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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

The anatomy of a DS bike.

Motosportz

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I have racked up almost 6000 miles on my beloved TE511. Its been a great bike for me. Its weird but I love it. Having many other bikes I this 511 has evolved into my extreme DS bike. For exploring anything from open roads to gnarly single track. Its been a great bike for this and wheelies endlessly :) While getting it ready for yesterdays 140 mile DS ride I was looking it over and noting all the stuff I added to this bike. Figured I point out some nice DS upgrades.

Highway Dirtbikes hand guard system:

Yep expensive. But works great and I opted for the flip out mirrors. I have run this system for years and recommend it.

Motosportz damper:

I make this. I love this. Bike almost rides itself :)

Garmin and Voyager GPS:

Use the Voyager for tracking ride info and seeing out path. Use the Garmin for exploring. Both works great for the intended purpose.


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Nomad add on fuel tank:

This is quick to take on and off. It allows me to go from about 85 miles in DS mode to about 125 miles. Is slightly noticeable weight when full and you have to watch it when you swing your leg over but other than that has worked perfect for me for many years of abuse.

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Seat Consepts seat:

WOW, all day comfort.

ZipTy footpeg extenders and brake end:

These items add am amazing amount of control and comfort. Was curious about the pegs but with some reservations about how they might feel and work. After 140 miles I really like them.

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The right gearing and bullet proof components:

I'm gearing my bike with a 48 tooth rear. This allows me 55 on the pavement and will tackle any situation off road. I run good quality o-ring chains and a aftermarket chain guide. this stuff is important when you are way back in the woods. Don't skimp on this stuff.

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Front and rear Motosportz rotor guards:

6000 miles of rocks and zero issues.

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ZipTy XF waterless coolant:

Never boils, zero issues. I like this stuff.

Tires:

For DSing tire life is as important as traction. My go to do it all DS tire combo is a Motoz IT front and Kenda 270 rear. Personal preference.

Go explore.
 
Always tubes for me. Hate the feel of mousse', hate installing and removing them, hate the expense and have had very few issues with HD tubes.
 
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