RUST magazine: RUST#41

HUSQVARNA FE350
The long termer may have had
to be patient for some attention
but we seem to have become
monogamous, the Husky FE350
and I. At 39.9 hours I stripped the bike down
to engine and frame and rebuilt it. I taught
myself over 30 years to be quite proficient
spannering two-strokes but have shied away
from working on 4Ts up until now. I’m not
saying I’m ready to split the casings and get
down to the real nitty gritty just yet, but I am
far more capable now on servicing the FE350
than I ever have been, and the bike and I
have sort of bonded over the experience.
As a rider I have always liked spannering
my own bikes, it connects you somehow
to the machine. If anything is amiss when
riding I can always feel it. I also get to know
the secrets and hacks that work for me and
somehow it feels like I know the bike beneath
me. Small setting changes can make a huge
difference to how the bike performs in
different conditions and I am learning this as
I go.
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