lb rider. You can imagine the look I got when I sat on one (310lbs with gear).
 
My 2011 TE 449 undoubtedly has the best suspension that I have ever had. I wanted to keep it working right and at 280 I needed to respring. I went to the Race Tech website http://www.racetech.com/ and used their calculator to figure out what I needed for my weight and skill level. Race tech is in Corona Calif. so i drove down and picked up my 2 front springs, a gold valve and a rear spring. Everything was easy install as they had good instructions and a video. :applause:
 
You can also send/take your suspension or whole motorcycle to Zip-ty racing (Oak Hills, CA). He is cheaper than everyone else in the area and doesn't gouge you for thirty dollar oil. To ship, use a gun case and an old pair of jeans, put the forks down each leg and the rear shock in the crotch.
 
Chef said:
Maybe someone here can give me some feedback on the 2011 tc449 suspension for trail riding and enduros. I understand all the magazines felt the suspension was too soft for mx, but how does it stack up for northeast single track and enduros? I've found one that seems like it might be a good deal but I really don't want to have to do a full revalve front and back to make it usable.
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Tinken said:
I had crazy front end wash out on the TE511. Didn't matter where my body was positioned and when in the curve. What fixed it was suspension and sag. Especially on the 449/511, the front end has to be higher than the rear. Way stronger front springs + compression and sag to 120mm and I was golden.
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The quote above in bold is from another thread on CH for help with the front end washing out ...

The sag really needs to be set close to get any bike to handle somewhat correctly and correct sag settings starts with the springs ...

The one bike I have with KYBs works very well from the start and I'd say you have a good chance of getting a bike you can ride fast and safely on the trails with you work on your own after the sag is set up....

I'd say, get the sag close as possible, and then play with the compression clickers on both the front and rear ... I run these clickers almost wide open on both the front rear to get a softer ride on the trails ... ESP that high speed setting on the rear ...

Decreasing the oil amount in the forks will give a softer ride if the clickers do not give you the ride you are looking for ...

The rebound ...I have mine set on the slow side and do not move it much (5-6 clicks) off the default settings ...

I'm sure the PRO guys mentioned above can give you a better ride than I'm telling you ... It's your nickel and your ride...
 
My quote from above is for suspension and sag. My problem was sag, but it was impossible for me to set proper sag without heavier front springs because of the geometry. 180 pounds isn't as far off from stock as I was, but if your front forks are still too soft and you crank in your rear spring to set the sag as I did originally, then the geometry will be off. As long as you are on hard pack, should be fine. It is on the loose pack that you will really notice the geometry change.
 
We are running with stock springs on our TXC511 with a 180lb Expert rider. It is a touch soft in fast hard stuff, but otherwise perfect. I think a TC can be setup to work pretty well for this weight of rider. I personally find that the Race Tech springs recommendations are probably about right for high speed desert or MX but too stiff for most other use IMHO.

This guy does our suspension work and it is very supple, yet able to handle the occasional hard landing.

http://www.watsonperformance.com/
 
I'm ordering a RaceTech spring for my TC449. The Husky guys also say that for "west coast" style off-roadriding to drop the forks a few mm and run plkenty of sag, like 110mm. I haven't dropped my forks since I've been doing mostly vet mx track stuff, but I'm riding a gp in two weeks and I'll see how I like it.
 
JB707 said:
I'm ordering a RaceTech spring for my TC449. The Husky guys also say that for "west coast" style off-roadriding to drop the forks a few mm and run plkenty of sag, like 110mm. I haven't dropped my forks since I've been doing mostly vet mx track stuff, but I'm riding a gp in two weeks and I'll see how I like it.
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GP in 2 weeks? Gotta be Lake Elsinore?
 
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