• 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.

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  • 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Austria - About 2014 & Newer
     TE = 2st Enduro & TC = 2st Cross

TE/TC Gas Range

findlay70

findlay70

Husqvarna
Hi,
What kind of range are you guys getting for woods/trail type riding..?
Does Husky have any extended tanks?
What is the best way to carry extra gas?

I'm planning a long 3 trail ride later this year and would like to know the TE300 will cover the day-ride distance (evening refuels).
Thanks very much!
 
I hit res between 40-45 miles,,, 10 is safe on reserve so at most 55 miles. which I will test again tomorrow on a loop that's supposed to be 55 miles......and I really don't want to carry.
IMS does now have a Husky tank with @ 1/2 gal extra, which gets that magic 60 miles.
 
robertaccio said:
I hit res between 40-45 miles,,, 10 is safe on reserve so at most 55 miles. which I will test again tomorrow on a loop that's supposed to be 55 miles......and I really don't want to carry.
IMS does now have a Husky tank with @ 1/2 gal extra, which gets that magic 60 miles.
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Thanks for taking the time to respond. Are the IMS tanks easy to install over frame and under shrouds, etc..? I ride with my boys so the additional gas is not just for me :)
 
IMS has always been great to and for me. I always had a IMS for my red husky 450s but I would only use it for destination or long races like H&H. as for my TE300 I will eventually get the bigger tank, just not yet (@ 300 more bucks to spend!!). The fit and finish of IMS tanks has never been anything but good in my experience.
 
I put a stock TE tank on my TC250 and I can get around 65 miles at trail speed but only 50-55 at race speed. I should mention that is mostly sand and whoops. The fuel really goes away in wide open washes. We have a few more weeks before any real woods riding happens here in Idaho.
 
just got back from an invite ride in mexico 56.7 mile loop, a big mix of loose rocky, big rocky, sand washes, water crossings, oak groves, pine forest, mud, swamp grass from about 3500ft up to about 5k ft. A little bit of everything. Our crew hit it fairly hard, not race pace intense but hard.
I topped the TE300 OEM tank all the way to the cap, and gambled on the mileage, I went on reserve at @ 43 miles but did not lay the bike over to move the gas over. rode for a while then tipped the bike to transfer all the gas over to the left. We made it back to the camp/pits and I have no more than 1/2 inch of fuel in my tank it really is below the level of the petcock , maybe another mile was possible. So I'm now sticking with the fact that I can safely go to 50 miles with 5-7 bonus if careful.
 
food for thought... a lectron carb will add buttloads of range to your mileage. it boosted my 165 from 48miles to about 75-80.
 
just raced a HS type event on Sat big mix of terrain. Got 42 miles from @ 2,2 gals that right at 19 MPG. that last Mexico trail ride I got right at 21 MPG, so race pace 19MPG trail ride 21 MPG

By the way that TE300 is at best 2.8 US gals
 
This past weekend I hit 49 miles before reserve. I was just coming into camp so I don't know what the reserve would do. Also I have not verified my odometer with my GPS so take the mileage number for what its worth.
 
DRS said:
food for thought... a lectron carb will add buttloads of range to your mileage. it boosted my 165 from 48miles to about 75-80.
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I would love to see a complete instrumentation with a fuel air mix sensor, on both OEM and Lectron installed models over a test loop under all similar conditions. The mileage numbers are just so freaking different, its hard to imagine that either or both of these carbs maintain the proper A/F mixture in all engine RPM ranges. It would be an interesting science project.
 
I still can't believe how good the mileage is with a Lectron. No odo yet on the Husky, but I've tracked time and mileage on my XR250 on basically the same trails for almost 2 years. Every ride includes @ 15 mi of WFO fire roads, then 5-10 mi of fast, mountain woods riding per hour. I did 1.2 hrs yesterday and used a little less than a gallon of fuel. I estimate 26-28 mpg and I'm pushing as hard as I can to get up to a respectable race pace.
I'd be interested in a more scientific analysis too, but bottom line is I'm confident I can get 60+ mi of fast from a full tank.

:thumbsup:
 
Big difference depends on riding style also.... but I dont see going from 48 to 70.... 48 to in the 50s maybe.... just my opinion....
 
Agree that race pace really kills the mileage. At trail speed, fun but aggressive, my 2014 KTM 300 will easily go over 70 miles on the stock tank. We do it all the time. It's got a head mod and good jetting in the stock pwk.
 
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