KTMrad 512 Posted May 13, 2011 Nice, eh ? Demo TE449 to use for a couple weeks at least. Taking it on the Dualies Dualsport ride this weekend. Thanks to Paul at GP Motorcycles and Jeff Konicke (in photo) at Husqvarna for making this happen ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCHWINN 0 Posted May 13, 2011 Yikes: That bike looks all Business. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Papa Smurf 0 Posted May 13, 2011 Nice looking bike. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tntmo 896 Posted May 13, 2011 Does that exhaust double as a bazooka? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Champ 116 Posted May 13, 2011 Randy can you ride something that small? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bikeslut 1 Posted May 13, 2011 Now you're just bragging... Don't get me wrong...I would too So- when is the maiden voyage? Ranger on Sunday? I'll bring a camera Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robertaccio 407 Posted May 13, 2011 Randy you going to Husky demo at GH ??? I am in for 1300 2 morrow (Fri) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobiee 28 Posted May 13, 2011 carry lots of gas................... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoss314 0 Posted May 13, 2011 carry lots of gas................... and a spare fuel pump Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenosan 2 Posted May 13, 2011 So where is the big improvement over my 79 Husky 390? 240lbs Dual Ohlins Piggy Back shocks. Plenty of fuel in the Vesco Desert tank. Real leather Malcolm Smith tool bag. Malcolm Smith skid plate. No coolant to leak. Original equipment Trelleborg front tire. No compression release so it keeps you fit kick starting it. 32 years after it was made it will still give you a memorable ride. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dsfox 0 Posted May 13, 2011 Very nice randy...Must be nice to have connections...I'm jealous... .seat looks on the low side, but looks REALLY HARD!!! whats the height?.... (the fuel thing is tough on the husky's...though jonathan did pretty well at bar 10 with his new 450.....always nice to travel with "tanker" eiders too !) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bikeslut 1 Posted May 13, 2011 So where is the big improvement over my 79 Husky 390? 240lbs Dual Ohlins Piggy Back shocks. Plenty of fuel in the Vesco Desert tank. Real leather Malcolm Smith tool bag. Malcolm Smith skid plate. No coolant to leak. Original equipment Trelleborg front tire. No compression release so it keeps you fit kick starting it. 32 years after it was made it will still give you a memorable ride. there is a website that does comparisons, side by side of different bikes... it gives a good look at the numbers, without getting in to some of the primary reasons we ride bikes... feel, sound, fun, etc. but it DOES compare weight, height, HP, suspension travel, fuel capacity So; I entered the 449, and the data came up... some nice numbers but the database does not go back to 1979... I think my computer let out a chuckle... I called the IT department, and they said " that was before computers... is this work related?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirt dame 561 Posted May 13, 2011 So where is the big improvement over my 79 Husky 390? 240lbs Dual Ohlins Piggy Back shocks. Plenty of fuel in the Vesco Desert tank. Real leather Malcolm Smith tool bag. Malcolm Smith skid plate. No coolant to leak. Original equipment Trelleborg front tire. No compression release so it keeps you fit kick starting it. 32 years after it was made it will still give you a memorable ride. It is trumped by not having a plate on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bikeslut 1 Posted May 13, 2011 Don- I love busting your chops... mainly just because I'm a jerk BUT: I really DO want to ride it some day... when I was riding in the 70s, I was just a kid, and suspension was an afterthought... frames and brakes too... what they DID do well then was motors. the motors seemed at least as good as most motorcycles today- I'm sure emissions had something to do with it, but I rode a CR500 years ago, and was AMAZED at the brutal power of that bike... By comparison, my "modern bikes" seem to have tamer engines, but I LIKE tall seat heights... I LOVE 12 inches of suspension...I love a frame that I can;'t feel flexing (XT600 I had scared the bejeesus out of me with it's frame flex and fork flex)... I like hydraulic brakes that stop me well all day, and don't heat up or fade but- for $905 vs. $7399... maybe I could relax my standards a little http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/79-HUSQVARNA-390-ORIGINAL-UNRESTORED-/230600774617?pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item35b0e093d9&clk_rvr_id=231978531188 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTMrad 512 Posted May 13, 2011 Randy can you ride something that small? I don't know, but it will feel like a toy to me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTMrad 512 Posted May 13, 2011 Randy you going to Husky demo at GH ??? I am in for 1300 2 morrow (Fri) No Robert, I'm taking this bike on the Dualies dualsport ride Saturday, going up to Beaumont with DigDug. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenosan 2 Posted May 13, 2011 Bob The 79 Husky was one of the most expensive bikes of its day. It cost almost three times what my 79 Honda XL cost at the time. I still have both bikes. But did you notice my 2010 Green Sticker on the left front fork? How many bikes made today do you think will be sporting one 30 years from now? Also, in 1979 I did not have: a computer a GPS a calculator costing less than $200 a cell phone a telephone answering machine a CD player a Sony Walkman audio casette player a VCR a Remote Control for my TV a Cable TV Outlet in my house I did have: a slide rule a 1978 Dodge Challenger with an 8 Track Player a TV antennae on my roof a 10' long bamboo pole I held between my toes for changing one of the 3 TV channels. a Typewriter with an erasure and white out. a chalk holder for writing on the blackboard when I lectured in my classes. a 78 Honda XL350 a 78 Husky 390 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
