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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

TCI products

C

craig hodges

Husqvarna
AA Class
I have purchased TCI products for a DR650 and was very pleased, called them when I bought the Terra to see if they were going to make anything for the Terra. As soon as they borrowed a bike they went to work. Very pleased with the results and have since ordered skid plate /engine guard, rear rack and windshield. They will start a production as more orders come in. You all need to order some stuff so they will build my stuff sooner. just asking nicely :-)
 
I find it funny how certain adjectives seem prevalent in certain locations. For instance, I rarely hear anyone use the term "beefy" except on Cafe Husky. So when I do hear someone use it in person, it makes me want to ask them if they own a Husky. :D
 
RidingDonkeys said:
I find it funny how certain adjectives seem prevalent in certain locations. For instance, I rarely hear anyone use the term "beefy" except on Cafe Husky. So when I do hear someone use it in person, it makes me want to ask them if they own a Husky. :D
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I hear it in the NW all the time. Standard term here.
 
The TCI stuff for our bikes is some quality stuff. I personally think the skid plate/engine guard combo is the best out there. The racks are top notch, too.
 
Don't have them yet. I went with the Denali racks and the Denali tail bag. I intend to use my Ortlieb QLR2 bags with them. My card still hasn't been charged, so I'm assuming I'm still at the back of the line.
 
I'm guessing Tom finally got enough orders to do a big production run to include some inventory to stock. My package includes the Denali rack system and a Denali tailbag, and the box is listed at 19lbs. I'm guessing the packaging probably adds 3lbs to the rack at most. I will weigh it all before I put it on, and a install report will follow. Box should arrive on Tuesday.
 
Installed my TCI Borrego rack. Great fit. Excellent customer service.

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Seeing that tail rack gives me a chub. I can't wait to get these things on Tuesday. These racks, along with my newly acquired heated gear will make the TR650 my year-round commuter of choice.
 
So I came home today to find a package that I'd been anticipating for quite some time.



Everything was packed well, and the racks with bubble wrap weighed in at 12.8lbs.



Hardware pack was complete and good quality.



So to install it, remove the old rack. It is just 4 bolts.



Put the spacers in place like so...



And bolt it in.



And this is what you get.



However, I got the Denali system, so I have a couple more goodies to bolt on.

These will support the racks. They connect to your upper exhaust bracket with 13mm bolts.



The old bolts are 12mm. Put a wrench on the outside and a socket on the inside and hop to it. I removed the heat shields, but you really don't have to.





Your new 13mm bolt is longer, and will connect the support on the inside of the bracket.



And bolts on at the bottom of the rack.



Then, you bolt on your bag support if you want it there.



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