• 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     WR = 2st Enduro & CR = 2st Cross

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

250-500cc Wr300 vrs Ktm 300xc

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Pinittowinit

Husqvarna
AA Class
I currently ride a 08 Ktm 300xc. IM really loving the wr300. Nobody has one in Hawaii that I know of. But ktm's are everywhere. How does the we stack up to the Ktm? I could care less about the hydro clutch and estart. I'm all about simplicity. And I like to be different. Plus my work rig is a husqvarna 510 smr. :cheers:

Oh yeah do the wr300's overheat as fast as the Ktm 300's. I was reading that the rear tire is a 140. :eek: is this true? That's a meaty tire.:thumbsup: also any issues with the engine that needs attention? For example the Ktm 300's has a powervalve issue. Quick fix but if not done could cost you a motor. Thanks and aloha
 
Overheat??? Never heard of it.

Yes it runs a 140 ... which is probably a tad big, but it will spin it.

No real issues beyond tuning or swapping the carb...

It is a well sorted engineering marvel. (Or at least a fine off-road machine)
 
I was reading a bit about swapping carbs with a pwk. Can you use a pwk 36? That's what the newer ktm 300's run. Or is the 38 the cats meow?
 
funny u mention overheat and KTM. I too just came from a KTM and just automatically thought I needed at least an overflow because I was used to the steam now and then. Bike hasnt even hinted at overheating and I ride extremely slow technical stuff in the NW. Theres just something to be said about the old school tech. Plus everywhere I go I get horded with questions, then it turns to envy when I tell them what I paid for my 300
 
I have already made up my mind. 2010 wr300. Anybody want a Ktm 300? Cheap!! Lol mine doesnt overheat much. Only in the really nasty stuff. Plus here in Hawaii there us a Ktm leaned on every tree. I like being against the grain. We have a dealer, but they are also the Ktm dealer. They make more money hustling ktm's. I live mine I just think the husky is a better fit. And never even ridden one.
 
the WR300/250 is as reliable as a hammer. Simple, strong, willing. Little old school but seems to not care and does it's talking on the trail.
 
Motosportz;132656 said:
the WR300/250 is as reliable as a hammer. Simple, strong, willing. Little old school but seems to not care and does it's talking on the trail.
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Thats what I'm talking about. To me the Ktm seems a little over engineered in some areas. Sometimes simplicity is the way to go. Seems so in this case for sure.:thumbsup:
 
I rarely see my 300 go over 200 degrees even if it's 100 degrees out. I using a trail tech with the temp sensor on the right radiator outlet
 
Rob578;132840 said:
I rarely see my 300 go over 200 degrees even if it's 100 degrees out. I using a trail tech with the temp sensor on the right radiator outlet
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Even in the really nasty mud/ rocks?
 
Just watch the KTM electric leg spin over and no start up. This a very common occurance and is very difficult to eradicate by the dealers. It is not engaging and therefore the motor is not turning over.
 
ghte;132994 said:
Just watch the KTM electric leg spin over and no start up. This a very common occurance and is very difficult to eradicate by the dealers. It is not engaging and therefore the motor is not turning over.
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And when it does it makes a horrible noise.
 
The new 2011 model WR300 will not be old school, sporting Fuel and Oil Injection and an electric leg. Plus the one piece plastics look HOT AS.
 
Oz Dealer;133139 said:
The new 2011 model WR300 will not be old school, sporting Fuel and Oil Injection and an electric leg. Plus the one piece plastics look HOT AS.
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You sure about that? This is not what I have been finding.
 
Oz Dealer;133139 said:
The new 2011 model WR300 will not be old school, sporting Fuel and Oil Injection and an electric leg. Plus the one piece plastics look HOT AS.
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Thats not happening this year as far as I know.
 
Oz Dealer;133139 said:
The new 2011 model WR300 will not be old school, sporting Fuel and Oil Injection and an electric leg. Plus the one piece plastics look HOT AS.
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Huh? The 11s are already here and I can tell you that they have BNGs and a new ignition. Thats it for 11.

I have heard that the "new" bike will not be released until MY12 at the earliest but most likely MY13.
 
I sold my 07ktm 300 exc and bought a new09 300 and haven't looked back. My husky pulls stronger from the bottom up IMO and that's before I even fitted the race head. Marz Front Suspension is a bit softer but easy fix by winding up the preloaded. I replaced the mikuni with th pwk 38 and it hasn't missed a beat. Husky 2strokes are easily as good as the ktm 300s and just do the job without all the hype. All my ktms were like expensive race cars, they spend more time in the workshop than on the track, the husky hasn't missed a beat once I had the jetting and mix ratios sorted.
 
Well mine does 145klm hr running 14/45 and it has not hesitation on getting there.
Ive just put the race head on and will be going to 14/42 as she pulls hard everywhere now :)
 
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