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A little log of what I've done with my Husky so far:
Picked it up end of augustus 2019 brand spanking new.
Between buying the bike and picking it up I already ordered some Evotech bits:
Tail tidy, radiator guard and paddockstand bobbins.
As soon as I got the bike home I started these mods.

I also removed the fork reflectors and swapped the mirrors for a set of CRG Arrows I kept from my previous bike.
After a bit of tinkering it looked like this:
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The season was almost over, but I still managed to put a little over 2500km on the bike before winter.

After years of thinking about installing heated grips, but never actually installing them, I actually bought a set and installed them on the Husky.
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Should have done that years ago 😅
They are lovely in the spring and fall to just take a bit of the chill out of your hands.
(these are Koso heated grips btw)

One thing that I noticed quite early in my ownership of the bike was the lack of damping from the suspension.
On the front the rebound was terrible so I swapped the oil in the rebound leg for 7,5W (standard is 4W)
Some research showed that a Duke 690R shock should fit, so I sourced a second hand one, sprayed the spring bright yellow 😎 and installed it.
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Even though it is a used shock, it immediately felt a lot better than the poor standard shock.

My season is as good as over for this year, and this winter the shock will come out for a service and new spring (this one is just a tad too soft) . I'm not sure if I'll go for bright yellow again, I might go for black since the yellow is a pita to keep clean)
The forks will also come out for heavier springs and possibly a revalve.
 
Looking god. Swaping the mirrors is a must. How is the visability in your new mirrors?
 
SvePil said:
Looking god. Swaping the mirrors is a must. How is the visability in your new mirrors?
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They are alot better than stock. The stock ones were so vibey and blurry they were practically useless.
All though the crg's are smaller I can see more in them than in the stock mirrors. Plus they look a lot better too.
 
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That's a sweet ride! Heated grips are an essential for me, as I like to ride all year round, plus I have problems with my hands so keeping them warm is a must. I dislike riding a bike that doesn't have them, as I sometimes use them even in the summer, if I feel my hands getting stiff or fatigued. In conjunction I also fit hand guards to all my bikes. The Oxford ones I've fitted to my SP401 are OK, and are cheap and suit the looks of the bike, but don't block anywhere near as much wind as the Memphis Shades hand guards on my Harley.
I'd like it if the rear shock spring on my bike was the Hi-viz yellow too, it looks great, and better than white.
 
One thing I noticed shortly after buying the Husky was how much crap was thrown up by the front wheel, covering the front of the engine and even the bottom of the headstock in filth and grime.
A quick online search revealed pyramid plastics offered a fender extender.
The supplied double-sided tape didn't inspire much confidence, and I didn't want to drill my fender for push rivets, so I just glued it on using bison polymax 😅
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And it works, a great reduction in crap being thrown up by the front wheel. Less time spent cleaning, more time spent riding 😁
 
Since the summer here is over and temperatures are starting to drop my riding for this year is over.
So it's time for some cleaning.
Popped the bike up on my favorite tool: the Abba Skylift!
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Great for making hard to reach places a lot easier to reach 👍🏻

This winter the forks and shock will go to the shop for an upgrade/service.
 
+1 for the Fenda Extenda from Pyramid Plastics. They stop so much crud ending up on my bikes. All my bikes get 'em fitted. I've had no problems with using the sticky pads Pyramid supply though, never had one come loose.
 
A quick note on the Pyramid plastics fender extender - if you use the sticky pads (with the 701) you may encounter an issue - the mudguard / fender has a moulded edge underneath with a round ‘bead’ profile. The extender is totally flat - you need to build up the mating surface of the extender a little bit to get good grip and prevent it sitting at an angle as it ‘leans over’ the mudguard moulding. The sticky pads are t really up to that job in my experience. I’m going to try the glue approach mentioned above to see if that is better, assuming that the glue is fairly thick...
 
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