250-500cc Looking at the 2013 WR300

Yea, certainly sounds like a Lectron is the route to go if I pick the WR..haha!

Yes, but your four strokes is a street bike.

My buddy has a 310 and a CR125 and his 310 is his street bike. When I had a te510 and wr250, my 510 was basically a street bike.

When it comes time to do some serious offroading we get the 2 strokes out.

At least the real men do

please god...when i grow up...grant me the courage and fortitude to be able to start and ride the big scary two-smoke. *pray pray pray*

the wr300 is hard 2 start due 2 the high,short kick lever.cold start,fuel on,lay on its side till carb overflows,choke on,stand on pegs,lean forward,kick back & down.wear boots.if starting is hard & u get kick back check 4 erratic spark,stator fault

I fully agree. I wouldnt dare race the TE in a hare scramble.

Been there done that:



Finished right in the middle of C-open, not bad for the big girl.

If the course gets tight, it gets bad, but this was at Sahara Sands which has a lot of fast stuff, and the big girl did well...

Still the WR is definitely faster almost everywhere!

Yeah, I tried the TE racing for a year and a half then gave up. I'm not even sure I finished a race during that period. It was always something. I blew the throttle body out of the manifold two or three times, hydro clutch problems, fuel pump problems, you name it. Oh, and the constant shutting off. I wouldn't really stall, it was more like it just stopped running and wouldn't restart for a while.

Funny thing was, I could ride it all over the country side and it would be just fine. ( Well, most of the time.) Put it in a race and it would just poop out.

What a complete load of nonsense! the WR is not difficult to start especially with the Kehein unless you are a midget there is no need to stand on the pegs, obviously you have to wear boots you would be a fool to kickstart any mx bike wearing sandals. The technique is simple - fuel on, choke on kick it like you want to start it, 2nd kick cold and 1st warm.

36 or 38 Lectron for a new WR250?

Thanks, I'm in the market for the 38 then.

windsurf,why poo poo my post,ru an employee of husqvarna OZ or own or work 4 a dealer.this technique is from cafe husky[R_little i think]& works perfectly with oem carb & factory recommended jetting.i can start my 610 with thongs on.i dont wear sandals

Jeez Broken Biker if u can start a 4 Banger in ya thongs then I'd be checken ya compression. All bikes need a nack to start em, i can get started and gone as quick as most electric legs on my 3hunge...

it's got got auto de-comp.she's getting old,but still goes hard.P.S. if your 4 stroke gets harder&harder 2 kick over cam chain could be stuffed

I have the keihin on my 300. Is the lectron still better?
I saw comments about better gas milaege. If true i might have to switch. I have the ims 3.5 gallon tank and ran out at 80 miles on signltrack. Would like yet more range if possible.

The reason I poo poo your post is because people read rubbish like you have to lay the bike on its side, stand on the pegs etc and believe it is the problem with buying a Husqvarna. The fact of the matter is that this stuff is written by people who haven't set up their bike correctly and use poor technique. 9 times out of 10 this lack of knowledge is translated into blaming the bike. I do not work for Husqvarna but do believe the bikes should be given the recognition they deserve.

i have all three !!! and from my experience the Keihin is the best

what year model 300 do you have?my dealer claimed i had a poor technique but offered no more help.i was relieved to find the easy way to start the 300 on cafehusky&wanted to share it in case another member needed help.are you going to share the correct set up/technique?

I would say the 300 , I have the 2013 TE310R Only because I need to be street legal in NYC. For off road,racing etc. The Two-Stroke is the way to go. I wish I could ride a WR300 around here.