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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
TE 630? Anyone pick one up yet?
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Husqvarna
jtemple
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Yesterday, I tore it all apart, replaced all the seals on the oil pump, and used some gasket sealer on both sides of the gasket. After it sat for a little while, I went on a 50-ish mile ride. There was still some seepage, although it was a lot less than it used to be. I was hoping that it was just the process of things getting seated, and it hadn't quite sealed up completely yet.
I just checked my oil pump cover this morning, and it appears to be dry. There is no telltale spot of oil on the garage floor, either. Time will tell!
I just checked my oil pump cover this morning, and it appears to be dry. There is no telltale spot of oil on the garage floor, either. Time will tell!
mlyamkaw;107219 said:
The 630 is geared really high. When mine arrives (any day now)I plan to try cruising on the highway in 5th gear for a bit to check out the suitability. 5th gear with 15/42 is much the same as 6th with 14/47.
14/47 should give a nice spread between the gears and still have a theoretical top speed of 100mph. You can then still pop on the 15t for extended highway use.
Bike finally arrived! Spent several hours putting together and checking things over. No surprises. Fit and finish is excellent. No loose nuts or bolts found.
This bike is a replacement for a Suzuki Drz400s I had for 9 years and from first ride impressions, this bike is an overall improvement !
My observations so far:
The wide ratio 6 speed is much better than the close ratio 5 speed on the DRZ. However stock gearing is much too high as expected. Bike is much happier running along @ 100kph in 5th than 6th. Looking for more sprockets as I did for the suzuki.
The seat is more comfortable, however you still get monkey butt, It just takes longer!
Fuel injection is not that impressive. Off idle stumbles and decel popping.Seems really lean. Not an easy fix unless you have a ibeat or similar device.
Tried out the suspension over some stutter bumps and a few potholes. Well controlled and smooth ride. Bike handles really well on highway and city streets.
The clutch and gear action are excellent as are the brakes.
This bike is heavy! Fully fueled it is 20lbs heaver than the DRZ but I knew that already.
Engine is smooth. Some vibration felt through the pegs at higher rpm but mirrors remain clear and minor through seat, bars and tank.
Power characteristics are good but by no means impressive for it's 57 hp claim. Seems like something is holding it back! Maybe the lean injection system or restrictive exhaust or combination of both. People report these engines need a 1000km or so to loosen up. I hope so! Right now it feels more like mid 40s rather than high 50s hp.
The display is adequate. The RPM graph on the right hand side is useless! Had the revs up to 5000 a couple of times and the bar graph lit about 1/3 the way up. Most times it shows 2 or 3 bars. A little green light indicates lights on. The lights are on whenever the engine is running! A distraction more than anything!
Overall, I am pleased with the bike. A couple sprockets, a skid plate, some other odds and ends and it should be good to go.
This bike is a replacement for a Suzuki Drz400s I had for 9 years and from first ride impressions, this bike is an overall improvement !
My observations so far:
The wide ratio 6 speed is much better than the close ratio 5 speed on the DRZ. However stock gearing is much too high as expected. Bike is much happier running along @ 100kph in 5th than 6th. Looking for more sprockets as I did for the suzuki.
The seat is more comfortable, however you still get monkey butt, It just takes longer!
Fuel injection is not that impressive. Off idle stumbles and decel popping.Seems really lean. Not an easy fix unless you have a ibeat or similar device.
Tried out the suspension over some stutter bumps and a few potholes. Well controlled and smooth ride. Bike handles really well on highway and city streets.
The clutch and gear action are excellent as are the brakes.
This bike is heavy! Fully fueled it is 20lbs heaver than the DRZ but I knew that already.
Engine is smooth. Some vibration felt through the pegs at higher rpm but mirrors remain clear and minor through seat, bars and tank.
Power characteristics are good but by no means impressive for it's 57 hp claim. Seems like something is holding it back! Maybe the lean injection system or restrictive exhaust or combination of both. People report these engines need a 1000km or so to loosen up. I hope so! Right now it feels more like mid 40s rather than high 50s hp.
The display is adequate. The RPM graph on the right hand side is useless! Had the revs up to 5000 a couple of times and the bar graph lit about 1/3 the way up. Most times it shows 2 or 3 bars. A little green light indicates lights on. The lights are on whenever the engine is running! A distraction more than anything!
Overall, I am pleased with the bike. A couple sprockets, a skid plate, some other odds and ends and it should be good to go.
jtemple
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I changed my rear tube tonight. It's the first time I've ever changed my own tire on a motorcycle. Everything went perfectly!
You should have seen the OEM tube! The leak was on the seam of an area that looked like it was made up of glued together tube scraps!
I also gave Hall's the go-ahead to send me the power up kit. They're telling me that it should richen up the fuel a bit. Hopefully that'll help smooth things out and give it a bit more power.
You should have seen the OEM tube! The leak was on the seam of an area that looked like it was made up of glued together tube scraps!
I also gave Hall's the go-ahead to send me the power up kit. They're telling me that it should richen up the fuel a bit. Hopefully that'll help smooth things out and give it a bit more power.
jerbear610
Husqvarna
Pro Class
jtemple;107407 said:
Someone could probably make a cool video game from that vid and make
some bucks.
I've never ridden with a helmet cam but there must be some technique
involved in keeping your head that still when riding.
jtemple;107867 said:
Have you posted a picture of the oil leak? I'm curious how bad it looks.
I went riding with someone and they said "you have an oil leak!" to me, and the only thing I could see was a dirty spot on my engine. I didn't even notice it, nor did it use any oil.