Dual Sport bug....

[bob795]

Reading this thread is not good for my health  ... I mean wallet

What do you guys think about Husky TE 630? I got an offer for a new 2011 TE 630. Still not cheap, but it's almost half the price of Husky TR650 or Sertao 650.

I've been thinking about getting a second bike for weekend ride and long ride to places with bad road conditions, try some light off-roading and also as a commuter. Do you think TE630 will be good for those kind of ride?

bob

[ungeheuer]

Not sure if what I think about the Husky TE630 is worth knowing... but I'll tell you anyway.

Welded on Husky guys will tell you that the TE630 is a real Husky.... (unlike the econo BMW with-a-Husky-badge TR650).

I think the TE630 is a far more hard core piece of gear than the TR650.  Its a better motorcycle, in a single-minded way.  Better cycle parts, not built down to a price.  Its also far more "needy".  Much more needy.  Be prepared for a high maintenance regime. 

I see the TR650 as a nice, relatively inexpensive, more modern alternative to my trusty old Suzuki DR650.  The TE630 is much more of a thoroughbred than that. Think KTM.

So that's my take on it FWIW.

[bob795]

Thanks Ungeheuer
I'm going to visit the dealer tomorrow and try to sit on it, if they have this bike in their show room. I heard that it's quite tall, 36" IIRC and my inseam is only 32"


bob

[bob795]

I visited a Husky dealer yesterday to try to sit on a TE 630. There's no demo bike, so sit on one is all I can do.

Anyway, it is a tall bike. Wearing sandals with both feet down I had to stand on the balls of my feet. Flat foot was possible with one foot down. But since it's not a heavy bike... I think it's light... the height won't be much of a problem.  It will take some time and practice to ride it in a stop-and-go traffic, but nothing difficult I guess. Like Jeremy Clarkson loves to say "How hard can it be?"

Looks like my search for a dual sport bike is over ...all I have to do now is convincing the CFO to let me buy another bike ... that may be difficult 

[ungeheuer]

I visited a Husky dealer yesterday to try to sit on a TE 630. There's no demo bike, so sit on one is all I can do.

Anyway, it is a tall bike. Wearing sandals with both feet down I had to stand on the balls of my feet. Flat foot was possible with one foot down. But since it's not a heavy bike... I think it's light... the height won't be much of a problem.  It will take some time and practice to ride it in a stop-and-go traffic, but nothing difficult I guess. Like Jeremy Clarkson loves to say "How hard can it be?"

Looks like my search for a dual sport bike is over ...all I have to do now is convincing the CFO to let me buy another bike ... that may be difficult 

Seek not permission, seek forgiveness    .

My DR is now somewhat raised... I can't flat foot it at all...  tippy-toes if I'm trying for both feet.. or more usually I flat foot on the left and leave my right foot on the peg (you drive on the same side of the road as me, so you get the idea).  Works alright until you're trying for footing on a substantial camber  .  The DR gets dropped.... semi-regularly... most often when stationary due to tall bike, short leg syndrome  .

Go for it, you'll be fine.  Looking forward to hearing what you think of the TE630................

[ungeheuer]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34623151@N03/10290249306/#secretb9408269da
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34623151@N03/10344716205/#secret7008edfcfa?likes_hd=1

how I suck in sand.....
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[bob795]

 
That's the kind of ride I have in mind when I bought my TE630. Ride the bike to where the asphalt ends ...keep riding and have fun there ... then ride back home 

[ungeheuer]

That's the kind of ride I have in mind when I bought my TE630. Ride the bike to where the asphalt ends ...keep riding and have fun there ... then ride back home 

I'm looking forward to reading about it here 

[the_Journeyman]

That's the kind of ride I have in mind when I bought my TE630. Ride the bike to where the asphalt ends ...keep riding and have fun there ... then ride back home 

I drooled on one of those last summer when the new BMW & Euro dealer opened up.  Looks like a very good dualie!

JM

[ChrisK]

Somebody do it!

http://www.ducati.ms/forums/128-bikes/257865-2007-s4r-terramostro.html

[The Mad King Pepe']

Wakey wakey, spring is almost here... 

[ungeheuer]

Nice MKP 

(How the make the beast with two backs to you manage with so few cylinders? 

[zooom]

(How the make the beast with two backs to you manage with so few cylinders? 

in his head or mechanically?

 

[duc_fan]

Weather's good enough to bring the Gran Canyon out of hibernation... but I didn't finish the timing belts and valve adjustment over winter.    Work, travel, surgery, etc...

I'll probably break it out for a ride this weekend, then put it on the stand and tear into it.  Hopefully the weather will motivate me to git 'er dun.

[koko64]

I may have a 750 Elefant by tomorrow! 88 Bifaro in Elf colours. Dead stock but for a wider 900 rear wheel.  I'm going to buy it and put it in the shed (wonder if my wife will notice). Should know by tomorrow.