Tuffy
Husqvarna
A Class
So the day arrives for the new 2011 Te511"nos "to hit a decent length ride. The day starts well 70kms of intermediate one laner through a forest, deer, mud, ruts and sand basically lots of fun. With 40kms to go for fuel stop and pre ride check of road open, it seems road not so open and a bit more like closed. 511 and 450 exc " no derogatory comments, as orange bike saved me" push on too far to go back.
Road starts with some rather rutted down hill, followed by a few clay mud holes, then lots of clay mud holes and we hit the flats. Not so bad hey, then came the water. Now I had done some research and did read that a Gs1200 had drowned up this road but all recent reports had said that this ride was an over rated one and rather easy. So with this in mind I push on into the creek crossings, good so far up to my boots next one about the same this went on for a while and quick as you like, up to the bars bike dead didn't have time to cut it, just a dead stop.
After the usual strip down it became aparent that I was not prepared for the cavern that the coil leaves and there is no chance of getting that plug out. I then proceeded to take the pipe off and do the whole hand stand thing etc and hesitantly pressed the magic button and nothing. Not even a burp.
So with that and no tow rope I push her through the following water holes and try and find some dry land. exhausted but not yet broken I go on the explore to try and find something that resembles a towing device, low and behold about 1m of snatch strap on a tree. Alright 1m not enough to tow hey , your right sowe strip the sucker down to strands and 2 rolls of gaffer tape later, bingo a tow rope.
Home and hosed not quite, 26kms and 3 hrs of more mud, deep mud, water, pushing, swearing, laughing and a short strech of black stuff and we're home free. The little KTM was a champ and did the tow with only 500mls left in the tank.
So I get the 511 home, strip her down flip her over and manually crank it several times "seems much harder when completly spent" new oil, new plug. Hit the magic button and brap nothing, button again click again click. Bummer. in a last ditch effort and fear of bent rod I push her down the hill and wait Brappppp.
Shes up and going running smooth, Drop the oil again due to milkyness hit the magic button and she fires. I let her run for 20mins and drop the oil again. Repeated again still milky and am out of oil, I will keep on repeating untill she runs clear and will keep you all posted.
Now if any of you managed to get through all that I haven't drowned a bike before and would really like to keep the Te, what else would you more experienced mechanically minded people recommend. I do?
As I have said she seems to be running well and idling smooth, but can there still be underlining issues that I can look out for. Should she go in for a full once over. Or just ride it out and see what happens?
Tuffy.
edit due to bad spelling
Road starts with some rather rutted down hill, followed by a few clay mud holes, then lots of clay mud holes and we hit the flats. Not so bad hey, then came the water. Now I had done some research and did read that a Gs1200 had drowned up this road but all recent reports had said that this ride was an over rated one and rather easy. So with this in mind I push on into the creek crossings, good so far up to my boots next one about the same this went on for a while and quick as you like, up to the bars bike dead didn't have time to cut it, just a dead stop.
After the usual strip down it became aparent that I was not prepared for the cavern that the coil leaves and there is no chance of getting that plug out. I then proceeded to take the pipe off and do the whole hand stand thing etc and hesitantly pressed the magic button and nothing. Not even a burp.
So with that and no tow rope I push her through the following water holes and try and find some dry land. exhausted but not yet broken I go on the explore to try and find something that resembles a towing device, low and behold about 1m of snatch strap on a tree. Alright 1m not enough to tow hey , your right sowe strip the sucker down to strands and 2 rolls of gaffer tape later, bingo a tow rope.
Home and hosed not quite, 26kms and 3 hrs of more mud, deep mud, water, pushing, swearing, laughing and a short strech of black stuff and we're home free. The little KTM was a champ and did the tow with only 500mls left in the tank.
So I get the 511 home, strip her down flip her over and manually crank it several times "seems much harder when completly spent" new oil, new plug. Hit the magic button and brap nothing, button again click again click. Bummer. in a last ditch effort and fear of bent rod I push her down the hill and wait Brappppp.
Shes up and going running smooth, Drop the oil again due to milkyness hit the magic button and she fires. I let her run for 20mins and drop the oil again. Repeated again still milky and am out of oil, I will keep on repeating untill she runs clear and will keep you all posted.
Now if any of you managed to get through all that I haven't drowned a bike before and would really like to keep the Te, what else would you more experienced mechanically minded people recommend. I do?
As I have said she seems to be running well and idling smooth, but can there still be underlining issues that I can look out for. Should she go in for a full once over. Or just ride it out and see what happens?
Tuffy.
edit due to bad spelling
. If deep water is your usual thing, the bike can be fitted with a tall snorkel. Once you get the oil sorted out, the bike is otherwise pretty much bullet proof other than the occasional electronic gizmo.
Think I need a stainless filter.