"the Varese factory is working on a prototype 340/250 2T with which I could go for a run and end the season." SWEET :ride: http://translate.google.es/translat...rrera-con-la-250-4t/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
I guess we will see the new bigger bore 2T's this WEC season as prototypes. It would be great to see them produced for 2012 but just seeing them and knowing they are going to be more than just another massaging of the old WR's would be great.
Add a proper electric start system and watch the sales go through the roof. In Australia there is a big demand for two strokes which suit the weekend trail bike rider. Even better add some form of oil injection.
And they dont need to re invent the wheel with the 250 project....just a bit more compact...add a 6 sp move the counter shaft output to the left side to take advantage of the rest of the current frames in the husky inventory I think would be a major priority
A new 2T would be really cool and great for the company ... I'd take anything from 02 to current date ..
Eventually one of the 2T producing companies is going to actually release a DI 2t and bury everyone else. I hope it is Husky but I am not holding my breath for that. The re-make of the 250/340? will be exciting none the less.
It may be the difference between what a PRO rider wants for his weapon and what a rider like the rest of us can and will ride everyday \ weekly ... sort of like the linkage vs. non-linkage rigs ... I'd like no linkage for the purpose of less maintenance but the PROs have another take on it ... Not sure how these guys would pic 340\350 CCs for new 2T .. The 360 has the history and proven track record for big bore 2Ts.... This is what Mikkola rode to a 500CC world champion ... Maybe they just wanna take the ~edge off the beast?
Sorry to drag this back up with no info. I was replying to another thread and this thread was linked and ended up replying here instead.
Mmm, might hold off for 12 months on the purchase of a new WR300 based on this info..., any updates over the current models bringing them closer to the current technology level would be welcome. Decent Frame, loss of a few kilos, DI the saliva is flowin' ...
I wonder why no one seems to discuss the possibility of going to a case reed instead of the intake going to the cylinder. I got a 250 I guess it is six years ago by now and thought the cylinder design allowed longer piston skirt. Since then I have figured out that the case reed design has less hole, void, or port area in the cylinder and think I like that now. Fran
this is stretching my memory a bit, so don't quote me on this but I think Honda went with a case reed design on the CR250 around 2001 or so. From what I remember almost everyone hated it compared to earlier engines. No low end power if I remember correctly.
