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SilverBullet
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Well I've been wanting to upgrade my dual sport bike to something newer with an electric start for awhile now. Had my short list of candidate bikes and I've been scouring want ads new and used for the past 6 months or so. Finally all the stars aligned and I found my perfect bike. Perfect as I got a screaming deal so the bike to value beats all others hands down. New 2011 Husqvarna TE630 OTD for less than the MSRP of a DR650, XR650L, KLR650, DRZ400, WR250R, 690R etc. Although it had some dealer miles on it, bike was untitled so could sell as brand new and thus still came with full one year unlimited mile factory warranty. Left Saturday morning out of IAH for a fly and drive to Minneapolis.
Quick photo for now, it's very late and I'm tired from the long ride.
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Took delivery of the bike 2:30pm on Saturday. Rode 1,145 miles back to Humble and arrived home Sunday night at 12:30am. Planned to ride nonstop but when the sun went down in Missouri temps dipped to the low 40's and I didn't have warm enough gear. I braved 100 miles of it with wool socks over my gloves but not enough so stopped for 10 hours waiting for the sun to rise. No bike issues on the way back, performed flawlessly. Averaged 45 mpg but I was cooking the speedo most of the way ~75mph. I rode one tank at 60-65 and got 50mpg
So now along with electric start I also get fuel injection, water cooled, 6 speeds, Brembo brakes, hydraulic clutch and much more. In the two years since this bike has been released reliability has been very good. No smoking gun defects have shown up yet, so far so good. The TE610 had a good reliable history prior to this bike as well so no reason to suspect otherwise. Swedish heritage, Italian made and now with financial backing of BMW Germany.
Not the lightest bike on the block at ~330 lbs but you can easily reduce that by 20 lbs by replacing the exhaust and stock battery if you want. For me though 330 lbs. will seem like a mountain bike compared to my 400 lb plus old DR650 kicker.
I know there are a few more TE610/630 owners here so lets make this the TWT thread for our bikes.
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Quick photo for now, it's very late and I'm tired from the long ride.
Took delivery of the bike 2:30pm on Saturday. Rode 1,145 miles back to Humble and arrived home Sunday night at 12:30am. Planned to ride nonstop but when the sun went down in Missouri temps dipped to the low 40's and I didn't have warm enough gear. I braved 100 miles of it with wool socks over my gloves but not enough so stopped for 10 hours waiting for the sun to rise. No bike issues on the way back, performed flawlessly. Averaged 45 mpg but I was cooking the speedo most of the way ~75mph. I rode one tank at 60-65 and got 50mpg
So now along with electric start I also get fuel injection, water cooled, 6 speeds, Brembo brakes, hydraulic clutch and much more. In the two years since this bike has been released reliability has been very good. No smoking gun defects have shown up yet, so far so good. The TE610 had a good reliable history prior to this bike as well so no reason to suspect otherwise. Swedish heritage, Italian made and now with financial backing of BMW Germany.
Not the lightest bike on the block at ~330 lbs but you can easily reduce that by 20 lbs by replacing the exhaust and stock battery if you want. For me though 330 lbs. will seem like a mountain bike compared to my 400 lb plus old DR650 kicker.
I know there are a few more TE610/630 owners here so lets make this the TWT thread for our bikes.
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Now try not to put a dent in the tank!!
on the new husky.!
Gee, I need one of those!!