My New Ride, 2011 Husky TE630
 

Here it is, with some accessories pre-installed and ready to ship from Hall's Cycles in Springfield, IL!

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Installed: Uptite skidplate, Cycra handguards, OFG radiator guards.

Now, I just have to drool over the pics while I wait for the shipping company.

I am now making loan and insurance payments on a bike I don't even have. Oh well, payments are cheap, I paid cash for about 40% of it.

:td:

Heh, I was about to post "Get the Uptite skid plate and Y pipe".

Congrats mango, you'll love it.

What's the Y pipe for? Getting rid of the charcoal canister? I figure I'd just vent it straight down.

EDIT: Nevermind, I see what it does. I'll probably see how hot the bike runs first.

VERY cool. Talk about some ridiculous fun!!

I don't think I'll miss the 100hp hit I'm going to take from the ZX-10R.

that thing looks too damn clean and nice to get dirty...

I'll do my worst!

oh that is sooo calling for a railing through some mud. Congrats man!

too cool!:rockwoot:

The July, 2010 issue of Motorcyclist magazine has a one-page test of the Husky. They gave it 4 out of 5 stars. I didn't know that BMW bought Husqvarna in 2007.

I have my keys, MSO, bill of sale, a Hall's Cycles t-shirt, and some stray reflectors and crap they stripped off.

Now I just need the bike. Right now, all I have is a $9000 t-shirt. :D

Sweet! I want me a husky 510SMR real bad...

The 510s are sweet bikes. I needed something that has longer maintenance intervals and the ability for long-ish highway rides. Otherwise, I probably would have went with the 510 to have something more nimble.

I like it! I hope you get it soon.

Snippet from shipper's website:

The bike is delivering today at 3:30PM Central. I'm leaving work early to get it, and taking Friday/Monday off to ride it! I also just spent a truckload of money on new gear.

Shoei Hornet DS Helmet, with smoked shield
Tourmaster Intake Air 2 Jacket
Fox Jersey & Pants
Fly Racing Boots
Fox Gloves
Scott Goggles
SixSixOne Vapor Pressure Suit
Asterisk Knee Braces

Sounds like a great weekend. Congrats!

you'll love the hornet's visibility... but not the visor above like 45... but your neck will get used to it... but be careful when you pass big trucks going the other way... like construction zones where they're doing 60 at 5' from you... the wind will snap your head back something crazy... fuck'n hurts!


also... make sure all the visor screws are tight... trips came off mid ride! :lol: but he's a douchetard

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Here are a bunch of pics of mine. It delivered yesterday. I've already managed to wander down some unknown gravel roads and get soaked in a thunderstorm on the first night. It was a blast!

The kickstand contacts the swingarm when it flips up. If you look through the pics, you can see the nasty mark it has made. It was there even on the pallet coming off of the truck, so I didn't do it.

Hall's was apologetic and they are looking at a solution on the bike they still have in stock. I stopped him from offering to repair mine, as it's just a scratch, and there are probably plenty more of those to come. To keep it from getting worse, I took the kickstand off, removed the auto-retract nub, and ground off part of the kickstand foot. That gives it about 1/8" clearance from the swingarm as it travels through its arc. There is quite a bit of slop in the kickstand pivot, so I've also put a thin washer between the kickstand and frame at the pivot point in order to tighten it up some.

I have also taken off the passenger pegs, charcoal canister, and mirrors (they aren't required in my state). I might get a little mountain bike mirror or something to put on. I have used those with great success on past bikes, and they're only about $12 a piece.

If anyone knows of a stubby little convex round mirror that will either bolt onto the bars, or even fit into the stock mirror holes, that would be awesome.

Cripes, I have spent WAY too much money lately. I gotta slow down!

Here's a little story about the delivery of my bike...

They were scheduled to deliver it at 3:30. I left work at 2:45 to get home for the delivery. I live about 10-15 minutes away from work. So, there I am, at home, washing my lunch dishes, just waiting around for the delivery. DING! I have an email on my phone. I check it, and it's from Steve at Hall's. I'll paraphrase...

Steve: bike shipper called, they want to schedule delivery but can't get a hold of you

Instant panic. The bike that I've waited so long for might not come today!

DING! I suddenly have two voicemails. My phone never rang. I check them, and it's the truck dispatcher, and the truck driver, trying to contact me. They can't find my house (it's new construction and doesn't show up on GPS systems with old-ish maps).

