Hey guys
There's a frightening lack of people with tarded husky 2 strokes out there; something I would learn after I bought my 06 wr250 with the sole intention of converting it. The idea of owning a street legal smoker always appealed to me and I finally stumbled upon my husky at a dirt cheap price.
So I feel it's a good idea to throw my experience onto the interwebs as it would have helped me quite a bit a few weeks ago.
Are you thinking of tarding your two stroke? DO IT.
It vibrates like an electric toothbrush, smokes a pack a day, sounds obnoxious (i don't even need earplugs on my Husaberg) and Turns heads everywhere.
But holy cow, it's fun. Stupid fun.
Im truly amazed at the little thing, and although it's had some teething problems (blown cdi, fouled plugs and a few other things) it's now going strong.
Every weekend I ride it hard and on the pipe, and through the week it splutters through town as my daily commuter. I bought it on the cheap to begin with, I feel sorry for the thing. The top end is still as strong as the day I got it.
What's the power like?
it's got nothing down low, a little something in the middle and a murderous top end. It's kind of like hitting the rocket boosters. From a 250 motor, it's really something else.
It doesn't like half throttle openings and at the top end it "bumps" - fires once every few strokes, which always steps the back out in tight corners. You need to keep feeding it some fuel (lube) when off the throttle. Kill the spark and twist.
What are the brakes like?
You need to work the back brake hard in the lack of 4 stroke engine braking. I'm still running the stock brake system with a waved rotor and somewhat floating mount. I've never had trouble pulling it up.
What about suspension?
This is key. the stock suspension is horribly washy and the front end is very tall. Drop the triple clamps as far as they go, add thicker oil and set compression as tight as possible. The difference is night and day. I've had a bit of a fiddle with the rear shock but found the difference to be barely noticeable. I've left r/c the same but the spring is slightly tighter. I plan on playing with it more down the road, but at the moment it's fantastic.
What wheels am I using?
I had a lot of trouble here, knowing that the 2 stroke hub is an odd size. Spoked wheels need to be custom built, or so everyone told me. I lucked out when I found a guy selling cbr250rr rims, tires, axles and spacers to fit a late model TE610. I bought them expecting that I would have to do a lot of work to make them fit, but they fit straight it with the exception of the front disc. Sprocket and disc on the rear matched with the spacers he gave me. So the only work I needed to do was to lift the front disc off the hub by about 5mm and take a link out of my chain to accommodate a smaller sprocket (10 teeth smaller!). The bike sits on Pirelli sport demons 120f/140r. Average tires but I think I talk them down coming from Michelin pilot powers on my other bike.
People have mentioned elsewhere that a 140 rear is too small for supermoto, but I'm of the mind that it's ok for a bike that weighs so little.
If anyone's having issues I'm more than happy to hit you with the info that you need, I'm lucky that I stumbled on it.
Save your huskies from a life of dirt and grime!
There's a frightening lack of people with tarded husky 2 strokes out there; something I would learn after I bought my 06 wr250 with the sole intention of converting it. The idea of owning a street legal smoker always appealed to me and I finally stumbled upon my husky at a dirt cheap price.
So I feel it's a good idea to throw my experience onto the interwebs as it would have helped me quite a bit a few weeks ago.
Are you thinking of tarding your two stroke? DO IT.
It vibrates like an electric toothbrush, smokes a pack a day, sounds obnoxious (i don't even need earplugs on my Husaberg) and Turns heads everywhere.
But holy cow, it's fun. Stupid fun.
Im truly amazed at the little thing, and although it's had some teething problems (blown cdi, fouled plugs and a few other things) it's now going strong.
Every weekend I ride it hard and on the pipe, and through the week it splutters through town as my daily commuter. I bought it on the cheap to begin with, I feel sorry for the thing. The top end is still as strong as the day I got it.
What's the power like?
it's got nothing down low, a little something in the middle and a murderous top end. It's kind of like hitting the rocket boosters. From a 250 motor, it's really something else.
It doesn't like half throttle openings and at the top end it "bumps" - fires once every few strokes, which always steps the back out in tight corners. You need to keep feeding it some fuel (lube) when off the throttle. Kill the spark and twist.
What are the brakes like?
You need to work the back brake hard in the lack of 4 stroke engine braking. I'm still running the stock brake system with a waved rotor and somewhat floating mount. I've never had trouble pulling it up.
What about suspension?
This is key. the stock suspension is horribly washy and the front end is very tall. Drop the triple clamps as far as they go, add thicker oil and set compression as tight as possible. The difference is night and day. I've had a bit of a fiddle with the rear shock but found the difference to be barely noticeable. I've left r/c the same but the spring is slightly tighter. I plan on playing with it more down the road, but at the moment it's fantastic.
What wheels am I using?
I had a lot of trouble here, knowing that the 2 stroke hub is an odd size. Spoked wheels need to be custom built, or so everyone told me. I lucked out when I found a guy selling cbr250rr rims, tires, axles and spacers to fit a late model TE610. I bought them expecting that I would have to do a lot of work to make them fit, but they fit straight it with the exception of the front disc. Sprocket and disc on the rear matched with the spacers he gave me. So the only work I needed to do was to lift the front disc off the hub by about 5mm and take a link out of my chain to accommodate a smaller sprocket (10 teeth smaller!). The bike sits on Pirelli sport demons 120f/140r. Average tires but I think I talk them down coming from Michelin pilot powers on my other bike.
People have mentioned elsewhere that a 140 rear is too small for supermoto, but I'm of the mind that it's ok for a bike that weighs so little.
If anyone's having issues I'm more than happy to hit you with the info that you need, I'm lucky that I stumbled on it.
Save your huskies from a life of dirt and grime!
