new TE449 owner

[spud1968]

Nice pipe i cant see any guard or mounts who makes that? Trial tyres, disc guard, heavy duty hand guards, but no alloy sump guard your bikes saying rocks hard pack. That seat has been changed thats not a stock cover. What sprockets teeth gfront and rear?

 

[burnham]

Just curious---they take your stock parts and do a conversion instead of all new parts? I ask since I run brand X auto clutch on brand X bike and really like this mod a lot.

yeah that's what they say. I'm probably going to hold off on having it done for a couple months, I'll post up when I do.

 

[Motosportz]

Nice pipe i cant see any guard or mounts who makes that? Trial tyres, disc guard, heavy duty hand guards, but no alloy sump guard your bikes saying rocks hard pack. That seat has been changed thats not a stock cover. What sprockets teeth gfront and rear?

It is a Barrett muffler from Australia I cut and welded onto the stock mid pipe. Works great sounds perfect (not to loud but nice sound). We (Motosportz) are working on the aluminum skid plate now (finishing up the 125/150 plate then moving on tot he 449/511) and it will be super robust. Seat Concepts seat (they are a sponsor here) and VERY good, highly recommended. Stock front and 48 rear. Good for 60 MPH cruising and climbing trees. Nice do it all gearing for me and my use. Could go lower for technical terrain but I like it as is.

 

[spud1968]

Barrett ive not heared of them the exhaust muffler diameter hole looks big. The sump guard sounds good post up soome pictures when its made. Im running 15 front you should be 14 front, but my rear is 50. Our gearing is the same just a little different and im racing in foresty woodland. Have you got any pictures of your engine to air box pipe modification?

 

[Motosportz]

Have you got any pictures of your engine to air box pipe modification?

No, i simply took it off, plugged the hole, put a big K&N line filter on it and stuffed it up under the rear fender opening (int he large unused hump in back)

Barrett...

http://www.barrettexhausts.com.au/index.htm

 

[spud1968]

Here is my TE511 on JD dyno. Blue is stock, with race map. As you cans ee it will not rev past about 75mph stock as it runs out of fuel. The red is with a uncorked muffler, stock header, race map and JD tuner optimized. Huge difference in power on the Dyno and on the street. Very noticeable.

You mention a race map and then jd tuner. What race map are you refering to im assuming it is uploaded to the ecu?

 

[Motosportz]

You mention a race map and then jd tuner. What race map are you refering to im assuming it is uploaded to the ecu?

I mean going from stock (no plug under the seat) to putting the plug in so it says "race map" on the dash. No upload just toggling the race map with the included plugin. Then adding the JD.

 

[MotoInfo]

Finally got to ride my new TE449 this weekend after 40 miles of putzing around the yard and neighborhood and a few fire-roads. Rode with a few guys who race Katooms 250/300, a couple WR 250s, and a YZ250 w/Rekluse/flywheel weight. All thought the TE would be too fat to keep up in the rocky single track (Tower City PA area). Not a problem! Was surprised myself at how tractable the motor is and how well the bike handled the rock gardens. Couldn't be happier with it considering it's that good right out of the box. Just added Cyras, Uptite skid plate and LED turn signals in the rear and rode. So for those thinking of upgrading from your old TE or new to Husky, go for it, you won't regret it. Can't wait to see how it works uncorked and with a few more choice mods. Way to go Husky!

 

[Motosportz]

Finally got to ride my new TE449 this weekend after 40 miles of putzing around the yard and neighborhood and a few fire-roads. Rode with a few guys who race Katooms 250/300, a couple WR 250s, and a YZ250 w/Rekluse/flywheel weight. All thought the TE would be too fat to keep up in the rocky single track (Tower City PA area). Not a problem! Was surprised myself at how tractable the motor is and how well the bike handled the rock gardens. Couldn't be happier with it considering it's that good right out of the box. Just added Cyras, Uptite skid plate and LED turn signals in the rear and rode. So for those thinking of upgrading from your old TE or new to Husky, go for it, you won't regret it. Can't wait to see how it works uncorked and with a few more choice mods. Way to go Husky!

Awesome.

Seems to me ALL the customers LOVE there 449/511. Good stuff.

 

[burnham]

Here's another question. The bike is a 2011 te449, can I get away with going up two teeth on the rear sprocket without having to add links to the chain? New bike, chain has not stretched yet. Has anyone else changed gearing on their 449, what did you do? I'll be riding a lot of tight rocky trails. I haven't ridden the bike much off road yet, and it's currently appart while the new parts are coming in. Figured now would be the time to change gearing. thanks guys.

