• 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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 Overland Project

Scott Brady said:
One of the most annoying ergonomics of the 630 is the height of the pegs and the close proximity to the shifter and brake lever.
I swapped the mounts from side to side and flipped the pegs over.
Back over an inch and down over an inch.
With a size 13 boot and at 6'1", I can stand up comfortably now.
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Now that's interesting :thinking:
 
Running the oe 14, with the husky 44 rear, wish I could go lower. Still fine on pavement but need more for the single track.
 
Still trying to decide between 14/45Kush or 15/50Kush. My buddy's 15/50 setup is awesome off-road and OK on road.


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My next setup when I wear out the purty red husky 44 is to run a Kush 45. I am assuming they will have durability issues sorted by then.
 
DYNOBOB said:
Still trying to decide between 14/45Kush or 15/50Kush. My buddy's 15/50 setup is awesome off-road and OK on road.
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Really not that much difference between the two final drive ratios, 3.21 vs 3.33 (in comparison stock is 2.8). I would recommend 14/45 because then if you dont like the lower gearing or want to gear higher for a road trip or TAT type adventure ride an easy swap out to a 15T CSS and away you go. Keep your chain at stock number of links and it can handle both.

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First dirt ride since the initial round of modifications. The ergonomics are still off. Need taller riser or taller bars. The peg position is ok, but not ideal. I am thinking of going with the little adapter plates.
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Sorry the photo is terrible. Only one I grabbed, and with the iPhone. A great ride with a couple friends. Wolfman earning it with the big Tenere.

I have encountered one odd issue. After doing the oil change, the transmission is shifting rough, and neutral is difficult to hit. Any thoughts? K&N oil filter and Rotella oil.
 
Is Rotella 10w60? Thats what the 610 uses...

What ergonomic issues did you have with the lowered pegs? My long legs keep demanding more room too...
 
I really don't understand the theory of using dino oil when full synthetic came in the bike and is recommended. I will always use the syn oil. There is lots of reasons it is used.
 
We run the Shell Rotella T6 in our Husky's, with SS oil filters and they are doing great. I would take another look at the oil sight glass and make sure you did not overfill. I try to keep the level below the top line, not at it.

I like the look of the red Safari tank on your 630. Believe me, if you can get rid of the stock twin exhaust for a single, do it. It woke up our 630's a lot!
 
I used the full syn Rot T for many years in my bikes, cars, tractors, trucks, etc. Can't prove it, but I believe it's not the product it once was due to compliance with new diesel emission standards. I've gone to the Mob1 Full Syn Hi-Mile products as they have an additive package that isn't "SFI Energy Conserving" rated (more good stuff in it).



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I used to use rotella until I tried Amsoil. The difference in shifting Is dramatic, especially on the 630. I was skeptical myself, until I tried it.
 
jtemple said:
I used to use rotella until I tried Amsoil. The difference in shifting Is dramatic, especially on the 630. I was skeptical myself, until I tried it.
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What specific weight/product are you using? I am curious, as the shifting took a pretty negative hit with the move to Rotella.
 
Scott Brady said:
What specific weight/product are you using? I am curious, as the shifting took a pretty negative hit with the move to Rotella.
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Rotella was the T6 5W-40

Amsoil is 10W-40 Motorcycle Oil

If you find a dealer and sign up under the dealer as a preferred customer, you get pretty good prices on Amsoil. You have to pay a $25 a year membership fee, but if you buy enough oil, it pays for itself. I put it in my cars, too, so it works out.

Theoretically, you can go 15,000 miles between oil changes in cars on their oil & filters. I change more frequently than that, though.
 
Just an FYI, there was a TSB for early production 630s to replace the clutch push rod with a revised product. This was for those bikes experiencing difficulty shifting into neutral from 1st or 2nd.

Bob, do you use the Mobile 1 product in your 630? I use the Mobile 1 in my autos but not the bike due to the wet clutch. Is there a specific Mobil 1 product for wet clutch motorcycles?
 
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