• 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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New Tc 250

Nice show Scott with 1st place.


I'm still waiting on the carb update it's b/o. I thought the jd kit had solved my issues. Starts super good cold or warm.

Just won't start hot 20 + kicks. :banghead:

What I like about the rekluse is that it keeps the bike running. Simple as that. And when it runs that little 250 rips off road. Even the stock suspension works better for me than my revalved wr144. Not touching a thing.
 
No carb kits? I have 3 of them in stock. Guess you got yours at the wrong place? LOL! I honestly dont know if the carb update really did that much or not as this bike was an SOB to start without the JD kit. I think that the combo of the update and JD kit fixes it.

I have 2 EXPs in stock for the TC250s if you want one.

I do agreee with the suspension. The TC was firm but I dont think I am going to do much with it. I might soften up the initial stroke of the forks just a titch as they did deflect in the roots a bit. And even that I am in no rush to do.
 
Yeah, I had that one coming :lol: I'm torn between all my dealers. You should see the KTM guys..I used to own 5 at one point.


Suspension wise, this weekends track was rock/root infested. Real nasty first gear stuff.

I turned the compression out all the way on the forks and 8-9 clicks on the rear. Works great, plus if I need to do an MX I just go back to stock with a little less rebound et voila.

What about traction? traction traction traction this bike just hooks up.
 
Rekluse core is in and installed. This clutch is like cheating, no other way to say it. Works even better than the pro. Same positives with non of the negatives. I did my best to stall it with no clutch lever, and it won't.

Don't go on the trail without one :D

I also put a 51T rear sproket. This bike is now really, really good.

Racing the tc in Port Colborn this weekend to test everything out. :thumbsup:
 
Bike runs like a champ. But not the rider.:lol:

Only anoying thing to solve is starting the bike hot. It's a 20 kick deal. Maybe when I get the carb update this issue will go away. Cold it,s good enough for some good dead engine starts.

Never, ever stalls with the rekluse. Except about a minute before the end of my last lap, I ran out of gas jumping some roots. Tossed the remaining gas on the side, it started but just made it to the line.

Gas tank is too small. I will need a top off before the last lap :doh:
 
Use the tank from your WR. It has about 1-2 liters of extra capacity and fits right on.
ScottyR did that last Sunday on his TC.
 
Slowpoke;98402 said:
Use the tank from your WR. It has about 1-2 liters of extra capacity and fits right on.
ScottyR did that last Sunday on his TC.
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My 09' wr125 has the exact same tank...no extra capacity. I beleive the '10 have a bigger tank.

BTW this ontario series is a lot of fun and well organised. I may race more of them. Lots of fun.
 
Were you at Colbourne? I was there on Sat. for Allan & Blairs school. The course looked like a good one from what I saw of it. Was there a good turnout?
 
Yes. I mixed it up with port Colburn

Over 200 from what I see on offroadmotorcyles.ca.

Yes de course was one of the best, loved it! . Great fun. Went through a barn...grass track, single track, off cambers. I would go to the next one for sure, but it's the same weekend as an fmsq race...and that's already paid for.

Good chance next year that we race most of this series. Smaller than the fmsq(good thing), which is become too big for what they are equiped to take on. Last race there where 742 riders. It's been 2 weeks and they have yet to post any official results. Ton and tons of issues. Too many people not enough resources. Plus the atv's ruin the courses on saturday.

Super fun weekend.
 
gestion01;98344 said:
Bike runs like a champ. But not the rider.:lol:

Only anoying thing to solve is starting the bike hot. It's a 20 kick deal. Maybe when I get the carb update this issue will go away. Cold it,s good enough for some good dead engine starts.

Never, ever stalls with the rekluse. Except about a minute before the end of my last lap, I ran out of gas jumping some roots. Tossed the remaining gas on the side, it started but just made it to the line.

Gas tank is too small. I will need a top off before the last lap :doh:
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Have you tried installing a Flex Jet fuel screw and dialing it down about 1/4 turn from 1.5? Even before we installed the update kit, our TC 250 was sensitive to fuel screw adjustments and typically liked to be about 1/8 to 1/2 turn leaner than stock... sometimes even down to 3/4 open on hot days. I typically adjust our fuel screw 2 or 3 times per race typically starting out at 1.25 out in the morning or below 60F and then close it 1/8 turn for about every 5-10 degree rise in temp throughout the day and back again if the race goes into the night.
 
I have installed an adjustable fuel screw. But I'm useless at adjusting it. Does not seem to make a big difference. Anyways once you start a H/S race for 2h30 no time stop and play with it. With the rekluse it will not stall anyways.
 
Darkside;98471 said:
I'm very interested in the EXP clutch. Does it work like the Z start?
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It works better than the z-start. Your clutch lever works almost as before. It's a very subtle change. Then the clutch works so well, you can't stall the bike. You could ride without the clutch if you want to, just like the z.

No weird noises like the z-start. They say you have to watch gap maintenance...that takes 5 mins.
 
gestion01;98452 said:
I have installed an adjustable fuel screw. But I'm useless at adjusting it. Does not seem to make a big difference. Anyways once you start a H/S race for 2h30 no time stop and play with it. With the rekluse it will not stall anyways.
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One more suggestion on the fuel screw. If you installed a rigid screw from any of the various manufacturers, you may want to take it out and compare the length of the shaft from the base of the threads to the very tip, as well as the shape of the tip. I bought one for a Honda CRF 2 years ago and my starting went from dismal to impossible. I took the screw out and compared it to the stock screw (length from thread base to tip and tip shape). I discovered it was about 1/32 SHORTER and noticed the tip shape was significanty different. It was obviously machined wrong (or different than stock) during the manufacturing process. I replaced it with a flex jet screw and had much better results. Point being, it doesn't take much to mess the starting/idle circuit up in some modern 4T's.
 
gestion01;98480 said:
It works better than the z-start. Your clutch lever works almost as before. It's a very subtle change. Then the clutch works so well, you can't stall the bike. You could ride without the clutch if you want to, just like the z.

No weird noises like the z-start. They say you have to watch gap maintenance...that takes 5 mins.
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May I ask where you got the EXP and how much? I'm pondering an auto clutch for my '10 TXC.
 
It comes from Scott Rocher, I think he may have more in stock. Rekluse are Back order for the 250.

With installation, shipping and all i'd say it's close to a 1000$ canadian. Totally worth it IMO.
 
fitness2go;98493 said:
Auto clutch and electric start...MAN you're going soft!
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I TOLD you I never use my E-start! :lol: Real men kick...

... okidousemyestart. alittle. But only when I'm feeling girly. :busted:
 
After posting that video of you hand starting your 09 TXC 250 with the beer balanced on the seat...you got no where to go but down...LOL! By the way, I've always been soft...e-start and rekluse all day, all the way****************************************
 
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