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Hi everyone,
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.
Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.
Thanks for your patience and support!
Considering a 2014 TE310
- Thread starter reveille
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The 13/14s seem to run a bit stronger and are easier to tune, but tend to be a fit more finicky and maintenance intensive it would appear.
reveille
Husqvarna
Pro Class
From what Halls is telling me, the Keihin models pull taller gears without flashing out like the Mikuni models but who knows? I ran a WFO Enduro event at Geneseo, IL this past weekend and was running 13/48 and had some stalling issues trying to throttle out of deep creek crossings. The trails were about as wicked as I could have imagined. Mine did well on the steep hill climbs though. There were plenty of those on tap... I have tried 13/50 and it helps a little. I plan to test ride a 2014 this Friday when I visit Halls. They have it setup with 13/43 and they claim it has all kinds of pull down low...#skeptical.
Yeah I have heard the Keihin models are much better then Mikuni. I had thought 2012 had them but I guess they switched in 2013
AlwynMike
Husqvarna
A Class
Can't speak for previous Husky's as this is my first.
Sunday was the first ride out in anger for my '14 TE310
I've spent the last 2 years on a CRF 250X which was a fantastic bike - too good for my ability!
We did 120 miles over the day - I know this is not a lot by North American standards, but it was a full days' ride (with a break for a pub lunch of course). Lots of slow technical stuff, although the lanes were in good condition - mainly dry. Some of them can get very very very muddy indeed.
All I can say is that I never thought "the CRF would have done this bit better then the Husky" at any time. Generally, the Husky was better, with a much better spread of torque. I have the standard 13/50 gearing on, with a 140/80x18 rear tyre. Road miles were a lot more comfortable then the Honda. The seat is better than the Honda, but the vibrations from the engine are worse - particularly around 6000rpm (42mph in top). At the end of the day, where riding the Honda would hve produced numbness in the lower regions, my buttocks were fine, but the hands did tingle a bit!
There wasn't the adrenaline rush of the CRF's power band, but this was compensated by solid power throughout the range. It was good that the engine was quite happy to tick over at 2000rpm in 1st or 2nd gear through some nadgery stuff.
Downsides: The slightest touch of throttle and the bike wanted to fly, which made progress erratic at times on the slow stuff.
Biggest downside: the fuel tank is too small - 90 miles from full to reserve light isn't enough for me. The CRF would do a full day without a refuel. I ride with others who have even thirstier machines (KTM 250 EXC-F 47 miles from full to reserve!!) so we can budget for fuel stops, but it is still a PITA
Mike
Sunday was the first ride out in anger for my '14 TE310
I've spent the last 2 years on a CRF 250X which was a fantastic bike - too good for my ability!
We did 120 miles over the day - I know this is not a lot by North American standards, but it was a full days' ride (with a break for a pub lunch of course). Lots of slow technical stuff, although the lanes were in good condition - mainly dry. Some of them can get very very very muddy indeed.
All I can say is that I never thought "the CRF would have done this bit better then the Husky" at any time. Generally, the Husky was better, with a much better spread of torque. I have the standard 13/50 gearing on, with a 140/80x18 rear tyre. Road miles were a lot more comfortable then the Honda. The seat is better than the Honda, but the vibrations from the engine are worse - particularly around 6000rpm (42mph in top). At the end of the day, where riding the Honda would hve produced numbness in the lower regions, my buttocks were fine, but the hands did tingle a bit!
There wasn't the adrenaline rush of the CRF's power band, but this was compensated by solid power throughout the range. It was good that the engine was quite happy to tick over at 2000rpm in 1st or 2nd gear through some nadgery stuff.
Downsides: The slightest touch of throttle and the bike wanted to fly, which made progress erratic at times on the slow stuff.
Biggest downside: the fuel tank is too small - 90 miles from full to reserve light isn't enough for me. The CRF would do a full day without a refuel. I ride with others who have even thirstier machines (KTM 250 EXC-F 47 miles from full to reserve!!) so we can budget for fuel stops, but it is still a PITA
Mike
reveille
Husqvarna
Pro Class
If your bike's been working good then what's the point of trading it
Goodish is more like it. Just not sure if "ish" warrants trading up...