 

[Motosportz]

Here's another question. The bike is a 2011 te449, can I get away with going up two teeth on the rear sprocket without having to add links to the chain? New bike, chain has not stretched yet. Has anyone else changed gearing on their 449, what did you do? I'll be riding a lot of tight rocky trails. I haven't ridden the bike much off road yet, and it's currently appart while the new parts are coming in. Figured now would be the time to change gearing. thanks guys.

maybe. Just slide your axle as far forward and see if you can get 2 more link bit on it. The CTS requires very little slack so you might be able to.

 

[spud1968]

15, 51 fits. Although my recommendations are 15 front 50 rear. Im going to trying try 48 rear just for a bit more length between the gears and a 95+ top speed on the big open field areas. But 15, 50 is the winner for the woodlands in not only my humble opionion but also two top level races.

 

[Aaron727]

hi there im new to this forum and a new te449 owner and was wondering about this ugly canister thing on the left side of the engine is it needed or can i rip this parasite off my bike? will it effect performance if i do? also everyone is talking about uncorking there exhaust what exactly do u mean? i pulled the spark arrester out and added the power up map2. i love this bike by the way. oh and iv hered the pipe has a cat can it be removed and if so how do u do it? thanks ahead of time

 

[Motosportz]

hi there im new to this forum and a new te449 owner and was wondering about this ugly canister thing on the left side of the engine is it needed or can i rip this parasite off my bike? will it effect performance if i do? also everyone is talking about uncorking there exhaust what exactly do u mean? i pulled the spark arrester out and added the power up map2. i love this bike by the way. oh and iv hered the pipe has a cat can it be removed and if so how do u do it? thanks ahead of time

Decatting muffler

http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/decatting-the-te511-muffler.17574/

Yes, pull the canister and plug the hose hole.

 

[Aaron727]

Decatting muffler

http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/decatting-the-te511-muffler.17574/

Yes, pull the canister and plug the hose hole.

where can i get something to plug the hole? what have other people used

 

[McKay]

Goto your auto parts store and ask for an assortment of vacum line plugs/caps. They work great. Just a few bucks is all it will cost too.

 

[worstell]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the advantage of removing the oxygen sensor. Isn't it integral to the fuel injection system. I live in Colorado where the elvation changes are pretty drastic. Part of motivation in considering the TE449 is that it is fuel injected and I won't have to worry about carb jetting. Wouldn't removing the oxygen sensor result in the same issue, only having to adjust the FI setting instead of jets?

 

[Caiman]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the advantage of removing the oxygen sensor. Isn't it integral to the fuel injection system. I live in Colorado where the elvation changes are pretty drastic. Part of motivation in considering the TE449 is that it is fuel injected and I won't have to worry about carb jetting. Wouldn't removing the oxygen sensor result in the same issue, only having to adjust the FI setting instead of jets?

Unfortunately the O2 narrowband sensor on these bikes doesn't work like that, in a perfect world it'd adjust for altitude and other atmospheric conditions but it aims mainly for an emissions target, not performance. When you install the racemap2 plug (as 99% of people do cause 50HP is better than 35HP....) the ECU goes into an open loop setting making the O2 sensor redundant.

EDIT: hrmm, maybe that's why my dash says FAIL when I flick it to low power mode, no lambda probe anymore!

 

[worstell]

Unfortunately the O2 narrowband sensor on these bikes doesn't work like that, in a perfect world it'd adjust for altitude and other atmospheric conditions but it aims mainly for an emissions target, not performance. When you install the racemap2 plug (as 99% of people do cause 50HP is better than 35HP....) the ECU goes into an open loop setting making the O2 sensor redundant.

EDIT: hrmm, maybe that's why my dash says FAIL when I flick it to low power mode, no lambda probe anymore!

 

[worstell]

I don't think I'll need 50 hp. Blasphemous, I know. But I am coming off a stock XR250R with maybe 21 hp. If I can just avoid flame outs, have the ability to chug along at low rpm when needed, and have the FI system adjust for altitude, and of course reliability, I'd be happy.

I love to tinker, but don't have the time these days. So I want to set and forget it.

If I could leave the TE449 in stock form, I would be elated.

Anybody out there running the TE449 in stock form without issue?