• 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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First ride '13 TE 310 R... First issues

As long as they take care of you, then that's a good start. You've got some great DS roads up there to test on.

I have a site on Broadcast Peak and one day I got a wild hair and took my 449 up in the van to do my work. Parked the van by the gun range on Camino Cielo and made a day of it. Much more fun on the Husky than in my Exploder. There's miles of fun to be had up there so good luck and please keep us posted.
 
Huskynoobee said:
As long as they take care of you, then that's a good start. You've got some great DS roads up there to test on.

I have a site on Broadcast Peak and one day I got a wild hair and took my 449 up in the van to do my work. Parked the van by the gun range on Camino Cielo and made a day of it. Much more fun on the Husky than in my Exploder. There's miles of fun to be had up there so good luck and please keep us posted.
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Will do... I normally ride my MTB or road bike up to Camino Cielo by way of Painted Cave, Gibralter or Romero. The 310 will be doing a lot of exploration beyond... And why I got the bike.
 
Sometimes when the engine stalls it can stop at the begining of the compression stroke so you may have to bump it a couple times before it will crank over.
 
Sounds like you've got the same exact problem as me a couple of months ago. I got a 2012 TE511, and it had exactly the same symtoms as you. And yes, like other people said, in order for these vehicles to meet road emmisions, they lean the living crap out of these things from the factory. It is so lean, that the bike is barely getting any fuel at all, and that is the main cause of the flame outs. Im not too sure whats going on with your starter problem, sorry about that.

So basically, in order for me to get over these annoying stall problems, I had to go through a couple of easy steps:

1. Install the power up plug (comes with the bike), it richens the engine and delivers more fuel right out of the box.

2. Get rid of the charcoal canister if you have one (not sure if the 250/310s have em but they probably do) The charcoal canister is the small black box with hoses coming out of it. One of the hoses goes to the engine intake, which allows the engine to suck even more air and less fuel. When I removed that hose, I capped off the nipple on the intake with a peice of rubber. The other hose goes to the gas tank, which I disconnected and re-routed down by the main shock.

3. Go back to the dealer and have them richen the computer for you. When I went to the dealer, I found out that the computer was set to the lowest fuel setting (for emissions). The guy told me there are three modes (this is on my 511 again, not sure about the 310, but probably the same). Mine was set on low, so he put it to high. He also told me that the margin of difference was very narrow, meaning that the highest setting is not much of a difference from the lowest. In order to get around this, there is a product called the JD tuner, which is an add-on for the bike. It opens all the doors in terms of tuning the injection system. I don't have one yet, but I heard it really helps.

4. Get rid of the catalytic converter, or just change your exhaust as a whole. I changed out my exhaust slip on for an FMF. I also removed the 02 sensor, which blocked about 1/4 of the passage way inside the header, and then I replaced it with a flush cap from a hardware store. But remember, too little back pressure on the exaust can also allow the bike to suck in more air and less fuel (good for performance, but might increase risk of flame outs). So I left the spark arrestor in the back of the pipe instead of taking it out. It's true, that little thing makes a noticable difference in back pressure. By the way, the 02 sensor becomes disabled when the power up plug is installed, so don't be afraid to remove it.

5. Put some miles on it. As the engine breaks in, it will progressivly get better with the flame outs too. Mine has 450 miles on it and there is a noticeable difference compared to when it had 100-200 miles. It also vibrates less when it has broken in a little.
 
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Full test ride completed with great results. Did a 50 mile run from sea level to 5k+ on Divide Peak. Made it up a couple of miles past this plateau and didn't want to push my luck on the steeps with a lot of loose rock and a brand new bike. The bike ran well and never stalled even a number of times pulling the clutch to see if it would flame out. So the dealer solved my issues and it's tuned nicely. I could get the starter to click once when I bogged down on a steep loose section and it started once, bogged down again and then it clicked. Waited two seconds for the instruments/headlight to shut off, took two deep breaths and it fired right up. Comfortable with using the kick starter now after using it first thing so I think I can live with it.
 
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Full test ride completed with great results. Did a 50 mile run from sea level to 5k+ on Divide Peak. Made it up a couple of miles past this plateau and didn't want to push my luck on the steeps with a lot of loose rock and a brand new bike. The bike ran well and never stalled even a number of times pulling the clutch to see if it would flame out. So the dealer solved my issues and it's tuned nicely. I could get the starter to click once when I bogged down on a steep loose section and it started once, bogged down again and then it clicked. Waited two seconds for the instruments/headlight to shut off, took two deep breaths and it fired right up. Comfortable with using the kick starter now after using it first thing so I think I can live with it.
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Good to here the dealer took care of ya, looks like a realy nice area to ride too! The trails over here in western CT are all slow, steep and way too rocky.
 
asweeba said:
Good to here the dealer took care of ya, looks like a realy nice area to ride too! The trails over here in western CT are all slow, steep and way too rocky.
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We are pretty lucky here. Kind of rocky and always exposed though. Wish we had more woods!
 
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