Finally pulled the sensor - 2010 TE250

So this past weekend I finally finished the power up stuff and pulled and replaced the sensor with that resistor plug. After reading other posts, I was skeptical on what this would bring.

Other mods I've done over the years to other bikes where people have stated things like "do this and your life will change forever....bla bla bla" have never really paned out. But after pulling the sensor I can truly say I did notice a big difference in performance. The first day riding and doing some hill climbs all I could think while riding is maybe I'll try a larger main gear because the power band was so high in rpm's to reach and the bike just wouldn't lug up hills very good. After which I could do the same hills and the bike pulled much lower in the band and would pretty much rev much smoother. I still think I might want to go from the 14/50 to a 14/52 gearing but for now the amount of gain was like night and day.

Now the down side which is really bothering me. I went from a mere 56 miles till low light on to 43 miles. This to me is really unacceptable. I did check the settings with the Ibeat 2 and they were all 100's. While at 3000ft it might have been a touch rich but I can't see leaning it much will pick back up the miles per tank. This is got to be the biggest down fall to this bike. My 250x will go at least 80 miles before having to turn on reserve. However to be fair I haven't measured how many miles I can get before the bike runs dry.

Doug

Doing the "race" set up on my TXC250 made a HUGE difference in power for me. My miles until the low fuel light comes on is 41-45

even with the power up kit on my 2010 te 250 it still wont lug me up hills. although the hill was steep its still disappointing to see that. also does anyone know the hp of the 2010 te 250 with power up kit on it.

I did 39 miles of puddle splashing in 2-track a couple weekends ago at a pretty mild pace. Emptied my quart of extra fuel halfway through. Low fuel light came on at 34 miles! I topped it off at a gas station coming home and it took 1.1 gal to fill it up. Hmmmm 28.8 mpg. The low fuel light really seemed to come on a bit early, so I was sweating it for no reason.

2010 = 31-35 hp, 19 to 22 lbs ft of tq. The '10 250 makes much better power than the older "red head" engine IMO.