• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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    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.

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Damn close ratio box!

Runner

Runner

Husqvarna
AA Class
I dearly love my TE510, but the close ratio transmission is really unsuited for the wide range of riding I do. I find it is necessary to frequently swap the counter shaft sprocket to move the engine speed to match the ground speed where I expect to ride. Either it is buzzing crazily on the freeway or not able to plonk properly on single track. A real PITA. The KTMs, Betas, and other dual sports come with nice wide ratio gear boxes. Certainly the 510 has enough torque to handle wider gearing spreads. As a DS it is not designed to be a racer, so why is Husky staying with these annoying CR gears?
 
It's my biggest complaint as well, but when I am in the dirt, above single-track speeds, it's really nice to always have a perfect gear for lofting the front wheel. I stay with a 14t CSS and just feather the clutch in the tight stuff, which is not very much of the time for me.
 
I couldn't agree more it is certainly the Achilles heal of the whole package. It's a pain in the ass always shifting.
 
If they had used a wide ratio trams and a stock 3 gallon tank it would have been the best DS bike on the planet. Would have been :(
 
i was doing the same thing with my DRZ when ds'ing it. I knew i wanted a 6 speed dirt bike to DS for this reason... guess i should have looked a little further into the ratios. I love the single track slow going stuff so with the 47 rear i have on there now for street manners it's a lot of clutching in the technical stuff. Not my dream DS bike because of this. :(
 
actually, thinking it over never really bought the bike to use as a ds. plated it to hop between trails if needed. I don't really like riding a dirt bike on the road all that much and for the long slab i'd be much happier throwing it in the back of the truck. I might even go to a smaller cs or a 52 / 53 on the rear for trail work
 
I have no problems with the close ratio- for what I do I like it overall but I wouldn't mind 6th being an overdrive once in a while- but I don't ride on freeways and avoid pavement at all costs, I don't commute, I judge the bike on dirt and love it there.

There is alot of variance of the expectations and definitions of a dual sport bike- some are "dirt bike with plate", some are a "light 'cheater' adventure bike".
 
You Americans got it all wrong, don't consider a TE as a dualsport, that's just plain stupid, it's an pure bred European enduro bike fitted with some indicators and mirrors with a license plate and that's about it.
A DRZ or XR, TE610 is a dualsport, seriously learn the difference between them, they aren't even close.
The Husky 250, 310, 450, 510, 449,511 whether it be a TC, TXC, TE, or SMR shouldn't be used on a highway, yes they can do the but it wasn't meant for it, so don't blame it anything PERIOD.

Regards, Bart
 
what do you mean "you americans"?:D
Where are you from? so I know the society of persons that I agree with. (less the claim that anyone is stupid, and that the bike "shouldn't" be ridden anywhere- I'd just suggest it shouldn't be judged for what it was not intended to be ridden upon (such as a highway). Judge it in the dirt/woods.
:popcorn:
 
I'm American I ride a 2011 TE 310 in enduro, harscamble, and dual sports (if there isn't much pavement.) Dual sports I ride are really enduro trails with pieces of road to connect sections. Which is often how enduros are set up. Actually the % of pavement to dirt is sometimes LOWER at Dual Sports I ride than some enduro races because of the land availability. That said taller 6th would be nice for connecter sections.
I don't want this bike to turn into a DRZ and none of them should be compared to a DRZ EVER!
 
The other dual sports have WR boxes, so should the TE. I understand the fantasy of a narrow focused race bike with a plate, but the reality is far different. In California we can ride tight single track and fast dez in the same morning. The CR gearbox makes this painful.
 
Apparently not all of Europe thinks that American's have it all wrong because big orange are making enduro bikes with close ratio 1, 2nd and 3rd gears and taller 5th and 6th. I think we all know DRZ's and XR's are in a different class. Although the latter have one real races (Baja for instance). :oldman:
 
Definately- CA west coast desert is different than WI east coast woods. I don't get to see anything a mile away ever yet alone 20 miles away. Amazing stuff out there- but very different. My experience only comes from doing Palmadale->Barstow->Vegas, which is a pretty good taste of it, but probably not close to the whole story for sure.

I think the Husky could benifit equally from having a lower 1st gear- as a higher 6th, but remain a close ratio other wise- a lower 1st would sacrifice less low end when gearing up when need be (more varied). KTM ( at least the rfs models) are a wide ratio- but 1st is real low and 6th is real high. I'd want something inbetween if I had it my way- but till then I am happy with what I have.
 
BignHusky said:
Apparently not all of Europe thinks that American's have it all wrong because big orange are making enduro bikes with close ratio 1, 2nd and 3rd gears and taller 5th and 6th. I think we all know DRZ's and XR's are in a different class. Although the latter have one real races (Baja for instance). :oldman:
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Exactly. My 525EXC has a wide ratio 5/6th and will cruise at 70mph on the pavement sections. 1-4th perfect for the woods. My TE310 sounds like it's gonna expload when I get much above 55MPH. So I argue Husky DID MAKE A MISTAKE when they did the gearing on the TE's. I mean how hard would it be to make 6th wide ratio for connector/transfer sections and DS riding? How often do you use 5th or 6th in the trail? Hardly ever.

You can talk that Euro BS all you want, they market the bike as a DS. Just open up the ratio on 5/6th like KTM did and be done with it. I really like my 310, but I will buy orange again next time if they don't do something about the trans, just not as versatile of a bike as it could be.
 
It would be nice to have 2 gear box options. Close ratio for the serious enduro rider and a wider spread for the green laner who does a few events. I don't really understand this duel sport expression it must be an american thing. Anyway each to there own.

Even if it was just 5th and 6th with a bigger spread would be better.
 
It is pretty obvious that they need to space out the 5/6th gear on the TE's whether for enduro or for DS and it beats me why the factory just doesn't get it. I can understand if they have made a stuff up on the cagiva 450/510 motors, by why repeat the same stuff up on the bmw 411/511 motors? Remember the swedish 400 & 430 WR's, they had their gearing ratio's spot on (albeit nobody would want to do highway miles on a big bore 2-stroke unless you wanted to shake loose all teeth).
 
Even living in and riding CA dez I've never really considered the transmission "bad." Sure it sucks for sustained pavement runs but thats not what this bike is about. I've seen indicated speeds in excess of 85mph, if you can sustain that speed while riding off-road for more than 15 seconds you should probably apply for your bump from expert to pro.
 
Ok I am pretty lost onnthis subject. The reason why I love wide ratio tannies is because where I ride it tight, wet rocks roots and single track. The TE makes it so your always searching for a new gear. It's slow (down 2) then fast (up 2) then slow (down 2) in 100ft which means your shifting 6 times in 100ft if your up two and down two. That's a dam pain in the ass! I agree the TE310 isn't a dual sport but it's no MX bike either.

So why does everyone else want a wide ratio tranny?
 
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