$7,900
Ladera Ranch, California
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2010 Husqvarna SM510R. Highly upgraded ($5k spent on upgrades) with 4,052 miles. $7,900
I am the second owner, I bought it from the original owner (a guy from Cycle World magazine) a few years ago with 3,800 miles on it. I've only managed to ride it about 250 miles over the three years I've owned it, so I'm thinking about selling it... I average about 200 miles a week on my bicycles so I don't really have time for motorcycles anymore. 2010 was the last year for this bike, it was one of the last bikes Husky built before BMW bought the brand and replaced this bike with the (kinda ugly) SMR511 in 2011. It is fuel injected with electric start and street legal in all 50 states, currently registered in CA.
Here is a very detailed list of the upgrades the bike has:
EXHAUST -- Leo Vince SMR530RR full titanium dual exhaust with carbon fiber endcaps. This is the best exhaust system made for this bike. This is what the factory Husqvara race bikes used for Supermoto racing. Very light weight and sells for $1,600. This is obviously louder than the stock exhaust that came on the bike, but it is not obnoxiously loud like a four-stroke motocross bike is. It is more like a Ducati with aftermarket exhaust level of noise, and fine for street riding.
FUEL INJECTION -- DynoJet Power Commander 5 (with optional Auto-Tune unit). Recalibrates the fuel injection so the bike runs smoothly, and makes the most power, with the aftermarket exhaust system. The PC5 usually sells for about $285 and the Auto-Tune is another $260.
MARCHESINI WHEELS -- The best wheels for Supermoto. They run without tubes like a regular street bike, as opposed to motocross style spoke wheels that require tubes. The front is 3.5" x 17" and the rear is 5" x 17" which is the optimum size for this bike. There were 3 versions of the Marchesini Supermoto wheels; when people first started using them in the AMA Supermoto series around 2003 they would get cracks between the spokes, near the center hub area... so Marchesini updated the wheels (version 2) with a small reinforcing web between the spokes and that ended the cracking. Then AMA Supermoto started using bigger jumps, and if you landed a little leaned over (the bike not straight upright) while running low tire pressure, then the edge of the wide rear rim would dent in... so on version 3 they reinforced this area. The outer lip of the rim is slightly V-shaped as opposed to the flat lip of the older versions. The wheels on this bike are the latest (best) version. These wheels cost around $2,000 a set.
TIRES -- Michelin Power Pure, 120/70/17 front and 160/60/17 rear
GEARING -- These bikes came with gearing that was more suited for motocross, and is horrible for the street, changing the gearing is a must on these bikes. I changed it to: Sprocket Specialist 16 tooth front & 43 tooth (aluminum) rear. I also put on a gold DID 520MX chain. The sprockets & chain only have 250 miles on them.
SUSPENSION -- The SM510R is based off of the TE510 dirt bike. Supermoto bikes need firmer suspension than dirt bikes do. Husky upped the rear shock spring rate quite a bit (compared to the TE510) and it is perfect for Supermoto. However, on the front forks they only upped the spring (compared to the TE510) to the next highest rate, and the forks are way too soft for Supermoto. If you study up on these bikes on Husky message boards you'll see that virtually everybody has to do work to the forks... it's a must do for these bikes. I replaced the fork springs with .60kg rate springs and now the bike is perfect. The bike no longer dives hard while on the brakes and the bike feels much more composed and planted than it did with the stock, mushy fork springs.
FENDER -- Acerbis Supermoto front fender. This was just a cosmetic upgrade. The smaller Acerbis fender looks better with the smaller 17" wheels. The bigger stock fender is more at home with the dirt bike version that has a 21" front wheel.
CASE GUARDS -- The TE510 dirt version of this bike comes with black, plastic case guards but for some reason Husky didn't include them on the SM510R. I think the bike looks a lot better with them (not to mention the protection they give) so I bought a set and put them on.
WATER PUMP -- I replaced the water pump impeller with the Husky race kit impeller that flows more and keeps the bike running cooler. This is another modification that virtually everyone with these bikes does.
DECOMPRESSION BLOCK-OFF -- These bikes come with a decompression lever on the handlebar that isn't needed. Most people remove the lever from the bars and the also the cable. But that still leaves the bracket with lever assembly that is bolted to the side of the cylinder head. Zip-Ty racing (who used to run Husky's offroad racing effort in USA) made a billet aluminum plug that allowed you remove the whole bracket assy. from the motor. They only made 10 of these for their team bikes and never offered them for sale, but luckily I was given one from a friend at Zip-Ty. You will probably never see another one.
MIRRORS -- I removed the ugly stock mirror and added a pair of black anodized, billet aluminum CRG Blindspot mirrors to the ends of the bars. They fold in, so if you whack them on something they don't break.
BAR RISERS -- The TE510 dirt bike has spacers between the triple clamp and handlebar mounts to raise the bars up. The SM510R doesn't have them, and the bars felt too low to me, so I bought a pair and put them on. If you come from a motocross background then you'll probably like them... and if you come from a roadracing background then you are probably used to lower bars and would want to remove them.
The bike is in perfect condition with only 4k miles, needs nothing, tires are fresh, chain and sprockets are new, just had a valve adjustment done a couple hundred miles ago, etc. I also have a bunch of parts that go with the bike; the stock exhaust system, fender, mirror, etc. and a few oil filters.
