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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

This sounds interesting

rockdancer

rockdancer

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Alongside the full 2014 motocross and enduro model range Husqvarna Motorcycles will unveil a previously unreleased prototype motorcycle at the EICMA International Motorcycle Exhibition, being held in Milan, Italy.

The official ‘world first’ unveiling of this exciting prototype motorcycle will take place at the Husqvarna booth, hall 18, during a press conference scheduled for November 5th at 4pm.The prototype will offer a visual incite into the future evolution of the brand.

Husqvarna will have the full line of motocross and enduro bikes on show at EICMA, all developed and built in the modern production plant in Mattighofen, Austria. EICMA offers fans of the originally Swedish brand the chance to view and enjoy the 2014 Husqvarna model range for the first time.

What do you reckon ? Direct injection 2 stroke?... Or would that be a bit hopeful?
 
Husqvarna is word in this section of the dirt bike world. Its gonna stay the word also for the next few yrs by default of the new ownership.

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Lets look at the DI 2t saga again for a short instant! SP might like Husky better than the oranges and directs this newest greatest, savior++ device to his favorite 2t bikes ... The Husky riders and current and new ktm riders flock to it, likes bees to honey, and Husky never looks back from yr 2014 ... SP is untouchable (and whos' daddy) if he pulls this off ...
 
that's an excerpt from "motorrad" 20/2014 article about the ktm freeride 250, interview with joachim sauer, product manager (and brillirant dirtbike rider):
motorrad: "there are rumors that ktm have a two-stroke engine with direct injection, ready for mass production. this one could solve these problems [emissions and homologation] not only for the freeride 250r, but also for the rest of the two-stroke enduro models."
sauer: "it's not as simple as that. one such engine is running in our test department, but the technology with the necessary control system and sensors is very complicated. therefor, the engine is missing the advantages one expects from a two-stroke engine. this means, it is neither simpler to maintain, nor considerably cheaper than a four-stroke. this is not our target. therefor, we evaluate other concepts."

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I think the 4-stroke fuel injection experience has proven to be a failure. Why export that failure to a system that still works?
 
Mike-AK said:
I think the 4-stroke fuel injection experience has proven to be a failure. Why export that failure to a system that still works?
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I dont. My TE511 and many other EFI bikes run great. It is even standard in MX now and they complained about the last few carbed bikes. EPA makes them run lean, we fix them and ride them in all their glory.
 
They run ok after you spend $500 bucks fixing it, but not near as simple and reliable as a good old fashioned carburetor, and the abrupt on/off throttle response never goes away.
 
keep the Carbs, less is more. It's hard enough to justify an $8000.00 toy as it is. Air cooled, single shock like Sachs, Zoke forks and Pwk carb or a copy of the 1981 Husky. Cheap and will do the job for everyone or include a 430cc 6 speed for the So-Cal desert or whatever. :popcorn:
 
Mike-AK said:
They run ok after you spend $500 bucks fixing it, but not near as simple and reliable as a good old fashioned carburetor, and the abrupt on/off throttle response never goes away.
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Some people spend 500hrs tuning a carb to get abrupt on/off throttle response (AKA "snap")
Lol
 
Boogie said:
Some people spend 500hrs tuning a carb to get abrupt on/off throttle response (AKA "snap")
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Maybe, but not this poor country boy from AR ... All 5 Huskies I've had, just kick butt, I'll accept I'm just lucky that way... And yep, I spent < $5 on brass parts and $0 on moving that tiny clip ring up and down, tuning them, if you call that small effort tuning, but I'm not a tuner, just a rider really ... Funny, how those 3 little fuel setting we play with in CARBS still sort of exist on the FI bikes ...

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I've got a FI bike on the way ... I highly doubt it will be ridden to the corners and depths of this island as the other bikes I own and it'll just be kept on tracks in the most civilized parts of the islands ... And I'll go ahead and buy that > $100 part (down from $600 oem?) that sits in the gasoline tank because we all know it is gonna be needed or else you live in denial-city ... What is all that other, default stuff that is needed for FI I need to buy? The more I think about this bike, the more I see a money, sink hole.. You know, sort of like a car.
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Disappointed in what Husky brings forth? Why would a mechanical device made in a foreign land be disappointing? You might wanna check your priorities in life if that is true ...
 
I believe Ray Ray and I have the same concerns. Getting stranded in the bush in Alaska or deep in the remote Philippines by an unreliable FI system does not sound fun. Only time a carbed bike ever let me down is when the float bowl drain plug vibrated out, but all I had to do is follow the trail of fuel back to it laying in the dirt and I was on my way again.
 
rasputin said:
that's an excerpt from "motorrad" 20/2014 article about the ktm freeride 250, interview with joachim sauer, product manager (and brillirant dirtbike rider):
motorrad: "there are rumors that ktm have a two-stroke engine with direct injection, ready for mass production. this one could solve these problems [emissions and homologation] not only for the freeride 250r, but also for the rest of the two-stroke enduro models."
sauer: "it's not as simple as that. one such engine is running in our test department, but the technology with the necessary control system and sensors is very complicated. therefor, the engine is missing the advantages one expects from a two-stroke engine. this means, it is neither simpler to maintain, nor considerably cheaper than a four-stroke. this is not our target. therefor, we evaluate other concepts."

r
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Thanks here for bringing these words out because I'm tired of wasting my time reading the fiction articles on this advancement ... I've already figured out the lines in bold or something like it, is stopping DI or FI or whatever from coming to light on these bikes... Apparently, all the manufactures know this and do not wanna bring a product to market that just might suck and take that backlash ... Why risk rocking your own boat? Same as me, these guys are all living the good life today without this added bag on their backs to worry about.
 
ray_ray said:
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I've got a FI bike on the way ... I highly doubt it will be ridden to the corners and depths of this island as the other bikes I own and it'll just be kept on tracks in the most civilized parts of the islands ... And I'll go ahead and buy that > $100 part (down from $600 oem?) that sits in the gasoline tank because we all know it is gonna be needed or else you live in denial-city ... What is all that other, default stuff that is needed for FI I need to buy? The more I think about this bike, the more I see a money, sink hole.. You know, sort of like a car.
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Disappointed in what Husky brings forth? Why would a mechanical device made in a foreign land be disappointing? You might wanna check your priorities in life if that is true ...
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I certainly wasn't comfortable with FI when I first got my 310. Was thinking i'd need to put a freaking fuel pump in my camelbak for the inevitable break down. I kept my carbed 510 around for many months just in case the 310 FI system failed me. Its been fine so far and I realised most of my riding is with groups and someone could always go get the car and trailer if a bike failed. 510 sold.
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I won't really be dissappointed but you're right on life priorities... I gotta get stuff done and shouldn't be sitting on the CafeH. I guess its just a complicated case of escapism :cheers:
 
I don't really want direct injection but if it brings 2strokes back to being a major part of the racing scene then that's the direction it needs to head
Surely a direct injection 2 stroke is still not as complex or expensive as a 4 stroke when it comes to maintaining or rebuilds
 
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