Potential new Husaberg owner...........

Hi all......

I might be trading into an 01' 501FE........... I've searched around a little bit and am looking for feedback and or confirmation.

01' is the first year of that motor - some bearing failure issues that can't be verified pre-sale. Talk to the seller and size them up on their knowledge base. Potental problems with the SEM stator, if possible pull the cover and check for obvious failure.

Any other known problems to look for? If it starts from cold well and has good power should I figure it's good for a while?

Value? It's plated and titled with an enduro kit (was that stock?) and I would be trading a salvage title sportbike that I no longer use......... value about $1650ish.

Any problem getting the parts for this era of bike? Are the upgrades easy to get parts for? Any starter gear trouble? How's the suspension and other non-mechanical bits?

For reference I'm on an 06' ktm525exc at the moment and this would likely be cleaned up if necessary and pawned of on a friend to get them sucked into off road if possible. Or kept for a spare. Is supermoto conversion an option?

Anyway thanks for the feedback....... anything I'm not knowing enough to ask about?.....

thanks

mountain eagle

mtne

mountain eagle?????

"mut one" i figured but thanks for putting me right?

mtne said:

Hi all......

I might be trading into an 01' 501FE........... I've searched around a little bit and am looking for feedback and or confirmation.

01' is the first year of that motor - some bearing failure issues that can't be verified pre-sale. BEARINFAILURES? JUSTD THI A 6 YEAR OLD BIKE SO NOW WHICH BAING DO YOU THINK IT COULD BE? Talk to the seller and size them up on their knowledge base. Potental problems with the SEM stator, if possible pull the cover and check for obvious failure. NO. NOT AT ALL. IF IT RUNS IT'S GOOD HAT IS THAT.

Any other known problems to look for? APART FROM BEING 6 YEARS OLD - NO! If it starts from cold well and has good power should I figure it's good for a while? NO COMMENT REQUIRED.

Value? It's plated and titled with an enduro kit (was that stock? YES OF COURSE OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN FC OR AN FX) and I would be trading a salvage title sportbike that I no longer use......... value about $1650ish.

Any problem getting the parts for this era of bike? ONE AT ALL. Are the upgrades easy to get parts for? YES Any starter gear trouble? WASN'T STRONG ENOUGH SO YOU'LL NEED TO UPGRADE. How's the suspension and other non-mechanical bits? VERY GOOD BUT IT 'S 6 YEARS OLD!!!!!

For reference I'm on an 06' ktm525exc at the moment and this would likely be cleaned up if necessary and pawned of on a friend to get them sucked into off road if possible. Or kept for a spare. Is supermoto conversion an option?

Anyway thanks for the feedback....... anything I'm not knowing enough to ask about?..... WE GET ASKED THIS QUESTION EVERY WEEK BY PROSPECTIVE BUYERS SO DO A SEARCH IN THE GENERAL FORUM FOR MORE.

thanks

mountain eagle

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Oh well I guess I'll pass for now since there doesn't seem to be enough information out there to make an educated decision.............. Guess I'll be sticking to the KTM's for now.

mtne said:

Oh well I guess I'll pass for now since there doesn't seem to be enough information out there to make an educated decision.............. Guess I'll be sticking to the KTM's for now.

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plenty of info. just have to make a small effort.

cypher said:

mtne said:

Oh well I guess I'll pass for now since there doesn't seem to be enough information out there to make an educated decision.............. Guess I'll be sticking to the KTM's for now.

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plenty of info. just have to make a small effort.

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A small effort? I spent several hours searching here and other sites. I took the time to compose what seemed like a qualified set of questions. Referenced the information I found in the general forums and simply asked if I had missed anything or if I had found all the important stuff. All in all, impressed with the bikes but not the responses........ But hey, whatever......................

mtne said:

cypher said:

mtne said:

Oh well I guess I'll pass for now since there doesn't seem to be enough information out there to make an educated decision.............. Guess I'll be sticking to the KTM's for now.

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plenty of info. just have to make a small effort.

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A small effort? I spent several hours searching here and other sites. I took the time to compose what seemed like a qualified set of questions. Referenced the information I found in the general forums and simply asked if I had missed anything or if I had found all the important stuff. All in all, impressed with the bikes but not the responses........ But hey, whatever......................

