TE/TC Opportunity For A 16 Te300 Or 2010 Wr300, What To Chose?

Hey all, new member here. I sold a Honda CRF230 for $2,500 and have it to put towards my next bike.

I have an opportunity to buy a 2010 WR300 (BMW years), 10 hrs on the top end, Recluse clutch (stock one in a box) fresh Lectron carb (does not have the stock one) and he says it runs and shifts great, but the plastics are pretty beat and there are some scuffs and scrapes all around. He wants $2,800 so, almost even money. It has a goofy kick start and I've heard parts can be a pain to find, but spoke to Bills in Oregon today, and he said parts to keep it running are plentiful.

There is a 2016 TE300 in really nice condition as well, low hours, new rear tire and bone stock other than a few protective guards. He wants $5500, so, $3k out of pocket for this bike. I'd offer him $5k and see what he says.

Both are very close to my house in Los Angeles and both are well maintained. I have a feeling of what most of you guys are going to say, but $2000-$2500 is not nothing.


Thanks you guys for any help and guidance!

Yes, the seat was cut, which I do not need, giraffe legs.

Ok, thanks for that.

Parts availability is a huge plus for the 2016. Had a 15 and it was a great bike aside form the 4cs forks. They were barely ok imo. Plus the estart is nice but not necessary. Not to say the other is a bad bike by any means. Both are great but I’d take the Austrian bike all day.

TE300 would be my choice for parts availability alone.

This one has the WP forks up front. Other than some scraped up brush guards, it's in tip top shape. He is just looking for the manual and the power valve springs.

Hopefully he’ll give ya the stock spare jets and and tool kit too! My 15 came with a tool kit, a leaner needle and a few main jets, power valve springs, and bag of some spare hardware which included bolts for the brake and clutch lever if you want to remove the perch mounted hand gaurds.

I really would take the TE300 Austrian Husky much easier to deal with.....but if you can stretch it the 2017 and newer Husky/KTMs with the C/B shaft are superior in every way. The 2010 WR300 is a great bike, but at this point it's more of a collectors/enthusiast machine.

+1 for 2017 and above

Where do you want me to start? I use to own a ex Zip Ty Racing Italian 2010 Husky WR 300. The bike had just about all you could do to make it a great bike

Ohliens suspention front and rear
Custom built rear caliper braket and shark fin so you could run the same bigger rotor as all the other husky
Motion pro custom and shorter clutch cable
CR electrics lighter flywheel
Motor was stock and is faster then my 2016 TE 300
The Wr is not near as well built as the TE The Wr clutch will wear out faster, so will the clutch basket The Throdle cable where it goes into the carb will cut thru the cable guide
All the bearing any where on the bike will wear out faster inside outside ft to rear Motor is strong but will require more service
The list go on and on It was a good bike for the day I did win a AMA National # 1 expert 50a class # 1 plate on it
But the bike is based on 20 year old ideas

In 2016 I got a new 2016 TE 300 I have rode this bike everywhere from National Hare and Hounds at below sea level to above 8,000 in the Utha mountains
To 3 King of the motos and 4 Last Dog standings and a lot of other events.

The bike now has 4,000 miles and other then oil changes I have replaced nothing ZERO nothing. Bike is as it was when I purchased it, still has same clutch chain piston ect
It is just a better bike with e start, six speed ect If I ever need to get a part I can get it just about anywhere
So it is your call you want a WR that is just the same as a 2000 Husky or something newer and better

I would pick the TE300. Parts availability will become a problem with the WR.

The 2010 wr300 should be ok to start as it had the older ignition . The TE feels so much more modern and easier to ride in technical tracks. Also fuel range on the TE will be better . I still like the WRs though especially when they had the KYB forks

Just my 2 cents, even if I saw that the initiator of this thread purchased the 2010 WR. I own both bikes matter of discussion, even if I dont' have a husqvarna TE 300 but a Husaberg te 300 2014, wich shares everithing with the indian husky except for frame and swingarm. Just as a background, the WR has almost everithing a WR could have, the berg has revalved forks and shock, fmf fatty pipe and an emisferic race head.
The only thing that could make the WR inferior to the te 300 is only the absence of the electric starter (that's a PIA to keep it functional in the ktm's between poor electrical system and bad design) and a really weird, stupid and short kickstarter. A part from this defect and the short ratio CR gearbox I prefer the WR over the TE 300.
The WR is far more powerful than the TE (even a stock WR), nimble as the TE (it feels heavier than the berg and even of the 310 when stationary but only because she is a little more big and tall, it's hardly noticeable while driving) and far more and more and more stable. I've used my berg also for racing (mid-table level) and mantained her in perfect shape for that and can definetly say ( also from the total rebuild of the 310) that Italian Husky's were assembled maybe not better but with better quality components. I'm not saying that 14-16 husky's sucks but that WR's will also be old bikes and basically the same from 1992 to 2013 but they are still incredibly actual despite years go by

I love my 2009 300. Reliable as hell. 50mm forks like new seals, but that is the only complaint.

go the wr 300, the 4cs forks on the TE 300 are terrible unless you ride slow, if you going to be doing ST over 30 to 40 mph they suck and put a lot of the hits straight through to your body, and that means more money again

WR are a great bike for the cash

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