another foreigner has arrived :D

Hi to you all!

I will introduce myself shortly. My name is Mark and l'm living in the Netherlands, a saw a few dutchmen allready here @ husaberg.org

Riding my 05 450FE I'm pretty happy, it is my first bike. I've driven an old Honda before but that one lasted for I think 7 or 8 hours. That was the moment I've made up my mind and started thinking about buying a real bike.

It was at first the reasonable price of the bike, I saw an 05 but brand new. I started to inform myself about Husaberg and found a lot of negative stories at our forums and my buddies. Nevertheless I bought one 8) Now I'm glad not only the price is good but the bike as well. Only my steer is vibrating and shaking at high speed cornfields.

Now I'm pretty happy, I know it was a good choiche. Maybe a 550 could be a better choiche afterwards, but you got to have goals in your life :wink:

Hi to you all and good riding!

@ bobzilla: thanks for your advice and your welcome!

@cheesehead: Thanks as well.
Indeed it is nice that our brand is getting more popular in the Netherlands. This weekend I drove my first dirt ride (off the road ritje) in Ruinen, and saw 2 other Husa's there. I think that I had a lot of dirt in my eyes because when I got home and took a look at the pictures made by www.motofotoservice.com and www.actiefocus.com I saw at least half a dosen other Husa's!

My weight is about 87 KG, I don't know if it's a good idee to set up the suspension myself. Maybe it is better to leave that work to a proffesional, don't you think?
The front springs you've used were stronger?

Mark

Hi Arjen,
ok maybe I'll see you this sunday. Me and my mate are riding there as well, my bike has a bleu plastics backend and yellow sticker only at the top of it. My mate is riding a 01 Honda 250 with black plastic. We are both dressed in red.

Did I understand you: losen the back spring a little and turn up the demping a little harder?
See you next sunday!

Mark

Maybe you guys would like some pictures, I made them after a nice ride this weekend.

We had a little rain this week, but during the ride it was dry. The trip was awesome!! About 500 bikers were riding their bikes, the track was a little muddy as you can see 8) One trip was about 42 Km, and we were allowed to drive as many as we wanted Most important: I broke nothing

Cheers rica roel

Taffy thanks, next to the dutch friends who are active here, you're not to far away from the Netherlands yourself :wink: You live in the east of the UK?

The vibrating head seems to be solved. I spoke to my husaberg dealer and I was told to let the steering head a little bit down, the effect is that the front shock absorbers rise a little bit (about 1,5 millimeter) It was 5 minutes work but it has a good effect.

Last weekend I let the bike out, and no vibrating occured. I'll keep you posted.

Mark