• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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TC449 Trail Sprocket Suggestions?

Billy D.

Billy D.

Husqvarna
I ride my 2011 TC449 in fairly tight trails and swapping out my original 15/53 sprockets. I find myself mostly in 2nd with some 3rd on those trails... and wondering if I should change to 14/51 or 14/53 to even out the use of those gears.

What are the other 449/511 trail riders running?
 
i have a txc449 and i'm wondering the same thing , in the tight stuff i run 1st and 2nd no problem but out on semi open trails it seems that 3rd and 4th are too close and alot of shifting is required.
i have learned that this bike requires it to be ridden hard in order to have it respond like i think it was designed to, but i still think the gearing could be better.
pointman449
 
I just got a 14 tooth front for the TXC449 that I am going to try out for the Victoria day long weekend coming up (TXC has a 51 tooth rear same as the TE) as I rarely seem to use 5th or 6th gears but could use a lower than 1st gear.
 
Maybe that is it... i just watched some video of last weekend and I can see that runs better when revving on the outer loop than it does bogging on the trails. With a 14 tooth it may rev on both.

Here is a short video of running the outer loop with stock sprockets, i will post another of a trail:

 
The kind of trails I ride require lots of clutch with normal gearing.... I have found on my 511 a 13-51t gearing to make 1st gear up hill switch backs, hair pin rock sections and slow crawling technical single track a breeze ! Way more control of the bike at slow speeds when the going gets tough !
 
Billy D. said:
wow... very different type of riding... and what are the chances, but I wear that exact same helmet
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Great helmet ! Was the best most inexpensive I could find and it took a good hit last Wednesday that probably saved my life ! Ha ha planned on buying a replacement but I can't find a weak spot where it was impacted
 
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