I try to call the shipper back. My call won't go through. I look at my phone and there's no signal. Normally, I have a full strength signal at my house. I'm getting email on the phone via my wifi connection. I have no land line. If my cell goes out, I can't make phone calls. Great. Queue up the AT&T/iPhone jokes.

I email Steve: my phone has no signal, can you call them for me?

Steve: sure, no problem.

So, Steve is playing the middle man, relaying messages between the shipper and I. I find out where the driver is (about 5 minutes away from my house) and tell them I'm on my way. I found the truck, and had him follow me to my house. YAY!

I've had the bike 24 hours, and already have about 320-350 miles on it. Last night, I rode it to bike night in Sioux City, IA (about 100 miles away). The trip back was late at night, and the route is fairly close to the Missouri River, so I was just coated in bug guts by the time I got home. I've cleaned my gear. The bike is still filthy. I'm going on a mountain bike ride with my sister here in a little bit, so the bike will have to wait. I'm also going to give it its first oil change today or tomorrow. When I break in bikes, I like to run them a little and then make the first oil change nice and early, to clean out any shavings that might be in there.

The oil screen cover is leaking a little oil, leaving about a quarter sized spot on the ground when the bike sits over night. It's probably just not tight enough. I'll address that when I change the oil here in the next day or so.

I also have some condensation inside the gauge cluster. I don't know if that's normal or not.

The bike also seems to die fairly easily, almost as if the idle isn't set high enough, even though the idle is set exactly where it should be (1650 RPM). It might just be because the engine is new and tight. If you're running at fairly high rpms and just pull the clutch, the dip in RPMs goes slightly below idle speed for a second, before coming back up. All of my bikes have done that, so it's normal. However, on this bike, sometimes it's low enough to kill the engine.

I'm still getting used to starting it and holding that "starting device" (that's what the manual calls it :rofl ). It's a little lever above the clutch lever. When you hold it in, the RPMs run slightly higher. My ZX-10R used to just do that automatically. What does that lever do, anyway?

Neutral is tricky to find, but I'm getting the hang of it.

sounds like a choke

The bike is fuel injected.

well fuck then... I dunno... :lol:

I asked the dealer. He'll tell me what it does. The only thing I can think of is it maybe adds more fuel to the system. It's cable actuated, and has NO resistance.

so it's kind of like a choke... just for EFI... :idk:

Yeah, I just wish you didn't have to hold the damn thing in by hand.

yeah that would be annoying... but shit... the choke on the DRZ is odd... even on days where it's 80 I still have to choke it to start... (though it only needs it for 5sec... but with out it'll die immediately and not start till you choke it) but I've started it in -6 weather (obviously with choke) no problem...

little fucker just likes it's choke in the AM... it's like it's morning coffee or some shit.

The bike sounds like fun! :rockwoot:

I like the Hornet a lot! Here's my take on it.

1. Lots of wind noise compared to my RF-1000. I have gotten lazy about wearing my earplugs lately. I'll have to break them back out now.

2. The visor is a pain in the ass to change. I have a clear and a light smoke, and I'll probably just use the light smoke 24/7 instead of dealing with changing it out. This fall, when fogging becomes a problem I'll get a pinlock visor. Then, changing tints will be a piece of cake.

3. Very versatile lid!

4. The bill doesn't bother me. I had it up to 60mph today and could feel it tugging, but only slightly. If I tip it down a tad, the pull goes away.

5. Holy crap, VISIBILITY. The visor hole is HUGE and crystal clear!

this is the #1 reason I can't see going back to another helmet for me!

if they could do a modular in this style it'd be PERFECT for dual sporting... but I just don't think it'd be feasible... unless it was something like the Shark EVO where just the chin raises and goes up and over.. :idk:


also the beak doesn't bug me anymore except when the occasional truck passing snaps my head back... but above 70 is where I really feel the tug...

I can almost judge my speed off it... if my helmet starts pulling I'm doing 60+ if I HAVE TO keep my head down I'm doing 70+

I finally got it dirty!

Pics

It was my first off-road ride. Round trip from meeting place and back was about 90 miles. 75 miles or so of that was dirt & gravel.

Gravel roads still make me feel uneasy, but as the day wore on, I got more and more comfortable.

I came close to eating shit about 3-4 times on the ride. There were some monster ruts out there!

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This pic was the gnarliest section we rode. It was a "road", but I use that term loosely. We rode down into a valley and back up the other side. The pic is taken after I rode the section, and the guy on the hill was riding a V-Strom. He went down and tweaked one of his bag mounts.

