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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

What was the last thing you destroyed on your 610/630?

My pride and a ruptured L4/5 disc picking it up! All better now thanks to a great surgeon.

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The Tarmac every time I take it out to the street. Fortunate that I have not slammed it to the ground yet. I did kill Bambi with it many moons ago and all I did was break the 4 way radiator hose.
 
JonXX said:
I've spun several nutserts, fortunately I posses the cure for that
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What type of bond / glue is that? I used hotglue on the bolts in my plastics, its held up for a while but something stronger is going to be needed...
 
JonDirt said:
What type of bond / glue is that? I used hotglue on the bolts in my plastics, its held up for a while but something stronger is going to be needed...
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It's a Poly-Klik rivet nut and Loctite sleeve retainer.
 
This is an update to the broken sprocket I suffered last July. I dropped it off at the dealer in July and was told it would be warrantied, which it was. I also told them that the speedometer stopped working prior to the rear wheel falling apart, this is the second time this has occurred. All of this was to be taken care of under warranty which I was pleased about. They looked over the speedo and checked for the magnet and determined I needed another new instrument cluster, this is the second one I have had replaced. Never the less I was told I had to wait for the parts to arrive. As August rolled by, I learned from some other posts that the Husqy factory shuts down in August, so needless to say I was a bit disappointed that I had to wait all this time for parts. I kind of assumed they would send a new wheel since the hub was destroyed. Instead they sent a new hub and spokes and required the dealer to rebuild the wheel. So these parts arrived in the beginning of September, and the the dealer had to send out for the wheel to be rebuilt by a different shop / wheel-smith. So in mid September the wheel came back and I was told my bike would be ready by the end of the day. I get message on my home phone (funny they didn't call me cell when they knew I was at work) stating they (the dealer) made a mistake. When they went to put the wheel on they learned the rear swing arm was also damaged and had to be replaced. Long story short, I had to wait another month for the swing arm parts to arrive. I was pissed at the dealer for the mishap, and I was pissed at Husqy for having a crappy parts supply line. I couldn't believe that they didn't notice this when they took the damaged wheel off of the swing arm in July. Now we are into November, and I am told that the bike is finally ready to be picked up. I arrive at the dealer and wait for over an hour for them to get the paperwork in order, I kind of thought they would have their act together and have this sorted out before my arrival. The tech was telling me that for some reason there were still parts on order and the system wouldn't let him close out the ticket. So he tells me to just take the bike and he would mail me the paperwork. I start to ride the bike from the dealer and notice the speedo is still not working, so I turn right back around and give it back to them. Just then, a light bulb goes off with the tech stating, "Oh the missing parts must be your speedo!" No kidding, really?? I told this to you in July and the parts are not here in November??? He apologized and seemed genuinely upset with himself because he really messed this whole repair up. All I could think was that I never have experienced such an inept dealership in my life. They get Husqy to FedEx a new dash and tell me the bike is ready, it's about week later now. I go to pick up the bike, and guess what..... The speedo still does not work. The tech looks at the front wheel and states, "Oh your missing the magnet." So now I have a new dash that didn't need to be replaced which kind of blows because the mileage on the odometer is inaccurate. The other thing I forgot to mention is that I live over 80 miles from the dealer, so each time I go out there it is a 160 miles round trip.

I spoke to a lemon law attorney and then began negotiations with Husqy USA. To their credit, they didn't try to dodge the problems and were very interested in making things right for my experience. The fellow I dealt with at Husqy as Anthony Cavanaugh, a good guy who seemed like he was interested in making things right. We settled on them paying the depreciated difference from what I paid for the bike retail, and what it is currently worth wholesale KBB. So it was nice to get an extra rebate from Husqy that was like buying the bike for half price. However int he end, I don't think this is the bike for me. I will not go back to that dealer for anything else, ever. I am not a self wrench kind of guy and without good local dealer support, well it just isn't the bike for me. Especially if I have to order parts that take forever to arrive. I will be selling it here shortly, so look for it on Craigslist. Most of my problems were with the dealer and not the bike. It is a fantastic ride and I know I will miss many of the good attributes.


Kevin2735 said:
It seems like every time I take my 630 out I break something. I was minding my own business on a great ride in Las Padres National Forest exploring a new trail.

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I started to feel something funny in the rear wheel, but was having too much fun to stop and investigate. Then things went downhill from there, literally.

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I was lucky in that I had only a couple of small hills t push the bike up, then I was treated to a couple of miles of downhill free ride. Funny, I kept blurting out "Braaaap" as if I still had the bike running. I made it to the Upper Oso campground where the AAA truck arrived a short while later.

Any recommendations on replacement parts other than stock?

Was reading this thread and am looking at what drivesystemsusa has, but was hoping for a recommendation or advice for something that has a reputation for durability. I am not too concerned about looking good or being lighter, just want something that is not going to fall apart on me.
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Check those sprocket bolts, and subframe bolts. Replace the footpeg bolts.

The long story reminds me of why I never use dealers for anything except to buy a bike. :thumbsup:
 
capt42104 said:
Wow! Hopefully the BMW ownership will translate to better customer care.
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Little late for that, he made the mistake of buying a 630 which means he got the full, modern experience. But maybe BMW/Husqvarna will take a close look at the dealer.
 
CJBROWN said:
Check those sprocket bolts, and subframe bolts. Replace the footpeg bolts.

The long story reminds me of why I never use dealers for anything except to buy a bike. :thumbsup:
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Only bolt's I've had trouble with was the one front sprocket cover bolt I lost after the first week, and the front engine mount was loose after about 6 months. Everything else has stayed tight. The footpeg bosses on mine were smooth from the factory, no weld bumps like some have found, which puts a bending load on the bolts when they're torqued down.
 
Dissapointing that the stock chain and sprockets are made of cheese! 3500kms and completely rooted!:eek:. Allways adjusted and lubed which is pretty sad...Oh well love having new chain and sprokets.:)
 
630mick said:
Dissapointing that the stock chain and sprockets are made of cheese! 3500kms and completely rooted!:eek:. Allways adjusted and lubed which is pretty sad...Oh well love having new chain and sprokets.:)
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It's time for a new chain on my SMS after ~7500 miles, it's getting a little sticky. The stock sprocket shows hardly any wear, but I guess that's because I'm not thrashing it in a dust bowl :thinking:
 
5 months ,5500km on my 630
1 month ,1000km in clutch master leaking,replaced warranty also first airbox replaced at this time due to spun inserts.Dealer tried getting the bolts out with a impact gun and melted the airbox lid as well.
5 months 5500 km steerer bearings notched and water temp sender broken.Find out tomorrow if the bearings will be done under warranty.

The good news is my chain and sprockets seem ok and soon the bike will be under going some modifications to stop some other problems from arising.Also some mods to increase comfort on a big trip coming up .
 
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