TE/TC Finally got to ride a '17 TE150!

Bike is in! Unfortunately.... Labor Day Holiday will throw a wrench in the works. I'd go get it Monday, but they are closed. Another week to wait!

I FEEL your pain! Mine came in just before closing on the Friday before July 4th. Dealer called me Saturday morning and said it's here but we don't have time to build it before the holiday. I said, "I don't think so! I'll be there in 45 minutes." And he got it done for me.

Ha! That's the way it always happens!

3 hour trip one way to get it, so takes a bit planning. I almost would have went today, but had to get a Wisdom tooth pulled... Fun, fun!

I just ordered some white TC/TX rad shrouds and talked to Drew Smith at Works Enduro Rider about doing the suspension.... Let the build planning commence!

Nice! Im excited for you. There is hardly a better feeling then a brand new dirtbike....preferably a husqvarna! I'm all good with chapter three. They are great bikes.. I still don't like orange much and when I get joshed at the races (everyone knows my opinion on ktm) I make it clear I ride a husqvarna made by ktm...so I don't give a crap it's a husky...im still mulling over a te 150 but think.for me a tc 125 with 150 kit may.be better.....for me..195 pounds instead of 205 pounds...

Hey Fletchman soon I will have a ride report on the Zip Ty Racing Built TC 125 converted to off road use

Ha all this small bore stuff has me kind of stoked...resisting at the moment....jay says stay 250....but darth vader says....tc 125....150 kit...revalved front and rear...o ring chain...and ims large tank...ee handguards...195 pounds of s@>t and git....the te 150 weighs 205 and a tc 250 is 212(almost 213 with mandatory flywheel weight) that s only 8 more pounds....but 18 more pounds then a tc 150......holy Batman that sounds like fricken fun....please darth Vader stop me....

Awesome! I get it norm wants electric start but I don't need it...i want lightweight weapon...with no frills and all business..

You want in between John and me.... TC, but a 150, not a 125.

I will try it first as a 125 I do remember my Italian husky 125 was faster then my 165 on flat ground Add in a sand wash or some hills and the power of the 165 pulled But in the higher speed stuff the 125 pulled away

cough cough!!

My 165 was not a top end monster, compared to the 125 and 144 versions. I never really quantified it though. My old style TE150 with FMF Fatty and one extra tooth on the rear sprocket would definitely out pull and have higher top end speed, than my 200XC-W stock pipe and gearing. TE150 has a very accurate ICO Checkmate and the 200 stock KTM Odo matched it pretty well. We have a long uphill pull in a grass track, where you get tapped out in 6th gear. The 150 was 4 mph faster at peak, than the 200. I put FMF 200SX Fatty pipe on and actually added a tooth the the rear sprocket.... Then speeds matched. The pipe added quite a bit of top end and the extra tooth added back the low end it stole. Win/Win!

Looking forward to how the new 150 compares to the above

You and me both!

Farewell pic of my '16 KTM 200XC-W. New owner will be a happy guy!

Norm 6 days 200 looks sharp!

Prob hard to let go.....

It is in a way, hard to let go.... It was only going to be a stop gap bike, until the new estart TE150 was released. I never intended to buy one, but it fell in my lap used. Fate kept it in my hands an extra season, but one ride on the new 150 convinced me it was the right choice to let it go. My '15 TE125/150 is a little more unique and special to me, as I did the motor conversion. It would be pricey, but I might just convert the '15 over to electric start with 200 parts. Solid Performance KTM did a '15 TE125 estart for a customer.