• 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

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    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!

TE449-511 Key Switch

So I thought while I added the Siccass Switch to my 2012 TE511 I would shoot a few pics of the process.
You need to start by pulling the front fender and light.

Pull these 4 bolts here
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And then 1 more up by the speedo

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You had to punch the disc from the stock key holder, I used a small screwdriver to break the tabs.

Then you need to open the hole to 1” per the directions. I used a step bit for doing this. These are a great tool for opening up existing holes.

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Then per the instructions you needed to file a small “key” into the plastic to keep the switch from rotating. A file on its side works great.

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Follow the large wire bundle from the right grip, it will have a connector on it just behind the headlight.

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This is where you separate the connector and add the switch between here. And……While you are here, it is a great time to unplug all the connections (1 at a time) and give em a shot of dielectric compound.

Just a dab….. I had to change the routing just a little but everything tucks right in there. I also used a little RTV to bond the switch in place. There was not too much lip left for the plastic to snap into.

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And the finished product. No longer any need to worry about someone accidently starting your bike when parked.

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I hope this helps answer a few questions.
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Hey guys... I have a 2011 te511 with a key ignition and I want to take it out for button switch, any ideas where I can get a kit whereas its oem or not?


cheers
 
Hey y'all, I bought the sicass racing ignition; it works a treat and was quick and easy to install plus is cheaper than the factory part.

Now I have a question for you: I bought my TE511 secondhand and it came with no keys but I now need the steering lock key to pass the UK registration test (I brought it home for the States) but can't find where to buy replacement keys at all. Any advice? The lock cover does have a code of some sort on it, is that helpful to me?
 
Hey y'all, I bought the sicass racing ignition; it works a treat and was quick and easy to install plus is cheaper than the factory part.

Now I have a question for you: I bought my TE511 secondhand and it came with no keys but I now need the steering lock key to pass the UK registration test (I brought it home for the States) but can't find where to buy replacement keys at all. Any advice? The lock cover does have a code of some sort on it, is that helpful to me?
Zadi, I believe. Italian.

here's a cut from some old webpage (http://mysecuritypro.com/motorcycle.aspx):
  • Husqvarna
    • Various models using key codes between:
      • 0001-1625
      • 5001-6278
      • E001-E500
  • KTM
  • ===========
===========================
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Zadi, ZD9P


$7.40
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QuantityAmount
1 to 4 $7.40
5 to 9 $3.70
10 to 24 $1.85
25 or more $1.48​
 
Zadi, I believe. Italian.

here's a cut from some old webpage (http://mysecuritypro.com/motorcycle.aspx):
  • Husqvarna
    • Various models using key codes between:
      • 0001-1625
      • 5001-6278
      • E001-E500
  • KTM
  • ===========
===========================

prorecblue.gif

Home > Key Blanks > Motorcycle Keys > Zadi, ZD9P
Zadi, ZD9P


$7.40
Quantity:

Quantity Discounts

QuantityAmount
1 to 4 $7.40
5 to 9 $3.70
10 to 24 $1.85
25 or more $1.48



Awesome, thanks man. That looks like a good place to start. I will see if i can find a code on mine. It does say ZADI. Cheers.
 
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