Back story first.
I have been riding for a couple years (10+) and mostly on the street. My friends got me hooked on dirt riding and I was borrowing a trail setup WR450 (suspension, gearing, recluse, etc), this became my normal riding style, basically put the beast in any gear and go, it would tackle pretty much anything on the trail. Now I also knew that I had some short coming in technique and would either avoid major obstacles or go around them... Let's say that that is experience.
Fast forward a couple years and I am done borrowing this bike and determine I need to get one, as I am riding monthly and considering doing hare scramble and enduro's. I am browsing dealerships, conducting some online research and decide upon a TE310R (street legal so I can go trail head to trail head, and also be able to get into Enduro races without the tag/title hassle).
Buy the bike and leave it stock and decide it would be a good idea to take that bike with me to the dirtwise class. I know that I need to better my skills and this is probably the best class out there for this. I can talk in detail about the class, and will say it was the best 2 days of learning I have done on a bike. Ever.
The bike in stock form however was a mistake. There are so many things wrong with the setup that I was losing confidence in my ability to ride. I can't blame that all on the bike, but when the course instructor and land owner offer to let me borrow their bikes so that I can perform better it does make me think twice. I made it through the course, I broke a few things (bike and self) and learned that on this machine, there are adjustments which need to be made.
1. Gearing (stock 13/40 is not practical in the woods). The bike would bog down at anything under 1/2 throttle in 2nd or 1st gear
2. The BS California emissions restriction crap. Just crap and worthless has to go.
3. Fuel supply. Under hard braking and down shifting the bike would stall (clutch or no clutch) and sometimes kick over under acceleration and sometime not.
I am posting this not to flame but to ask for assistance. I really like the bike and want to make it my own and use it as a woods tool moving forward (not a chainsaw). So please help me get this setup with some recommendations.
Gearing I am considering going all the way to a 13/50. I ride more in single track tight woods than anything else.
De-restricting the bike (removing the California crap, should I just pull it off and plug the ports?)
Fuel supply, is this a problem with the bike in general? Even when I am warming up the bike if I just bring the revs up to 1/2 and drop the throttle to null it will kill the engine. It was suggested that I bring it back to the dealer and have the fuel pressure checked?
Engine mapping/programing, I was also reading about remap to open up the engine some more to allow for richer fuel mixture.
I want this bike to perform at its full potential, I need to improve my skills and need confidence that the machine I am on will not fail me.
I have been riding for a couple years (10+) and mostly on the street. My friends got me hooked on dirt riding and I was borrowing a trail setup WR450 (suspension, gearing, recluse, etc), this became my normal riding style, basically put the beast in any gear and go, it would tackle pretty much anything on the trail. Now I also knew that I had some short coming in technique and would either avoid major obstacles or go around them... Let's say that that is experience.
Fast forward a couple years and I am done borrowing this bike and determine I need to get one, as I am riding monthly and considering doing hare scramble and enduro's. I am browsing dealerships, conducting some online research and decide upon a TE310R (street legal so I can go trail head to trail head, and also be able to get into Enduro races without the tag/title hassle).
Buy the bike and leave it stock and decide it would be a good idea to take that bike with me to the dirtwise class. I know that I need to better my skills and this is probably the best class out there for this. I can talk in detail about the class, and will say it was the best 2 days of learning I have done on a bike. Ever.
The bike in stock form however was a mistake. There are so many things wrong with the setup that I was losing confidence in my ability to ride. I can't blame that all on the bike, but when the course instructor and land owner offer to let me borrow their bikes so that I can perform better it does make me think twice. I made it through the course, I broke a few things (bike and self) and learned that on this machine, there are adjustments which need to be made.
1. Gearing (stock 13/40 is not practical in the woods). The bike would bog down at anything under 1/2 throttle in 2nd or 1st gear
2. The BS California emissions restriction crap. Just crap and worthless has to go.
3. Fuel supply. Under hard braking and down shifting the bike would stall (clutch or no clutch) and sometimes kick over under acceleration and sometime not.
I am posting this not to flame but to ask for assistance. I really like the bike and want to make it my own and use it as a woods tool moving forward (not a chainsaw). So please help me get this setup with some recommendations.
Gearing I am considering going all the way to a 13/50. I ride more in single track tight woods than anything else.
De-restricting the bike (removing the California crap, should I just pull it off and plug the ports?)
Fuel supply, is this a problem with the bike in general? Even when I am warming up the bike if I just bring the revs up to 1/2 and drop the throttle to null it will kill the engine. It was suggested that I bring it back to the dealer and have the fuel pressure checked?
Engine mapping/programing, I was also reading about remap to open up the engine some more to allow for richer fuel mixture.
I want this bike to perform at its full potential, I need to improve my skills and need confidence that the machine I am on will not fail me.
