Accepted!! BC61 headed to Dakar Argentina - Chile - Peru 2012 - Page 8

wrk2surf · 10-05-2011, 10:16 AM

Wow .. three bike! Nice... Good luck Bill !!!

Trang · 10-05-2011, 02:59 PM

Any progress with regards to "Fuel Tank Development"

italrally · 10-06-2011, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by huskyte610e

Any progress with regards to "Fuel Tank Development"

ask le Monsieur Carbonne, he can do magic tricks with carbon

Stagehand · 10-06-2011, 07:01 AM

Carbon tanks have a habit of leaking, so I hear.

GO BILL! we're behind you all the way.

BC61 · 10-06-2011, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by huskyte610e

Any progress with regards to "Fuel Tank Development"

A rear tank being mocked up...

Deadly99 · 10-06-2011, 01:49 PM

May I ask when you have to ship your bike? Must be soon.....

wrk2surf · 10-06-2011, 02:02 PM

Bill you couldnt find the kit or at least rear tank Neil Hodgman used in this years Australasian Safari?

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Husqv...926678?sk=wall

not sure if the rear tanks are safari tanks

Blur · 10-06-2011, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BC61

A rear tank being mocked up...

Bill - that's gonna leak like a sieve!!!

Use duct tape!

BC61 · 10-06-2011, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrk2surf

Bill you couldnt find the kit or at least rear tank Neil Hodgman used in this years Australasian Safari?

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Husqv...926678?sk=wall

not sure if the rear tanks are safari tanks

The above is not the same bike, mine is the new 449/511, that is a 450/510. Nothing is interchangeable. I wish I could have found a bolt on kit. Unfortunately there isn't currently anything available. I am using a few bits from the BMW G450X but they all need to be modified to mount to the Husky 449.

_cy_ · 10-06-2011, 09:59 PM

exiting project!!!

Brodovitch · 10-06-2011, 10:35 PM

Bill, have you checked these guys out?

http://youtu.be/L-BHrHl5Hns

some pics:

this was briefly discussed over at the Cafe Husky forums a while back (when I was still debating on going for the new 511)
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/suc...2/#post-158353

IIRC the above were developed by a Chilean team (Bimota - Husqvarna), no contact details though,
except for a small interview in spanish with their rider Manuel Jamett:

http://www.smotos.cl/noticias.nsi?nid=8138

tehdutchie · 10-06-2011, 11:47 PM

Bill, Bianchi Prata in Portugal run the 449's too, they have used a large 'plastic' front tank (looks like a Safari Tank) and custom rear tank;

http://www.bianchiprata.com/primeirapagina.php

I have bought stuff from them in the past, they are eager to assist

italrally · 10-07-2011, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tehdutchie

Bill, Bianchi Prata in Portugal run the 449's too, they have used a large 'plastic' front tank (looks like a Safari Tank) and custom rear tank;

http://www.bianchiprata.com/primeirapagina.php

I have bought stuff from them in the past, they are eager to assist

Look, this is perfect for your Husky 449 !!!

DorsetBlue · 10-07-2011, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tehdutchie

Bill, Bianchi Prata in Portugal run the 449's too, they have used a large 'plastic' front tank (looks like a Safari Tank) and custom rear tank;

http://www.bianchiprata.com/primeirapagina.php

I have bought stuff from them in the past, they are eager to assist

I contacted Safari after seeing that and they confirmed some people were using their 450X tanks on TEs but that they were modifying them to fit themselves. Safari are still developing one for the TE.

italrally · 10-07-2011, 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DorsetBlue

I contacted Safari after seeing that and they confirmed some people were using their 450X tanks on TEs but that they were modifying them to fit themselves. Safari are still developing one for the TE.

Some italian company did this for the italian rally championship:

10-05-2011, 10:16 AM	#106
wrk2surf BITD/Rallye Joined: Dec 2007 Location: THE exact center of California/Bass lake/Yosemite Oddometer: 5,307	Wow .. three bike! Nice... Good luck Bill !!! __________________ Thanks for the 2013 support: DUNLOP, BELL HELMETS, Kriega USA, Carbon-pro.com, Ride 100% Goggles, Renazco Racing, Sidi/Motonation, Acerbis USA,KLeN, FMF, Mx1west,,Masters paint and body, Magura , motolab ,and Freedom Cycle

10-05-2011, 02:59 PM	#107
Trang ... 2nd last to the Sweep Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Orange NSW Australia Oddometer: 1,015	Any progress with regards to "Fuel Tank Development" __________________ "I still haven't worked out why all these people are here, but all I can think is there's a small amount of craziness left in an increasingly sanitised world and they want to be part of it" Russ Malkin 2006

10-06-2011, 07:01 AM	#109
Stagehand +/- V TDSPP Joined: Oct 2004 Location: "Poughkeepsie?!?!" Oddometer: 19,864	Carbon tanks have a habit of leaking, so I hear. GO BILL! we're behind you all the way. __________________ What to do... What to do...

10-06-2011, 01:49 PM	#111
Deadly99 Fast and Far Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Merrickville, Canada Oddometer: 6,820	May I ask when you have to ship your bike? Must be soon..... __________________ *www.GravelTravel.ca Canadas Source For Overland Routes* Tales From The Bivouac Rally Print Publications *TCAT Trans Canadian Adventure Trail 15, 000 km GPS route across Canada*

10-06-2011, 02:02 PM	#112
wrk2surf BITD/Rallye Joined: Dec 2007 Location: THE exact center of California/Bass lake/Yosemite Oddometer: 5,307	Bill you couldnt find the kit or at least rear tank Neil Hodgman used in this years Australasian Safari? https://www.facebook.com/pages/Husqv...926678?sk=wall not sure if the rear tanks are safari tanks __________________ Thanks for the 2013 support: DUNLOP, BELL HELMETS, Kriega USA, Carbon-pro.com, Ride 100% Goggles, Renazco Racing, Sidi/Motonation, Acerbis USA,KLeN, FMF, Mx1west,,Masters paint and body, Magura , motolab ,and Freedom Cycle

10-06-2011, 09:59 PM	#115
_cy_ Beastly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2011 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Oddometer: 2,523	exiting project!!!

10-06-2011, 10:35 PM	#116
Brodovitch Team ⌘R Joined: Nov 2010 Location: Athens, Greece Oddometer: 3,161	Bill, have you checked these guys out? http://youtu.be/L-BHrHl5Hns some pics: this was briefly discussed over at the Cafe Husky forums a while back (when I was still debating on going for the new 511) http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/suc...2/#post-158353 IIRC the above were developed by a Chilean team (Bimota - Husqvarna), no contact details though, except for a small interview in spanish with their rider Manuel Jamett: http://www.smotos.cl/noticias.nsi?nid=8138 __________________ TALES FROM THE BIVOUAC TWOONEZERO Brodovitch screwed with this post 10-06-2011 at 10:46 PM

10-06-2011, 11:47 PM	#117
tehdutchie Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2009 Location: Amsterdam or on Twitter @antal Oddometer: 1,352	Bill, Bianchi Prata in Portugal run the 449's too, they have used a large 'plastic' front tank (looks like a Safari Tank) and custom rear tank; http://www.bianchiprata.com/primeirapagina.php I have bought stuff from them in the past, they are eager to assist __________________ => http://www.eatdirt.nl/blog <=

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