Husqvarna TE630

[Rus]

Originally Posted by johngil

500 KTM if the budget allows.

Good choice.

[browneye]

Originally Posted by johngil

500 KTM if the budget allows.

Looked at one today...dayammm they are nice. If I could afford one and keep the TE I would do that. I just really like using mine as a dualsport though.

Out to Chapparals to pickup a Michelin Desert front. They are getting very difficult to find online, backordered everywhere. Chappy's had two of them, $95. Nice aggressive knobby - gonna give it a try out. Getting ready for Death Valley Rally.

[WILL_S]

Originally Posted by Fast1

Has anyone been able to determine what was added to the TE630 45mm front fork to shorten the total range of compression and ride height from the TE610? My assumption is that there is a spacer somewhere in the 630 fork that is not in the 610.

Here are links to the shop manuals with a schematic of the 45MM forks and I can not determine where there is a difference..


610 fork
http://www.halls-cycles.com/images/P...20SM%20610.pdf

630 fork
http://www.halls-cycles.com/images/P...630%20MY11.pdf



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i have shortened conventional forks by placing a spacer on the damper tube .It pulls the damper/topout spring down.Without pulling a set of 630 forks apart it would have to on the damper or a shorter damper tube is used on the 630

[GENERATORSHOVEL]

I haven't been on here for about a year. Had to check out some of the 650 talk. I have to say that I am glad that I bought the 630 when I did.

[Thumperama]

Looks like the Flint hills?

Originally Posted by sTE610vE

A pic from a great ride on a warm January Day in Kansas....it's almost Dual Sport heaven

[sTE610vE]

Originally Posted by Thumperama

Looks like the Flint hills?

Yep, just south of Rocky Ford crossing near Neal Kansas, the terrain may not be the most challenging but the great thing about the Flint Hills there's always a road you haven't been down yet!
And how about that "custom" rear rack that mounts to the stock hand holds, if I do say so myself.

[955616846]

Originally Posted by sTE610vE

Yep, just south of Rocky Ford crossing near Neal Kansas, the terrain may not be the most challenging but the great thing about the Flint Hills there's always a road you haven't been down yet!
And how about that "custom" rear rack that mounts to the stock hand holds, if I do say so myself.

I'm more interested in the bag on the rack... it looks like a Wolfman, but I cannot find it in their line-up. What is it?

[sTE610vE]

Originally Posted by 955616846

I'm more interested in the bag on the rack... it looks like a Wolfman, but I cannot find it in their line-up. What is it?

Wolfman Peak Tail bag
http://www.wolfmanluggage.com/Tail/peak_tail_bag.html

[955616846]

Originally Posted by sTE610vE

Wolfman Peak Tail bag
http://www.wolfmanluggage.com/Tail/peak_tail_bag.html

Thank you.

[955616846]

Originally Posted by GENERATORSHOVEL

I haven't been on here for about a year. Had to check out some of the 650 talk. I have to say that I am glad that I bought the 630 when I did.

Same...

It had been a year since I last rode a 630... Dusted one off and took it for a quiet run around the horse paddock over the weekend.

It'll be a couple of years, but I suspect my next big single will be orange unless something else comes along.

[jtemple]

KTM talking about buying Husky:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne..._/R-EPI-139228

[proeasy]

Originally Posted by jtemple

KTM talking about buying Husky:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne..._/R-EPI-139228

And we thought our 630's were short lived. Aufwiedersehen 650. Bike show is this weekend in Novi MI, lets see what they have to say.

[955616846]

Originally Posted by jtemple

KTM talking about buying Husky:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne..._/R-EPI-139228

That coming in the wake of my previous comments...

[sTE610vE]

While I would be happy if the current rebadging of bmw's into husky's is brought to an end I don't see to what benefit it is for KTM to buy Husqvarna?
Would it be to eliminate the competition and expand their production facilities? Have they turned Husabergs into blue KTM's, would Husky's just become red KTM's? If Bmw would have just pumped money and management into Husky and not made them take the failed bmw models they would have had better success imo.

[Blakebird]

Originally Posted by sTE610vE

If Bmw would have just pumped money and management into Husky and not made them take the failed bmw models they would have had better success imo.

BMW did pump money into Husqvarna.... and while I wasn't a huge fan of the G450 based 449/511, they were better performers when revamped into Huskies than they were as BMW's.

The TR650 Terra as the new bargain "upscale KLR", if left in the marketplace, would be a huge seller for the re-entry and cheapskate sector
As a BMW, the 650 wasn't that popular for it's price.

It is strange to think what the lineup will shake out as....Husaberg no longer does the 70degree motor, so they truly are just blue KTM's...and Husqvarna's only non-BMW derived motor is the X Lite in the 250/310.
What happens to it?
KTM has the very popular 350 that the Husqvarna 310R redhead was designed to compete with...