How Many Miles/Hours Can I Resonably Expect?

DaleEO · Jul 15, 2007

nsman said:
While Laurent-t does indeed seem to have the worlds highest hours logged,I do have a totally unscientific theory.(Now that Lineawaever does not post anymore we can say almost anything without reprisal).
As long as these engines are run within the design linitations concerning load and RPM they will last an impressive number of hours.Also as soon as these limitations are exceeded the engines life is not just shortened a bit but is over right now.
To be clear i will say that at 6000 rpm the engine will run hundreds of hours,if say 9000 rpm is used for more than 60 seconds you need crank bearings now.
my old TZ250 roadracer was the same,exceed the max red line rpm only a few hundred rpm for 15-30 seconds and it needed new needle bearings.
It just may be that our french hour leader has always operated his engine within its design limits.If you look and listen at/to his tape he sounds like he knows how to ride his Berg.

Hi nsman

I really have no idea of how revs my 550 or 501 turns as I don't have a rev counter, let alone a rev counter with a tattle tale.

I would think though that these motors would easily rev to 9 or 10K with out any problem, but like I said I don't know.

Someone posted a question a while back as to whether or not the Kokusan ignitions have a rev limiter on them. Does anybody know if they do or not? I have never felt like my 550 has hit any kind of a rev limiter, if it did, it was very subtle.

I have about 150 hours on my 550 now and while the majority of those hours are not WOT, most of them I would suspect are in the mid range to upper mid range. However, on quite a few occasions I have rung it's neck pretty good during starts, hill climbs, passing attempts, full throttle accelerations in deep sand etc....

Thanks,

LeFrog · Jul 15, 2007

Laurent is not the type to make things up, as far as I know him (from a different forum).

He is also one of the first to defend Husaberg when it gets flamed, he also happens to know quite a bit on forums like toolenduro.com.

As he said, he's had his share of issues with pre-2004 Husabergs, so I don't know why he would make something up for his 2004 model.

faktor · Jul 17, 2007

He is truley an exeptional rider to get those miles and I must be an absolute *** then.

whosahberg · Jul 17, 2007

may i step in ....

i really am struggling with this , how can a cam chain last 863 hours ?

i fitted a new one at 100 hours and the old one was toast , i heard the berg on the video and it sounds sweet to me . this means that i don't know what i am doing as well . :scratch:

DaleEO · Jul 17, 2007

I know it's a far cry from 863, but, the Dirt Rider 650 long haul bike has over 200 I believe and the only issue if I'm not mistaken was the water pump seal.

ahoolsema · Jul 17, 2007

I get the impression that the majority of Husaberg owners get a lot of life from thier motors, in the 200-400 hour range. But these kind of hours require changing rocker arms, cam chains and sometimes main bearings. The reality is the Husaberg motor is a race motor and as such requires engine internals to be replaced regularly. Obviously there are some freaks of nature that get ridiculous amounts of engine hours, but its not the norm.
Seems to me that there aren't many husa-dualsporters out there with 10,000 plus miles before a engine overhaul- cam chain,bearings,piston,etc.. At least the motors come apart fairly easily!

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