need advice! iv owned my fe 450 2004 model for the last 3 years, i completely stripped it down and had it fully rebuilt in march with all starter upgrades dvsk and new piston mains and all bearings and seals etc frame powdercoated, graphics seat cover tyres brake lines grips etc in total the rebuild cost me £2500 , my issue is this, after 4 hours of use i found metal shavings on the sump plug, it turned out to be the washers in the new dvs kit that were paper thin failing, i then sorted that, then my sprague bearing garter spring failed (the upgraded heavy one) and so i stripped it down again to change that, my battery wires and connectors keep breaking, the bike spits oil out the breather and down the frame into the carb all the time which i dont notice but this cant be good for the engine? the last time i went out my rear brake lost alot of pressure which turned out to be my chain hitting the rear brake master cylinder pipe on deceleration and eventually wearing through it so i spent an hour making an ali gaurd for it and tightening the chain, i replaced all wheel bearings and swingarm bearings 4 hours ago and my fronts bearings are shagged already! someone told me to change the spacers too?? thr horn has stopped working! the kill button on left hand side next to horn doesnt kill the engine, fork seals have been leaking loads and need doing! the bastard rad louvres are a useless design where the tank shrouds bolt into them!! the brass nut insert was spinning and ended up pulling out so i spent a few hours bodging it ! dont get me wrong its a 12 year old bike and i love the whole husaberg story and the rare factor of the bikes but im at my whits end now! every time i ride the bike its like im waiting for something to go wrong! i can hear the starter clutch squealing when ever the engine struggles in low revs, today i pulled the bike out the van and stood it on the side stand which then snapped and dropped the bike!! the stand had rotten on the inside!!! it boiled over in the woods the other day which i put down to the putoline coolant i recently changed too! iv had two trailtech speedos and both have failed on me!! im thinking of sorting the bike out one last time and then selling it for a newer 7o degree berg?? whats everyones thoughts? do they have lits of issues too ? and before anyone asks, i wash my bike down every use and wd40 the whole engine and mechanical rust prone parts and then coat the bike in silicone spray, always change oil regulary too, just feel like for every days riding i do i have to factor in a day fixing it back up and chucking money at it!! i have a folder full of receipts which i darent total up!! i spent so much time and effort creating a pristine bike that would last me a while but it guts me to see it falling apart and looking and riding worse everytime its used, am i the only one experiencing this or is to be expected of husaberg?? by the way the bike has done 55 hours since rebuild
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