250-500cc First ride on my new WR300 2010

I, my name is Francis, im from Quebec, Canada.
I have receive my WR300 2010 friday. The dealer offer me the possibility to assemble the bike with im. Very funny to see the bike arrive from italy with the Euro 3 spec... The bike arrive with a completly plugged pipe, carb restrictor and many other thing with a completely weird carb jetting. After intall the right part (pipe, jetting, etc) the bike is ready for is first start !. It start on the 3th kick. Just a small try of the bike and i put it in the trailer.

When i arrive to my home, i start the bike again (1st kick) and go to my regular single track spot.

For the break in period, i run the bike on the rich side (440MJ, 45 pilot, gay needle in the middle, #4 slide) + i run 3% of oil instead of 2%.
With that jetting, i have no idle, so i have change the pilot to a 40.
With that, im surprise to find the bike praticly spot on jetting wise !
It start very easy, pull STRONG right from the button to a VERY strong mid range to a VERY VERY stong top end
Im vey impressed with the performance of this engine, even if it new and on the rich side, the motor are really strong. From my seat of the pants dyno, this thing pull harder than my KTM 525 an my CRF 450.
The bike is geared 13/48 and he probably can take a 15 with absolutly no trouble.

My other good surprise are the lighteness and agility of this beast... The bike feel very light and his very easy to move. Also, the stability really impress me, no head shake and no need for a damper like my previous orange.

Also, from many review, the people complain about the kickstarter. For me, this short kick is very easy and the bike start like a little kitten

For now, after 3-4 hours on this bike, the only complaint i have is the height of the seat (im only 5p8i) and the rear brake is really not powerfull (probably just a break-in issue since its a full disc).

Im very happy with my new toy Im sure my return to the 2 stroke world cant be better !!! This bike absolutly surprise me with all that power in a very light weight package.

Thanks

Congrats! Where are the pictures of the first ride? This must be the first 2010 we've heard about in North America?

hello Francis, and welcome to Cafè Husky! My name is Johnny and i live in Sweden. I also have a WR 300 2010. I´m glad that you enjoy your bike! I really love mine and i have made some small mods to it that can be a good advice for you too i think. As i´m quite short too i decided to cut 1 inch of my seat. I just took it off and removed the seatcover and used a sharp long blade to cut out 1 inch in the middle section and made it like a stepseat. I left 51/2 inches of the rear of the seat as it is and cut it from there and smoothed it out up to the tank. After that i put in a thin layer of soft foam before i put the seatcover back on. I´m 5"9 and it´s perfect now. I also recommend you to put some type of foam or plastic between the swingarm and shockprotector as it rubs against the swingarm and eventually cut deep grooves in it. I have put neopren between the ribs in the protector so it doesn´t rub against the swingarm at all. I also put carbonlook tape on the enginecovers to protect them from being ugly and worn. Easy to do and looks great! Also on the frame i did this. I don´t know what temps you have, but beware of running too small mainjet. We have around 50F here and i use a 460 main and that is not rich. My plug is light grey at the porcelain in the middle! Good luck with your bike!

Johnny

Thanks for your reply !
For the main jet, the 440 is the bigger that come in the power kit of the bike. Here the temp is about 65-70F now. I will check with a bigger main on my next ride. For now, i dont run it very often at full trottle since the bike is very new. (not broken in)

I will try to take picture of it on my next ride.

This bike is the strongest thing i have seen.

Hey congrats on your new Husky. Some day I want to take a spin on one of the 300's to see how the power feels.

Welcome to the club!

I run 14/50 gearing on mine. Nice compromise between speed and torque.

Congradulations

hey HRC630, I just bought a 2010 CR125cc from Location Enduro in Beauport. I saw a 2010 WR300 when I picked up my bike on saturday morning. Turned it into a 144 then took a few laps in St-Apollinaire. The 300 looks like a very sweet bike, I wish they made it a CR cause I would have bought it. But now that I have my 125, I wouldn't change it!