MANCINI DOMINATES ITALIAN RAID TT IN SARDINIA From 29 May to 1 June, the Cross Country World Championship and three days of the Italian Championship Raid TT were held in Sardinia. Here, CF Racing Team's Andrea Mancini was competing at world level for the first time on the Husqvarna TE449. The Italian champion equipped himself well and finished four stages in third place, behind off-road legends Marc Coma and Cyril Despres, and only a clutch problem in the second stage prevented him taking the overall podium position of this Rainbow stage. At the fifth stage, Mancini won the 450cc class race and was also able to win all 3 days of the Raid TT Italian Championship, thus underlining his title ambitions in this class with his new Husqvarna TE449. Also in the 250 class, Husqvarna finished second and third, and won the women's category with the TE250, thanks to an excellent performance by Erika Burioli.
Check out 449 exhaust? Moved to left side yet header still exiting right side. Glad to see them competitive. Our local expert is having a hard time adjusting to the TC449 in MX, seems a better offroader than MXer.
He jumped off a KX450, he has been practicing for a couple months an the 449 and he feels he cant be competitive on the 449. He cant get used to the turning, he really has to work to lay the thing over. Needs more power. Motor slow to build RPM. He is definitely turning slower lap times than on the KX.
