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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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!
TR650 Test Ride...
- Thread starter TAC630
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I did 60 miles on it last night and WOW, this bike is going to sell. All you have to do it ride it and you want one. I'll not pollute 4-5 650 threads and keep my thoughts here...
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/where-is-the-650-forum-tr650-in-the-house.27986/#post-250272
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/where-is-the-650-forum-tr650-in-the-house.27986/#post-250272
Very well. Might be better. Motor is super smooth, powerful and long legged. I would rather have this than my 06 SMR 610 that I liked quite a bit. The motor is fantastic right out of the box.
Oh now them's some pretty strong words right there...
For street. (SMR) Dirt is another story.
TAC630
Husqvarna
B Class
I stopped in to see the guys at Bill's today and it looks like it may be November before they get a Strada. I'm anxious for a test ride. I know it has switchable ABS and mag wheels with a 19" front wheel. Tubeless tires would be nice and since I only do fire roads and slow dual track anymore this should work for me. Has anyone heard the price difference, I forgot to ask?
JonDirt
Husqvarna
AA Class
The decal on the front tells it all. Breaking all Husqvarna visual design conventions, this bike signals that it being a 650 is more important than it being a Husqvarna.
But the 650 market segment is already crowded. I for one am disappointed that Husky didn't head in the other direction. I wanted a lighter and more reliable 610/630, not a souped up KLR.
But the 650 market segment is already crowded. I for one am disappointed that Husky didn't head in the other direction. I wanted a lighter and more reliable 610/630, not a souped up KLR.
SilverBullet
Husqvarna
AA Class
That segment is crowded because that is what people are buying. If Husky hits a home run with these bikes and starts selling them in high volume and making a decent profit then we should all benefit as well with some additional niche bikes being offered. Clearly the 610/630 didn't make them any money as they had to drop their shorts on pricing and even then it took 6-9 months to sell them all here in the US.
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ray_ray
Mini-Sponsor
Knowing both companies to some degree ... It does seem apparent that this bike has Husky influence and bmw influence in others ...The location and filling of the tank are good examples of maybe not a Husqvarna idea ...
I just wonder how a bike could be designed and end up with 2 different influences in the same bike ... Is this the work of one guy or a entire room of people?
BWM owns and IS Husky now, thats that. Just like when the Italians bought it from the sweeds and started making italian (Cagiva) "Huskys". That you're just going to have to get over or move on. The 650 is a new bike, it adds to the line. How is it bad to have another offering? I can tell you I have over 400 miles on my TR650 and it is a fantastic bike. Go ride one and tell me it is not a GREAT lightweight adventure bike. I did 225 miles on it yesterday, was awesome, did lots of 70 mph plus road, some 30-45 mph gravel and had a great time while getting 65 mpg and never worrying about gas. The bike is impressive. I'm not ashamed at all to have the husky logo on it. Bike gets lots of attention on the road and gas station as it is futuristic looking. The 570/610/630 is a great platform but never was a good seller. In fact it was a pretty bad seller. This bike will put a lot of people on huskys that never considered a husky. That will trickle down to more sales. (or up to the nuda which is also getting great reviews) It is what it is, if you hate BMW so much you can't look past that fact and dismiss this bike solely on that you will be missing out on a great bike. BMW owns husky and is leveraging their existing technology with husky design and flare. IMHO my TE511 and this TR650 as great examples of German engineering and italian design ending in some very well built bikes. These two bikes have turned my thoughts of BMW over engineering and goofy bikes to WOW, When the Germans and italians work together some amazing things can happen. I personally have turned the corner on this stuff and thing this marriage is a very good one. Proof is in the pudding for me, love both these models and this some really cool bikes are now offered that we would have never seen. I see no down side.
But note that the BMW version of this bike filled under the seat, this one fills in the conventional area. The BMW had a really hard to get to air filter, this one is stupid simple. The BME was over complicated and off looking, this one is VERY well laid out, clean, cool design everyone I run into on the street seem to love. Go look at and ride the bike, i think everyone is going to eat their words on this bike after actually looking at it and riding it. It is fantastic, hits the nail on the head for the direction it took and will be a bike (already is) I love to hammer out miles of exploring on.
Will be updating my TR650 thread with pix and info about a bike that I rode 225 miles on yesterday with a big fat grin and thinking there is not another bike for this ride I would rather be on at any price for this ride.
ray_ray
Mini-Sponsor
Sounds like a great bike to me.
Yep, it looks and sounds like a great bike ... and yep , bmw and Husky are one ... I was asking about how a motorcycle is designed ( German engineering and italian design) and brought to the consumer within a company... Same question would apply to berg and pumkin machines as 2 companies appear to function as 1 to some degree ...
Probably the wrong thread to ask this question ...
Huskyfly
Husqvarna
AA Class
Those of you in Northern California, Moore and Son's in Santa Cruz and Cycle Specialties in Modesto have Terra 650 demo's ready to ride! I spoke to both and they are very impressed, going to be a KLR killer at this price and could be a sleeper in the adventure bike world once the words out. The bike gets fantastic gas milage, has a 3.7 gas tank so 200 miles + per tank if great!! As someone has also mentioned, it's a little less dirt oriented compared to the 630 but gains HUGE as a road travel bike! Basically what you give up in the dirt you get back in comfort, range, price, reliability, gas milage and accessory options. I can already tell I'm going to have a hard time not wanting one. 
I will say I was one of the people totally against this bike gaining a few pounds but it sounds like a none issue for what you gain. OH boy, what am I going to do?!
I will say I was one of the people totally against this bike gaining a few pounds but it sounds like a none issue for what you gain. OH boy, what am I going to do?!
Those of you in Northern California, Moore and Son's in Santa Cruz and Cycle Specialties in Modesto have Terra 650 demo's ready to ride! I spoke to both and they are very impressed, going to be a KLR killer at this price and could be a sleeper in the adventure bike world once the words out. The bike gets fantastic gas milage, has a 3.7 gas tank so 200 miles + per tank if great!! As someone has also mentioned, it's a little less dirt oriented compared to the 630 but gains HUGE as a road travel bike! Basically what you give up in the dirt you get back in comfort, range, price, reliability, gas milage and accessory options. I can already tell I'm going to have a hard time not wanting one.
I will say I was one of the people totally against this bike gaining a few pounds but it sounds like a none issue for what you gain. OH boy, what am I going to do?!
Well i would not ride one if you don't have the money for one. It is a great bike.
Guoseph
Husqvarna
AA Class
What rpm are you turning at 75? How's vibration compared to the 630?
about 4500 I think. Less vibs than my 06 TE 610.
Guoseph
Husqvarna
AA Class
Thanks, and is the black thing in the back a real rack? The one from your real life shot looks smaller than what's in the promo pics. Can you mount some sort of givi plate to it off the bat or is it not big enough?