• 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     WR = 2st Enduro & CR = 2st Cross

  • 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.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

250-500cc Just bought a 2013 250 WR.... Now what?

Kyle Tarry said:
Run a lanyard from the GPS to the mount/bars, unless you like buying new GPSs. Don't ask me how I know.
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HaHa, me too. I'm pretty sure I even went over it with my front tire, but somehow only ended up with a slight scratch on the screen protector.
lucky day.
 
I'll probable go with the Cycras. This week I'm spending money on petcocks. I ordered one for my son's KX & the next day he broke a nipple off the petcock on his XR when he went down in a giant puddle. It was a pain to get back to the staging area, we had to stop about every half mile to fill the carb until it would run out again. At least we didn't have to push it.

Now a tool kit is top priority, I had one mounted on the rear fender of my old XR & it worked well.Don't really want to carry anything on me.
 
Johnny105 said:
Rode a team race GP this weekend and I am overall pretty happy with the WR. The JD Jet Kit definitely cleaned up with carb issues with the stock setup. The only issue I seem to have is firing this thing up. I changed to an Iridium plug but it appears to be very hard to start still. I also resealed the carb and reed block with form a gasket. Installed Rekluse exp 2.0 which helped a bunch in the tight stuff this weekend. Pro Circuit pipe/silencer should be here tomorrow. May need to have the suspension worked on, it wasn't very plush.

What is everyone running for mix? I am running 40:1 Motul 800 and VP C12 and seem to have a bunch of spooge still. The plug looks like a good tan burn and isn't oily or anything.

Overall, I think I am selling my 2013 KTM 250 SX :banana:
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I bought a new 2013 wr250 in January and had a bitch of a time starting the bike for the first few months. I'm not that experienced, but I think it was a matter of getting the thing broken in. I also got the bike jetted and ran the headlight wires to the smaller bulb in the headlamp. Now the bike usually starts on the second or third kick, with much less kickback or resistance. To start it easier cold, I usually put mine in gear and rock it back and forth gently about 10 times, and then kick it over and it will usually fire right up. It doesn't help that the kickstarter is so short and placed so far up on the engine! Im still dealing with a fair amount of spooge, even after it got jetted. I was using Maxima Castor 927 at 40:1, but now switched to Bel Ray HR1 at 42:1 in hopes that the spooge will be reduced! As far as the suspension goes, I lowered the rear suspension, but the dealer told me that I would probably have to go for a different spring since I weigh around 165. I will probably re-jet if the spooge doesn't resolve.
 
jmp2001 said:
I bought a new 2013 wr250 in January and had a bitch of a time starting the bike for the first few months. I'm not that experienced, but I think it was a matter of getting the thing broken in. I also got the bike jetted and ran the headlight wires to the smaller bulb in the headlamp. Now the bike usually starts on the second or third kick, with much less kickback or resistance. To start it easier cold, I usually put mine in gear and rock it back and forth gently about 10 times, and then kick it over and it will usually fire right up. It doesn't help that the kickstarter is so short and placed so far up on the engine! Im still dealing with a fair amount of spooge, even after it got jetted. I was using Maxima Castor 927 at 40:1, but now switched to Bel Ray HR1 at 42:1 in hopes that the spooge will be reduced! As far as the suspension goes, I lowered the rear suspension, but the dealer told me that I would probably have to go for a different spring since I weigh around 165. I will probably re-jet if the spooge doesn't resolve.
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spooge doesnt have too much to do with oil selection. The 927 does have a higher flash point and is more prone to spooge but in the end its a jetting issue. Probably pilot jet and needle needle selection. You made it slightly leaner going from 40:1 to 42:1. FWIW I run 32:1 and have very little spooge unless I am very slow all day in single track type stuff.
 
Bryan M said:
spooge doesnt have too much to do with oil selection. The 927 does have a higher flash point and is more prone to spooge but in the end its a jetting issue. Probably pilot jet and needle needle selection. You made it slightly leaner going from 40:1 to 42:1. FWIW I run 32:1 and have very little spooge unless I am very slow all day in single track type stuff.
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Thats mostly what I ride is the single track!
 
Get the lectron on your wr and you won't look back. Mine wouldn't start when hot with the standard carb, now with the lectron it's first or second kick (normally because I don't have it a proper kick when I'm tired). Best modification I've spent money on and takes away the worry of cutting out away so you can get on with riding :)
 
jmp2001 said:
Thats mostly what I ride is the single track!
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Im going to have to echo the other other posts on here about swapping the carb. You will chase your tail with the mikuni if thats what you still have on it. I have a pwk and will be getting a lectron here in the next 90 days
 
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