kk273
Husqvarna
C Class
Hi Husky riders! 
The following is a review of my introduction to a used 2009 Husqvarna TC-510 and WORCS off-road racing.
We traded a used street bike for this “low time” ’09 a few weeks ago, the bike was generally stock though it had aftermarket bars and some older wheels/brake discs then the stock ’09 model. Not sure why…I will ask when I ride with the guy sometime in the future.
My local Husqvarna dealer MotoForza in Escondido, CA checked over the bike for me, and replaced some blown fork seals and did some work on the forks (which were super low on oil). We put some fresh Bridgestone M403/404 on, fresh Maxima fluids all the way around, and went to the WORCS event at Glen Helen Sept. 24th. I’d ridden the bike briefly with the bad forks seals, so the race was the first real ride.
Truly enjoyed the WORCS meet. This was my first ever of that sort of race. Fared well considering I’ve just returned to dirt-bike riding in August after being off them for several years, and now in the 50+ classes am just a little more achy and less daring then 30 years ago. Or even 10 years ago!
The bike ran great, had an awesome start and physcially faded only a little…unfortunatly on last lap stalled the bike in a tight turn avoiding a downed rider and machine. Had trouble gettin’ her started, and lost a couple minutes and a few positions to finish 10th after an hour of racing. So it goes, was super FUN. 
Rode the bike briefly one day at Milestone “Vet” mx track two weeks later, just tried to be smooth and develop more feel for the bike. After stalling it again I realize I seem to be trying to pull 3rd gear thru too many tighter turns, and haven’t quite got in sync with the bike yet in that respect. The bike has what looks to be the stock 47t rear sprocket…at Glen Helen that was good gearing but thinking maybe I should run like a 50 or 51t for most mx tracks?
This past weekend went to Racetown 395 for another WORCS race. The event was made a little tougher for me in catching a head/chest cold just before the weekend, and being miserably sick throughout. Oh well. The “unclassified’ practice Saturday morning was just stunning…I’d never ridden in so much deep sand. Our Senior class started a little before Noon under a pretty hot sun, and went out and baked my brains and flailed around for 58 minutes. Despite being ill, loved most every minute of it, and the 510 worked really well (though I was going pretty slow). Thinking a steering stabilizer may be a great idea for those long fast sandy sections? It was a tough mental battle some laps to keep the throttle slightly on so I didn’t bury the front. Had a great start, was 3rd off the first turn, and 6th at the end of the first nearly 5 mile lap. Unfortunatly, managed to stall the beast again on the mx course, and while the delay wasn’t as long as at Glen Helen several of the guys got past me. Ended up in a rousing battle with a Suzuki rider for 9th, and nearly caught the 8th place in class Kawasaki rider at the finish. Again, I have to say really truly enjoyed the WORCS track, format and the people running it did a fine job.
Hoping to get the 510 suspension dialed a bit for me later this year, find some different gearing and maybe see about the steering damper. Will find some better physical conditioning and get some more riding experience (have ridden the dirt bikes a total of 9 ride days - four on the 510 - this year now).
And 2012…hope to run the 510 at the WORCS season opener at Glen Helen currently scheduled to be January 13-15.
Might hit that practice day at Cahuilla at end of month, if I can get there will for sure look forward to meeting some Husqvarna riders (I was one of the very few last weekend at WORCS
) and learning more about the TC-510.
Thanks for reading!
Kenny
The following is a review of my introduction to a used 2009 Husqvarna TC-510 and WORCS off-road racing.
We traded a used street bike for this “low time” ’09 a few weeks ago, the bike was generally stock though it had aftermarket bars and some older wheels/brake discs then the stock ’09 model. Not sure why…I will ask when I ride with the guy sometime in the future.
My local Husqvarna dealer MotoForza in Escondido, CA checked over the bike for me, and replaced some blown fork seals and did some work on the forks (which were super low on oil). We put some fresh Bridgestone M403/404 on, fresh Maxima fluids all the way around, and went to the WORCS event at Glen Helen Sept. 24th. I’d ridden the bike briefly with the bad forks seals, so the race was the first real ride.
Truly enjoyed the WORCS meet. This was my first ever of that sort of race. Fared well considering I’ve just returned to dirt-bike riding in August after being off them for several years, and now in the 50+ classes am just a little more achy and less daring then 30 years ago. Or even 10 years ago!
The bike ran great, had an awesome start and physcially faded only a little…unfortunatly on last lap stalled the bike in a tight turn avoiding a downed rider and machine. Had trouble gettin’ her started, and lost a couple minutes and a few positions to finish 10th after an hour of racing. So it goes, was super FUN. Rode the bike briefly one day at Milestone “Vet” mx track two weeks later, just tried to be smooth and develop more feel for the bike. After stalling it again I realize I seem to be trying to pull 3rd gear thru too many tighter turns, and haven’t quite got in sync with the bike yet in that respect. The bike has what looks to be the stock 47t rear sprocket…at Glen Helen that was good gearing but thinking maybe I should run like a 50 or 51t for most mx tracks?
This past weekend went to Racetown 395 for another WORCS race. The event was made a little tougher for me in catching a head/chest cold just before the weekend, and being miserably sick throughout. Oh well. The “unclassified’ practice Saturday morning was just stunning…I’d never ridden in so much deep sand. Our Senior class started a little before Noon under a pretty hot sun, and went out and baked my brains and flailed around for 58 minutes. Despite being ill, loved most every minute of it, and the 510 worked really well (though I was going pretty slow). Thinking a steering stabilizer may be a great idea for those long fast sandy sections? It was a tough mental battle some laps to keep the throttle slightly on so I didn’t bury the front. Had a great start, was 3rd off the first turn, and 6th at the end of the first nearly 5 mile lap. Unfortunatly, managed to stall the beast again on the mx course, and while the delay wasn’t as long as at Glen Helen several of the guys got past me. Ended up in a rousing battle with a Suzuki rider for 9th, and nearly caught the 8th place in class Kawasaki rider at the finish. Again, I have to say really truly enjoyed the WORCS track, format and the people running it did a fine job.
Hoping to get the 510 suspension dialed a bit for me later this year, find some different gearing and maybe see about the steering damper. Will find some better physical conditioning and get some more riding experience (have ridden the dirt bikes a total of 9 ride days - four on the 510 - this year now).
And 2012…hope to run the 510 at the WORCS season opener at Glen Helen currently scheduled to be January 13-15.
Might hit that practice day at Cahuilla at end of month, if I can get there will for sure look forward to meeting some Husqvarna riders (I was one of the very few last weekend at WORCS
) and learning more about the TC-510.Thanks for reading!
Kenny
hahaha. Great fun!