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There's a wealth of info in the "Owner's Doc" section of this website. As far as price, check NADA. If the most important factor for you on deciding which bike to buy is the feedback you recieve on the internet, you probably should stick with KTM or better yet, buy a Jap bike! :roll:

"The Owners Doc" Read it, it's your one stop shop for 01-03 bikes. Here is the link.

http://www.husaberg.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

mtne said:

Guess I'll be sticking to the KTM's for now.

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It is usually safe to say that when a comment like this is made, it is generally a good idea.

I'm not being a smartass, but rather speaking from experience. You're not the first to decide that Husaberg is draped in a cloak of secrecy and that the riddles of it's history are enigmas wrapped in conundrums. Past members who have felt the same usually ended up wishing they had bought a KTM and some did after a period of time.

KTM's are great bikes, and I'm confident that you'd not kick yourself over continuing to own one. Pat over at KTMTalk has created a great community for the pumpkin owner, and they're much more helpful than we are

thanks,
json

schwim said:

mtne said:

Guess I'll be sticking to the KTM's for now.

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It is usually safe to say that when a comment like this is made, it is generally a good idea.

I'm not being a smartass, but rather speaking from experience. You're not the first to decide that Husaberg is draped in a cloak of secrecy and that the riddles of it's history are enigmas wrapped in conundrums. Past members who have felt the same usually ended up wishing they had bought a KTM and some did after a period of time.

KTM's are great bikes, and I'm confident that you'd not kick yourself over continuing to own one. Pat over at KTMTalk has created a great community for the pumpkin owner, and they're much more helpful than we are

thanks,
json

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we NEED a new emoticon of beer spewing out of a nose :lol: I would have had a place to use it

Ran into a guy yesterday who saw my Husaberg hat on and began asking all sorts of questions, he had heard about the moab ride and said that "you husaberg owners are a bit cultish" he asked if there was a lot of dancing around the fire and baying at the moon. I informed him that it was technically a chant, and that was the only way to start the friggin things.... :devil:

Enjoy KTMTALK, We'll miss you!!

hey risky!
we have something going here! never answer the question except with a riddle wrapped in a conundrum!!!! the less they know about us the more they'll need to know/beg to know.....

regards

Taffy

I've owned many KTM's, the 950, 640,525,450 and 250. I'm currently helping a buddy put together a 660 Rallye bike and helped out a bit with some of the 525 KTM's used in the Dakar.
I recently bought my first Berg, an FE650e based on some of the research on this site. There is a reason your contemplating the sale of your 525 and considering a Berg and only you know what that is, my reason was the hunt for more power. The 525 needed to be bored to a 570 in order to squeeze what I wanted and then your adding the possibility of more heat issues.
The Berg has more power and handles better than my 525, the weight is down low since you don't have the air box cramed under the seat with the battery up top.

At the moment there is no more orange in my garage, the only stable mate my Berg has is an HP2 and I enjoy riding the berg more, I'm working on getting the Berg set-up for desert type riding.
New 4 gal tank, navigation, roadbook and HID should make this bike sorted for the riding I like.
I still love the KTM's and once the big boxer leaves the garage we'll add a 300 XCW.

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mtne said:

Guess I'll be sticking to the KTM's for now.

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It is usually safe to say that when a comment like this is made, it is generally a good idea.

I'm not being a smartass, but rather speaking from experience. You're not the first to decide that Husaberg is draped in a cloak of secrecy and that the riddles of it's history are enigmas wrapped in conundrums. Past members who have felt the same usually ended up wishing they had bought a KTM and some did after a period of time.

KTM's are great bikes, and I'm confident that you'd not kick yourself over continuing to own one. Pat over at KTMTalk has created a great community for the pumpkin owner, and they're much more helpful than we are

thanks,
json

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Hey Jason, now that's funny....... I can only figure your being sarcastic. Try getting info on anything not new over there, they need a vintage section...... :roll: and I'm still interested, not being scared off....... the sticking to KTM comment was more of an oh well *sigh*, it's not like I'm an orange fanatic. I'm a ****. Two wheels and a motor is good stuff (almost) anywhere anytime. And I'm always game for the unusual......... anyone want to buy a V50? :lol:

RR - no, I'm still not good enough to need more out of the 525 and will likely keep it for a good long while. I had a tentitive offer of a trade for a track bike I had laying around unused and would rather have something interesting rather than a UJM, I've just gotten to the point that I just don't enjoy the four cylinder stuff that much. If it ended up in the garage I'd see about moto duty and trying to keep my license.

