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Offline ktm525

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New bike
« on: May 16, 2018, 12:45:47 am »
Well I finally pulled the trigger on another bike. A 2018 Husqvarna FE501. So far have added the double take mirrors and full skid plate. The bike has been desmogged (way too restricted and lean) and remapped. A cushy tall seat has been added and I had to go up two spring rates for the forks and rear spring. Far from cheap but a 245 lb bike with 62ish HP is worth every penny.

:Long list of things to bolt on and add...Endless really. ;D



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Re: New bike
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2018, 12:48:16 am »
Very nice ktm.  :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Re: New bike
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2018, 12:53:33 am »
Very cool! Congratulations!  :thumbup:
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Re: New bike
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2018, 05:21:00 am »
Congrats!

Will be a hoot as a motard! :)
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Re: New bike
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2018, 06:57:40 am »
Sweet new ride. I was just looking at this and 701.
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Re: New bike
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2018, 09:34:53 am »
Congrats. That must fly with that power to weight!
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Re: New bike
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2018, 04:42:29 pm »
Very nice.   That bike would be on my short list.

What tires are on it?
Changing them to knobbies?
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Re: New bike
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2018, 05:59:32 pm »
If it was legal, you could literally ride all day on it and only have the front tire on the ground when you had to stop.

I'd love one!  Nice buy.
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Re: New bike
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2018, 06:49:24 pm »
Quote from: blur911 on May 16, 2018, 04:42:29 pm
Very nice.   That bike would be on my short list.

What tires are on it?
Changing them to knobbies?

Current tires are Continental TKC Twinduro 80s.

I will either swap them out in a few weeks for real offroad tires (Pirelli XC mid hards or a rear MT16 Garacross).

OR.

Buy anther set of wheels and mount my dirt knobbies to them and keep the dual sport knobs for kicking around town. I will then need a set of motard wheels.

and yes although I am still in the break-in cycle this thing will lift its front by just rolling the throttle in gears 1-4.

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Re: New bike
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2018, 07:19:18 pm »
I love big thumper single dirt bikes.  Those old Honda XL and XR bikes really sold me on the concept.  I was a CR diehard and then rode an XR500 and that really turned me around on four strokes.
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Re: New bike
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2018, 07:46:05 pm »
Great bike! Congrats!

In the early 80's I had a Yamaha XT550. Loved that bike!
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Re: New bike
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2018, 09:16:25 pm »
I had a 1990 DR650 like this guy:

It's one of the bikes I wished I'd kept.

edit. Didn't mean to threadjack.
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Re: New bike
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2018, 09:25:18 pm »
That Husky has an electric start!  That's awesome for featherweight guys like me.
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Re: New bike
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2018, 09:27:36 pm »
I had a DR650.  Not much good to say about it. (Because I also had an XR650R)
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Re: New bike
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2018, 09:46:12 pm »
$13K for a dirt bike sounds like a lot, but it's a lot of bike.  Honda doesn't make any thing comparable now, ugh.
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Re: New bike
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2018, 11:36:50 pm »
Very cool! I thought 63 HP was fun in my 305 lb 690E. It must be an absolute riot on that bike!
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Re: New bike
« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2018, 12:15:05 am »
Quote from: HeliDriver on May 16, 2018, 11:36:50 pm
Very cool! I thought 63 HP was fun in my 305 lb 690E. It must be an absolute riot on that bike!

It's frankly way too much for single tracking and a reason I may keep my 300 around.  Desert and dual sport and rough adventure riding it will come into its own. Hare scramble racing? Definitely the 300 is quicker. . I did briefly look at XR650s but I would spend and extra $7500 trying to reduce all that weight. $13k? I wish. Once I do all the do dads and a second set of wheels it will be $16k :o The 4 strokes were redesigned in 2017 and the handling so far seems like a big advancement over the 2016 and earlier bikes.


Someone has to buy new ones to keep up the supply of old ones. I'll take the hit on this one.
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Re: New bike
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2018, 12:17:05 am »
Very cool! I love the colour scheme of these Huskies. Enjoy!
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Re: New bike
« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2018, 03:58:07 am »
Congrats and have fun ! Looks great  :thumbup:
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Re: New bike
« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2018, 06:47:26 am »
Quote from: ktm525 on May 16, 2018, 12:45:47 am
Well I finally pulled the trigger on another bike. A 2018 Husqvarna FE501. So far have added the double take mirrors and full skid plate. The bike has been desmogged (way too restricted and lean) and remapped. A cushy tall seat has been added and I had to go up two spring rates for the forks and rear spring. Far from cheap but a 245 lb bike with 62ish HP is worth every penny.

:Long list of things to bolt on and add...Endless really. ;D
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