Husaberg re-writes all rules/06 Fe450e weekend ride Photos

The FE450e continues to impress. 4 friends have rode my new Husaberg 450, all four were blown away by the bike. their quotes

"it is lighter and turns better then my 2 stroke KTM 300MXC"

"oh damn now I have to get me one of those"

"you were not slow on the husky, but I was following you back there and you are much faster on that new bike"

all I can say is Husaberg re-wrote the rules with this bike. It is 90%bike!10% rider.

here's a couple pictures,

sunlight corner

crusin

got my confidence up and ran the bike faster today like my friend said. I was moving fast n easy for for me. Bike is easy to lean over, rail a berm and to flick around. Love the motor and the suspension did very good on some rocks today floating up over them.

happy husaberg owner

love the bike big time, about 90 miles on it now, ready to do the first oil change, but zoom in on that last photo and see my exhaust pipe rubbing on my back tire problem This is after adding washers and getting the bike off the tire 3/16" up front and 1/16 in back. The shock is breaking in and my weight 250 is making the bike drop on bumps even more now. Today I really heard that pipe rub and my tire outside knobs were shiny black from melting on hot exhaust can. To shim it off the tire more I need to go buy longer bolts and add many more shims/ washers to get that pipe off my tire. ARE ther Any other 2006 owners out there with tire rubbing their exhaust can?

pipe rub

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rear tire is Pirelli scorpion 140/80x18. This was the tire the bike came with. knobs are short. I like the front tire, it's a Pirelli scorpion too.

I don't know tires. is 140 a wide tire? do all Husabergs come with that tire or just the USA shipped ones?

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Good well that is comforting, so I can blame my dealer or the USA importer for choosing that wide pig tire. I think they owe me a tire.

Motoxotica Dan and USA sales marketing Brett: what do you guys think? I'm out there selling the berg big time and we can't have tire black on the muffler, that ain't right. yup I need a new rear tire.

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$8000 and my tire rubs my muffler? I'm not real upset. how can I be the bike is fantastic I owe Dan big time for sitting me on that FE550e and getting me into this bike....and Brett gave me that awesome jersey.... all smiles but we got fix that tire rub. Someone should tell Husaberg about it. MotocXotica's 2006 Fe550e in his shop has the same tire.

it's seems solveable now, glad it seems to be the tire not the bike. I know it's a race bike and I expect to have to maintain my race bikes well, but hey I would like to not have a problem on weekend 1 either.

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when I left my DRZ for my Husky I came in with the right attitude and it has served me well. Little things happen and I solve them. I don't need a mallet. I was going to go out tonight and buy some longer bolts so I could shimm the muffler off the tire more. See I thought it was the pipe or that the new 2006 exhaust mounting set up was never field tested. I was ok with rigging the bike. Still a newbie mechanic though I never thought to check the tire width. a 120 tire will be fine and that 10MM will help big time. now I understand tire widths is the 1st number in a tire size and its impact - thanks.

My question is does husaberg know a 140 don't work, did Husaberg USA/ Canada know it, was the bike shipped from the KTM factory with that fat tire? I mean come on guys, I am no prorider. I'm not a husaberg engineer. It took two easy rides and guess what I find tire rub big time.

see if the muffler needed re shimming because of a factory pipe problem....I wasn't going to be upset, isnt that nice of me? BUT if the problem is they ( someone along the line) installed a 140 tire that rubs...well that is just careless.........and somebody ought to be told that. I am an engineer and I know if i made that mistake I would feel foolish

anyways enough of that. Thanks for the welcome. I REALLY dig this bike and the jetting is great that Dan did, Bike kick starts easy.... amazing stuff really.

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checked the web site and my 06 brochure all say the 140/80/18 tire is the factory rear tire.

So It's screw up at the factory.

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thanks joe I was worried about stressing it at first, but I had to push it in to re-mount it so yeah it can stand to go out more. I'm gonna just dump that rear tire......yes very cool that both scorpions are DOT!!

I'll go with a 110 S-12 rear. tire manufacturers don't all use the same designation systems. because the 120 S-12 is their big tire. That smaller S-12 will will hook up great here in winter conditions.

That 140 pirelli is needed for the bigger 550 and 650. I run a 120 Maxxis IT on my TE-510, that tire is huge.

thanks all for the advice

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DaleEO said:

BB,

Have a good look at the mounting bracket and see if it looks like it was put on correctly to you. The mounting tabs are put on in a jig by humans and it is possible that maybe someone got it a little bit wrong.

Also have a look at the hangers on the muffler itself, they also could be put on wrong.

MAYBE, if nothing else the mounting bracket on the frame is bent in towards the tire, and you'll be able to just take off the muffler and use a crescent wrench to bend it out away from the tire.

The picture you have posted shows pretty bad rubbing so I don't think shimming it with washers is going to get it done properly.

Don't fret, I'm sure that you will get is sorted shortly. My 04 550 came with a 140/80/18 and it didn't rub. BUT, the mounting bracket for the muffler was not put on correctly. In that the bracket was too far to the rear and the joint where the muffler mated to the mid pipe was not touching so there was an exhaust leak at that point. Once I figured this out, a little work with a jig saw and a metal blade and a round file to extend the slotted holes a 1/4" fixed the problem with about 15 min's worth of work.

I'm also assuming that you haven't dropped the bike on that side, b/c that would definitely bend things over that way.

Either way, I have no doubt that Dan and Brett will make it right.

Hope this helps,

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I have not dropped the bike, rubbing is worse on Sunday. That pic is satyurday. Shock is breaking in and depressing more in ride conditions under my weight 250LB, but checked the sag twice still at 4 "

still not sure why the problem, will change tire.