All ya'll with the attitude can pound sand. At least stirring it up a little got me sent to the info I needed. Thanks Berger.

Now, since sooooooo many n00bs are trolling around trying to learn about the elusive berg try making it even more obvious that the information we seek is in the owners doc. section the we won't annoy the locals.......... Like big caps HEY N00B LOOK HERE 8O

So, any Denverites around? I might just have to take some time comming or going to Moab sometime to hit the only 'berg and husky dealers in the state............ WTF? Not even that monstrosity of Feymart has them......

Anyway, thanks for the warm welcome :wink: I'll be lurking around and learning a bit when ya'll slip up and let some info out........... :lol:

mtne

crap, it sounds like he has figured us out.... quick somebody kill him before spreads the word!



MTNE, to be honest, I really don't know how you can search the site as a person interested in the berg and NOT come across someone stating "go look in the DOC" that sentence is in almost every thread string since it was birth from Taffy's twisted british mentality.

compared to the TT and Ktalks's of the world, Husaberg.org is a Nutin' from Nowhere site. But we have got the market by the balls on intelligent, interesting, mechanically gifted people. (DO NOT MISTAKE ME FOR BEING ONE OF THEM) We don't have a ton of people here that have the time to post the same response to questions over and over again. Especially since the berg is really starting to pique interest in many previously uninterested people.

your questions were all very well thought out, I just bet people read the post and thought, "hell, someone just posted a thread link to that question two days ago, a quick search and he'll find it, especially since he is looking at a berg, only really intelligent people do that" "

to say that people here are not helpful is blasphemy and would really offend A LOT of those who make this site what it is. Attitude and bad sarcasm is rampant here, but it is all in cellophane on the toilet seat, let the air out of your tires in the middle of BFE, kind of fun.


When you learn the secret handshake and can recant the chant by heart, we will gladly open the gates of husaberg hell for you.

the internet equivalent of the husaberg.org hand shake is the correct deciphering of a drunkin' post by Taffy, and the chant for people who own an 01-03 bike is:


e-start, re-start whats it gonna be?
re-start, NO e-start, kick times three
rocker arms, counter balancer, cam sprocket too,
did'nt perform the upgrades and my poor berg blew.

hey risky!

you get to be the sites poet laureate (lorry -et), that's great, we get to give everyone a useful task and feel better as well!

legacy is the word i look for. what's the legacy of UHE? well,we are a wealth of information which is readily available all the time and to hand. no other site has a doc and no one else can say that!

otherwise we could be accused of sitting here each evening and going around in very, very small circles. but now we get to meet bi-annually and mak eal and lasting freinds and again, how many other sites do that? true we can invite everyone coz we're small but hey that's their problem. point is, we can and we do meet!!!!!!!!!!!

i spend a lot of time on here and it's the above reasons that make it worthwhile.

getting the bikes sorted.
doing it cheaply and effectively
the criss-cross of free information
ignorance = money in someone else's pocket (and i just hate that!)

regards

Taffy

Risky
You have been moonlighting as a poet. I like bergs but they have been know to cause strange things to happen :lol: .

Risky is our very own Hallmark card

Hey MTME
dont get all but hurt Look at a few of the post that some guy is having a problem with his bike and you will see members jump in with suggestions over and over until he gets it resolved. We dont want to be an ad for the brand here and we ( dare I say it) kind of like being a small brand and not lost in the sea of orange, or red or blue.

READ!!!!! BUY!!!!!!!! and then when you NEED us, we are here for sure. You have NO IDEA how this site help owners when the brand was failing and the importer was not doing his job. It was this site and the owners and few dedicated shops that kept the bergs world wide going.

If you got a specific question about something common to a year or model then ask that question and we can tell you how we fixed it or weather it ended up being a non issue.

PS
If its a 05 or newer..........................easier to work on and possibly more reliable than anything else
pre 05 we got the fixes

pss
at least he took it like a man :twisted: he might make it here