Props for even trying that section on that bike. He decided he didn't want any more of that and bailed out, though.

I quickly found the value of all the cash I blew on real MX gear, especially leg protection. I was in mid "oh shit" moment in a rut, and stuck my leg out to save myself. Had I not been wearing MX boots and Asterisk knee braces, the least that would have happened was a pretty badly twisted ankle. I might have even tweaked my knee. I didn't go down, and didn't get a scratch. Had I been wearing even street boots, I'd be limping around today; I'm sure of it.

That V-Strom would have been fine if he had proper tires. they are quite capable with some TKC80's on both ends.


congrats though... shit is fun isn't it! mostly down here all I have is dirt and gravel roads... there are a few trails, a single track (not to my liking... too tight for a dual sport IMO needs light weight dirt bikes) and some cool areas on the back side of the Army base an hour north of here. but I've noticed I only enjoy doing that shit with friends... not as entertaining when there's no one there to shoot the shit with after you eat it or blast through a hard section...

I agree. I think it was a new rider on a new bike, to top it off.

That's pretty much what we have here. The single track in the pics is for hiking only. I don't even think mountain bikes are allowed. Those Loess Hills are protected land, I believe.

Not to mention the fact that I'd like to have at least one other person around if I get in trouble. I don't have a trail worthy GPS yet as well. I'd be totally lost where we went without a guide.

for me...I'd just turn around on the trail and go back... I always fill up my tank before riding (4 gal gives me about 220 mile range) course that could be the reason I hate the single track with all that damn weight! :lol:

but yeah just get a ram mount and a little hand held gps... I used a garmin eTrex Legend for a long time... worked great and it's waterproof. but for long trips the screen is just too small to see when you're on a thumper (vibrations) and you're on hr 14 looking for a place to stop for the night.

Bike looks sweet did you swap in a new headlight (need to scroll back up) that looks like the Acerbis cyclops if I remember right

That's not mine. That's another guy's TE610 - the previous gen of their big DS. Mine is the one with the twin cans.

For GPS, I have my eye on the Garmin 60Cx.

AHHH ok... I was like WTF? :lol: good shit

yeah the 60Cx is a good one. check on ADV... you can sometimes get them in the classifieds there.

I just got done removing the clutch cover to clean an internal oil screen (which was spotless, BTW). I also replaced all of the oil pump cover seals and used some gasket sealer on both sides of the gasket to try and stop this oil leak of mine. I ran the bike until the cooling fan kicked on and there is no leak. But, I won't really know for sure until I take it out and ride it, pushing more pressure through that oil pump.

928 miles on the odometer and it's already had 4 oil changes. I haven't even washed it that many times, unless you count riding in thunderstorms.

The lever on the bars is a compression release. When my battery is acting up I yank the lever, hit the starter, then release it to have the motor "catch".

Congrats on the bike, might be too late but be sure to baby it for the first several hundred miles--it will make a huge difference in how long the motor lasts.

Check your jetting if it won't idle right.

Sounds like the hotstart... But can't be if you're starting the bike cold, and cause it's fuel injected...

The lever, according to the shop manual, is an "enrichener". Maybe it just feeds more fuel to the system. When I had the tank off, I didn't think to trace the cable and see where it went.

The manual didn't specify much of a break-in period. It said keep the RPMs low, don't go on long cruises, and vary the RPMs. Do that for the first 4 hours, then let er rip!

It's EFI. I have the idle pretty well dialed in now. It was tough to get just right, since it jumps all over the place. The manual says that idle is 1650 RPM, but there's a good 200-300 RPM variance as it idles.

One of the guys on the ride had a helmet cam:

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That's a bada** bike!!!! Wishing I hadn't hung up my dirt stuff a while ago. Hit a tree coming over a hill so now i'm getting a street bike....yup i'm a smart one haha.

I just installed the O2 sensor removal kit ($40 from Hall's) and immediately noticed a difference. It removes the O2 sensor and includes a plug for the wiring harness that puts the ECU into "race" mode, richening up the fuel mixture, among other things. So far, all I've done is idle it in the garage.

-idles much higher, had to turn it down

-idles much smoother, 1650 rpm +/- 50 (it used to vary by several hundred rpm)

-starts easier

I'm going to take it out on a quick ride and report back!

I'm back from the shakedown ride...

That kit really makes the bike what it should be off the showroom floor!

Low RPM power delivery is MUCH better.

Deceleration exhaust popping is gone.

Sweet. Good work de-tree-hugger-ing it