Hi Guys,
Just to let you know, the devil walketh amongst thou.....I bought a TE630!
EDIT: Finn (Lost Rider) great post and information, thanks mate. Fortunately/unfortuantely the price of the Husky was to good to pass up. I think you're spot on with the cush hub, the TE630's counter shaft is pretty much stuffed at 15,400km's of dual sport use as well without having a cush hub installed (despite the damped/'cush' clutch they're apparently fitted with).
I just couldn't find a Berg for the right price compared to the Husky. I'm going to build the Husky into a dual sporter so that when it comes to looking for a dirt bike, I won't need to give as much weighting to it's dual sport abilities.
The Husky I bought has 15,000km's or so on it and it's counter shaft is worn to buggery; it's going to have to be replaced. With that done, it's going to be getting a Kush Sprocket and probably a cush hub as well and the clutch cup mod. It's also going to get an FMF 4.1 and a PowerCommander 5 + dyno tune. The plan is run a Giant Loop for luggage, but I might ghetto it up and just strap some dry bags that I have to the back. Still got to decide on a rear rack for it as yet, but the rear subframe is off getting some reinforcements welded in with the aim of warding off the snapped subframe that they're prone to when heavily loaded. Apart from that, I'm choosing to replace most of the bearings as well since half of them were pretty well shagged. Still, even with all this going on, I'm going to come out about $1,500 to $2,000 in front of similar year Berg. I know the Berg is probably the better dirt bike, but I think this is going to make a great adventure/dual sport type of bike for me as its still pretty offroad capable compared to other options like the F800GS etc. It's going to take me a while to get the build finished, but I'm quite enjoying the learning process!
Look forward to discussing Berg's again with you guys in the future, they still remain the bike that I lust after, sneaking around at night to look up saucy picture of em on the net!
