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If you had a TE630

Would you trade your TE for an SM?

  • Yes

    Votes: 2 6.7%

  • No

    Votes: 26 86.7%

  • Maybe

    Votes: 2 6.7%
  • Total voters
    30
Just buy an extra set of dirt wheels? :thinking:

I take my SMS offroad about as much as you can expect with Pilot Powers and the 15/38 gearing...
 
Never, 80 % of my fun is in the dirt and rocks, but I still get a big grin on the tar with the TE.
 
Slap an FMF Powercore exhaust on your bike, p'u if it isn't already, and look at some Woodschick threads for tire ideas, but keep the 630 for sure. They are excellent bikes!

On our TE 630's, the ecu's are part number 8D00 H1642. The # is on the bottom the the ecu's. They do say TE 630ie 11 USA on them also. I see there are two SMS USA ecu part #'s listed?
 
XLEnduroMan said:
Slap an FMF Powercore exhaust on your bike, p'u if it isn't already, and look at some Woodschick threads for tire ideas, but keep the 630 for sure. They are excellent bikes!

On our TE 630's, the ecu's are part number 8D00 H1642. The # is on the bottom the the ecu's. They do say TE 630ie 11 USA on them also. I see there are two SMS USA ecu part #'s listed?
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1lunger said:
The TE has a better ECU form what I understand. So keep the TE and get some street tire / wheels.
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Heh, maybe I was a bit too vague in the original post.

I have an SM, looking for a TE. Fully intending to keep "A" 630 around, just trying to see if any TE owners would wanna swap. So far from the survey results it's 100% no trade so looks like I'll have to find a used TE to buy.
 
Guoseph said:
Heh, maybe I was a bit too vague in the original post.

I have an SM, looking for a TE. Fully intending to keep "A" 630 around, just trying to see if any TE owners would wanna swap. So far from the survey results it's 100% no trade so looks like I'll have to find a used TE to buy.
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Hi,
I have an SM610ie which was fitted with TE wheels from new. Since then I bought a good used set of TE wheels with the intention of running road tires on them, but in reality I am running trials tyres off and on road. So the wheels, with full TE hydraulic brake set, are available for sale if you are interested in converting your SM (which has better lights than a TE).

Cheers

Richard
 
soarertoy said:
Hi,
I have an SM610ie which was fitted with TE wheels from new. Since then I bought a good used set of TE wheels with the intention of running road tires on them, but in reality I am running trials tyres off and on road. So the wheels, with full TE hydraulic brake set, are available for sale if you are interested in converting your SM (which has better lights than a TE).

Cheers

Richard
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From what I read, the 630 SM swing arm is shorter than the TE plus there is 1" less suspension travel so I wonder if it's going to clear. Also in the 630 the gear boxes are different between the TE and SM, which was not the case in the 610. So unfortunately the swap isn't as easy going from SM to TE on the 630's.
 
Guoseph said:
From what I read, the 630 SM swing arm is shorter than the TE plus there is 1" less suspension travel so I wonder if it's going to clear. Also in the 630 the gear boxes are different between the TE and SM, which was not the case in the 610. So unfortunately the swap isn't as easy going from SM to TE on the 630's.
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Don't forget that many TE owners change their gearing to a 15/45 combo which results in changed gearing similar to the stock SM630 factory gearing ratios.
 
T_I_G_E_R said:
so glad I bought a 630 when I did
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All the TE's were gone by the time I got to the party

Fast1 said:
Don't forget that many TE owners change their gearing to a 15/45 combo which results in changed gearing similar to the stock SM630 factory gearing ratios.
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Changing final drive is easy. I could take a TE back down to 15/42, I could even change my SM to 16/36 for highway, but that would change gears 1-4, which I don't want to change.
 
Guoseph said:
Changing final drive is easy. I could take a TE back down to 15/42, I could even change my SM to 16/36 for highway, but that would change gears 1-4, which I don't want to change.
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Yeah, the TE's have a taller 5th and 6th. When it comes time to rebuild, I'll probably grab a TE 5th and 6th to swap in to my SMS. It's been done, and would let me run lower geared sprockets without sacrificing highway cruising.
 
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