TE/TC How have your air forks held up, durability/ maintence ?

[Kam1]

There is a low hour 2017 300xc for 7200.00 available , curious on a few things. how is the airfork maintence schedule, how do they do in rocks , and roots ? North Idaho- that is what I ride. Last thing , 300's are gold in these parts, price seem fair for a 30 hour machine ? Yes I realize this is not a Husky- but pretty darn close.

 

[RickyDZero]

Cant blame you Kam1. Looking at KTM 2 strokes my own self.

 

[RickyDZero]

There is a low hour 2017 300xc for 7200.00 available , curious on a few things. how is the airfork maintence schedule, how do they do in rocks , and roots ? North Idaho- that is what I ride. Last thing , 300's are gold in these parts, price seem fair for a 30 hour machine ? Yes I realize this is not a Husky- but pretty darn close.

I seen that bike on CL looks nice Now back to your original question about air forks? Hope someone answers. As I know nothing about them.

 

[ptkatoomer]

That's the bike that I have. I've got 56 hours on it, and two of the Tecate enduro's. The forks work fine. Don't be afraid to really experiment with the air pressure. For the rocky stuff I lower it 126psi (down from 134) and lighten the compression a little.
As far as maintenance, I've blown one seal from getting a scratch in the tube. The local shop replaced the seal and buffed the tube and it's been fine. The internal air pressure drops but you just need to check it before every ride. Mine seems to drop a little quicker then others but it hasn't been a big deal. I think its a great singletrack bike.
I also run the tubliss system at 5psi in the rear, and 10 in the front.

 

[robertaccio]

Serviced my AER48s at almost 100 hours, everything was spotless and clean, unlike spring forks. Forks are great out of the box, they are the first forks that I have not done anything too in many years.
Treat them as you want , but I treat them per design like spring forks and keep my pressure the mostly the same , as close as possible to same all the time, I just adjust clickers for various terrain. The REB and COMP clickers are very reactive. They are great forks out of the box.

 

[Kam1]

Thanks , I am going to look at it tommorow , I kind of want an injected 300 , but the price 11-12k out the door just does not feel right.

 

[RickyDZero]

I seen that bike on CL looks nice Now back to your original question about air forks? Hope someone answers. As I know nothing about them.

I need to clarify. I should have said I have seen those bikes on CL not the one you are looking at.

 

[fletchman45]

Forks are awesome...mine are revalved tc 250 forks..work great and versitale for woods or motocross..last set I had serviced I believe around 50 or 60 hours...they said honestly they d idnt even need the service once they opened them up..no spring equals no or little oil contamination..3.7 pounds lighter!

 

[95jersey]

Serviced my AER48s at almost 100 hours, everything was spotless and clean, unlike spring forks. Forks are great out of the box, they are the first forks that I have not done anything too in many years.
Treat them as you want , but I treat them per design like spring forks and keep my pressure the mostly the same , as close as possible to same all the time, I just adjust clickers for various terrain. The REB and COMP clickers are very reactive. They are great forks out of the box.

Ditto

I would buy the bike JUST for the forks...LOL! They are awesome, reliable and don't need service as frequently...and you get way more adaptability. It's a win all around. I would NOT buy a TE or an XCW simply because they do not come with this fork.

 

[Kam1]

I have not found the bike yet , have at least 90 days before snow clears. The more I hear about these forks , the more I lean towards a tx300 , or xc300. Thanks for all the input.

 

[95jersey]

And btw, I race full time, and picked up this bike (TX300) mid season last year, (2017) and immediately went from getting my usual 8th-13th place, to 4th - 7th's overnight. I attribute this directly to the bike and its ability to just soak up terrain and hit anything thrown at me. This year, I won my class championship.

 

[JonXX]

The 17 AER is not as good as the 18, at least on the Husky side the AER for 18 has several minor but as it turns out significant updates.

 

[Kam1]

I did a bad thing ! I looked at an injected te300 tonight , it spoke to me= take me home it said ! You can always add air forks , You can't add injection it said, You drive 20 year old trucks it said ! I pick it up in the morning . Peer pressure from a Dirt Bike, hope the wife buys it. lol

 

[RickyDZero]

Peer pressure of new bling. Gets a guy and gals every time

 

[LandofMotards]

Congrats and good luck with the wife part lol

 

[Kam1]

Wife is good , she rides too. Here’s a pic of the bike and the Ring of Fire.

 

[Kam1]

Well I am failing on pic. Will try later.

 

[Kam1]

 

[bowser]

You should have got the TX, the injected bikes are soft down low and overall not there yet. I bought my XC purely for the forks, linkage and carb.
80hrs and forks are better than my cone valves now they have the mxtech mid valve and air cap fitted. love them

 

[Kam1]

The 300 feels fine down low (slow figure eights , popping over a log or two out back ) I am still fascinated by the aer 48 fork , could add that. That said , if I need the power , got 2 450's in back ground- they can pretty well handle that ! The 300 injected is not lacking power , much smoother than my 2015 300 xcw , front end lofts quite easy, will as it seems go over everything . Heck if it becomes a P.O.S. will be sold .The tings I like about the 300 so far , starts great cold , does not fog up whole neighborhood, feels way light, kinda digging it. I am pretty impressed with the bike , thus far- will see what it does once snow melts.