New 2013 Husqvarna TE 310 R: Yea or Nay for Dual Sport?

I can't give a comprehensive review yet, but after Zip Ty gets thru doing the works on my 310R, I will. For some reason I liked the looks and feel of the 310 over the 449/511, so went that way. Hopefully the oiling mod and valve mod will give me a durable bike, and since I will have to do 30 or so miles of pavement at a time, at 50 to 55, I guess you could call it a "smoke test". I have three other dual sports for longer trips so my 310 is strictly for local trail riding where I don't need to carry luggage or a large fuel load. As I recall my rear sprocket is a 47; as I will never race this bike that should be OK, and I may even drop to a 45 at some point to see how much low speed umph I give up. My 310 will really and truly be dual sported so we will see how it holds up.

It will hold up a lot better. Chaos brought his 310 and 250 the other day and we noticed that he needed the clutch mod already since his clutch rubbers were worn out. I tuned his efi adding quite a bit of power with the HST without touching the iBeat software. I will have to look at yours after the mods to see if it can be freshened up.

For those that are scared of the last redhead engine because of this thread, take heart in my humble experience. 600 miles on the clock. Nearly all racing miles. Valves looked perfect and clearance was bang on. No adjustment required.