Yah, I hear ya.. as for your stalling issues - do you ride with a couple fingers on the clutch... I feather the clutch a lot on my 2010 TE250 if I'm on single track, even with a 50 rear.. I feel 'safer' from stalling issues that way.
I think people get caught up on buying a new dirt bike every year thinking it'll transform the way they ride - when there seems to be more value in practice then anything. I sometimes feel faster on my friends 2003 YZ250 or 2000 DRZ400 just cause it's tuned and been beaten upon (I mean maintained well ... ) to perfection over the years.
Though with your particular issue - going from Mikuni to Keihin maybe worth it.. sorry I got no real valuable input , we barely got the 2013's in and I still have to drive 150 miles just to get to the dealership!!
I think people get caught up on buying a new dirt bike every year thinking it'll transform the way they ride - when there seems to be more value in practice then anything. I sometimes feel faster on my friends 2003 YZ250 or 2000 DRZ400 just cause it's tuned and been beaten upon (I mean maintained well
... ) to perfection over the years.Though with your particular issue - going from Mikuni to Keihin maybe worth it.. sorry I got no real valuable input , we barely got the 2013's in and I still have to drive 150 miles just to get to the dealership!!
My friend bought a 13 TXC310 and I rode it a touch.
Compared to my 2010 TE250 it has a lot more low end snap.
On the other hand I was able to flame it out a couple of times, where my TE rarely does this anymore.
I guess it can be tuned out but I was surprised as I thought the flame out issue was long gone.
The 2013 TC250 I rode a while back ran great and never stalled.
Compared to my 2010 TE250 it has a lot more low end snap.
On the other hand I was able to flame it out a couple of times, where my TE rarely does this anymore.
I guess it can be tuned out but I was surprised as I thought the flame out issue was long gone.
The 2013 TC250 I rode a while back ran great and never stalled.
reveille
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I do feather the clutch in tight single track but what I can't seem to get rid of is the flame outs while trying to throttle up over obstacles or coming out of a river bed trying to climb up very steep river banks. I mean like 2-3 foot straight up walls trying to flick the throttle and power the front up and power through. It flames almost every time. Probably too much to ask for this bike with my 6'4" frame and 240lbs but it could be rider error too
AlwynMike
Husqvarna
A Class
Cheers for that - I'd heard there was a replacement tube, but didn't know what it was.
Mike
I do feather the clutch in tight single track but what I can't seem to get rid of is the flame outs while trying to throttle up over obstacles or coming out of a river bed trying to climb up very steep river banks. I mean like 2-3 foot straight up walls trying to flick the throttle and power the front up and power through. It flames almost every time. Probably too much to ask for this bike with my 6'4" frame and 240lbs but it could be rider error too
I think it has to do with the Mikuni fuel injection.. I have a 2010 TE250 with JD Tuner, everything been opened up.. I've tried so many settings on JD Tuner and I still get 'blebs' in the acceleration if I twist the throttle fast.. which as you said, can really suck when going through the trails and you need to lift that front wheel up.. that's why I sometimes enjoy riding the older bikes, because people have tuned them over the years to perfection. My 2004 wr450f lifts the front wheel up before I even twist the throttle cause the guy who owned it before me was a racer and tuned it perfectly, and it's carbed.. love the carb
Weantright
Husqvarna
AA Class
I think it has to do with the Mikuni fuel injection.. I have a 2010 TE250 with JD Tuner, everything been opened up.. I've tried so many settings on JD Tuner and I still get 'blebs' in the acceleration if I twist the throttle fast.. which as you said, can really suck when going through the trails and you need to lift that front wheel up.. that's why I sometimes enjoy riding the older bikes, because people have tuned them over the years to perfection. My 2004 wr450f lifts the front wheel up before I even twist the throttle cause the guy who owned it before me was a racer and tuned it perfectly, and it's carbed.. love the carb
Off road (race ECU) would fix this issue. I replaced my stock ECU on my 2010 TE310 with the race version and all my hesitation was gone. Down side to this power was no mileage!