Kept reading about the great build quality like it was something new....and seemed to infer it was a result of BMW....???
Good find motorhead.... I still find it amusing as there is still two schools of thought as to the effectiveness of a (TE)310....here they say "bottom end that a 250 can only dream of " Yet reading other mags " only a small but noticeable difference" I need to try one myself....maybe next year I get the athena kit
I really want to ride a WR300. Too bad nobody will ever make a desert tank for that bike. Seems like a natural for the dez...
When tested over here, they also thought it was only slightly different and claimed a 350 would have been a much better option. Which makes sense to me?
My 06 TC with the 300 kit was a noticeable difference over a 250. I did have the head ported though and I'm not sure how much that helped. I would lean towards the "the 250F only dreams of having this much power" statement. Mike, the 3.5 IMS works and I read about a guy massaging the HUGE 610 tank on there but there was extensive modifications. I think it was the IMS 610 tank.
I wish I could test ride these bikes. If I click my heals 3 times and cross my fingers maybe they will bring some to National Enduro's so we can ride them the day before. The te 310 sounds interesting. I am 215 lbs and 6'1" and wondering if the uphills would be a problem for me? I have never rode a 250f so I have nothing to compare it to.
TBM mag from the UK were at the same test and basically say the same thing as the aussie review here, that the 310 is a trail riders machine (well at least for them) and i think they are right. The 250 is a great machine (just heavy) but needs to be revved hard and then it will hustle along nicely but if you are out for a ride (rather than a race) you probably tire of always being in attack mode as such. hence the comment about the bottom end, which makes the bike much nicer to ride in trail conditions where you dont want to be revving the nuts off of it. so perhaps they are saying the same thing except one is coming from the racer view where the gain of power is not so big if you are always high in the revs, or from a more trail perspective where you notice the low down torque at lower revs. 6'2" and roughly the same weight, no problem with uphills on this bike at all
My 06 TC250 with a 300 kit and ported head was the best hill climbing bike i have ever owned. Not sure why but I think it just had the right amount of power. 6 foot 210.
I have been told the IMS tank from the 4 stroke line fits.i have a CR 125 and the tank from my TE 510 fits fine
Careful what you wish for.... ADB's "impartiality" is not viewed all that highly, down here, in this part of the world. They do appear to be "advertiser" driven at times... A good Aussie magazine for the average "trailrider" is TrailZone...... BTW...Issue 21 has a review on the TE310 http://www.trailzone.com.au/
