Greetings
I've recently relocated from Brisbane, Australia and I'm looking at grabbing a TE630. It looks like there isn't much on the 2nd hand market available (i.e. TE610s), so easier to go new and take the hit.
Pacific BMW/Yamaha and International Motorsports Langley seem to be the only two Husky dealers? Is that right, should there be someone else to consider. I dropped by Intl Moto the other day and had a quick look but they didn't have any on the floor. Indicative price would be nice, seems they are hovering around the $9k mark including delivery plus tax. Not sure what a cash deal might yield for me.
With regards to suspension, are there any suspension gurus that know their way around the intricacies of the Husky bikes and how they behave? I mean gurus, not suspension wannabes. Like most bikes, I am fully aware that I will probably be up for a re-spring and re-valve straight off the bat (to put that in context, I haven't left a bike's suspension stock in the last 4 bikes / 8 years or so, had a range of race-tech, ohlins, penske, suspension tech and other bits and pieces on bikes). Also I believe you can put the compression adjusters from the other model TE bikes in the TE630 forks which is a nice addition.
Additional mods are welcome, I plan on dual sport / weekend rides. Long range tank, bash plates, damper, bars, pegs, crank savers and any upgrades to the oil / cooling system deemed necessary. Just nothing that doesn't add functional value!
I've recently relocated from Brisbane, Australia and I'm looking at grabbing a TE630. It looks like there isn't much on the 2nd hand market available (i.e. TE610s), so easier to go new and take the hit.
Pacific BMW/Yamaha and International Motorsports Langley seem to be the only two Husky dealers? Is that right, should there be someone else to consider. I dropped by Intl Moto the other day and had a quick look but they didn't have any on the floor. Indicative price would be nice, seems they are hovering around the $9k mark including delivery plus tax. Not sure what a cash deal might yield for me.
With regards to suspension, are there any suspension gurus that know their way around the intricacies of the Husky bikes and how they behave? I mean gurus, not suspension wannabes. Like most bikes, I am fully aware that I will probably be up for a re-spring and re-valve straight off the bat (to put that in context, I haven't left a bike's suspension stock in the last 4 bikes / 8 years or so, had a range of race-tech, ohlins, penske, suspension tech and other bits and pieces on bikes). Also I believe you can put the compression adjusters from the other model TE bikes in the TE630 forks which is a nice addition.
Additional mods are welcome, I plan on dual sport / weekend rides. Long range tank, bash plates, damper, bars, pegs, crank savers and any upgrades to the oil / cooling system deemed necessary. Just nothing that doesn't add functional value!