TC250 questions

We run a MX team here in hot tropical Bali with 3 TC's. Never ridden them in the woods but I can say a couple of things about them on the track. First of all the starting issue...I agree with all the other owners, the bike starts very easily IF you know how to do it. The most important thing is the position of the kick starter, it must be in top dead center. Once there just a smooth kick down will 90% of the time fire the bike up, no need to kick too hard either! TDC on our bikes is about 11 O Clock, at 10 O Clock it won't start so do waste time and energy trying!! Kick it down slowly and let it come slowly to the 11 O Clock position.
Re the noise of the standard exhaust, as we ride with a lot of other MX it is easy to compare it and for sure not as loud as most Japanese bikes. We've changed our exhausts to HGS and Devil, much better performance and no real noise increase.
Once set up correctly these are AWESOME bikes!!!

This is exactly like my bike ... The lever must be pushed down gently and slowly or the bike will not start ... The starter lever is geared internally in some way that a easy push down on the lever spins the engine quickly several times over ....

If you kick my bike like starting a 2t, it will not start. If you jump up on the starter lever and come down on it hard, my bike will not start. It's gotta be pressed down in a slow, deliberate manner with a full stroke or it will not start. If you kick my bike like I see the PROs in the SX races on TV, it will not start. You gotta be slow and easy ... the internal gearing on the lever does the work ...

Same for me have been away for 7 weeks, i did noting to my TC510(stock jetting) other than parked it in the garage when i left, got back open the gas valve, 2 twist of throttle, pulled the choke and 2 kicks she was alive just like always.

When i stall her in a trail i just pull the red knob and again maximum 2-3 kicks and she's alive again. I always bring piston TDC like describe above and kick her in one motion nothing violent just one smooth kick.

Thanks. It's good to know it can start hot. So the starting procedure is a little different than most four strokes?

I wish it came with the 6 speed. I guess Husky wanted to keep the weight down and since they offer a TXC/TE that is understandable.

after you are done modifying the tc for super gnarly stuff it'll still not be as good as the txc for super gnarly trail work for a lot of reasons from engine/cam specs/trans ratios/cooling to rear wheel size and rubber availabilty. if ya lived in the dez maybe a tc but in the PNW i'd go for the (any) txc (or wr) everytime. there's simply too many good off-roaders today that are rip ready we no longer really need to modify mx'ers. modding 2t mxer's for hard-enduro is easy. 4t mxer's are another dealio all together and rarely if ever make the transition smoothly and as capably.

Well I think I will research the TC a bit more. I don't think I want the TXC or TE. If I accept that weight why not just get a WR250?

Of course maybe I'll get a chance to ride a TXC250 eventually and love it. Or I could hate it and realize I should stick with 2 strokes. I don't know at this time.

Are you a mind reader? Yes that is what I am far more likely to do. But I already know exactlly what I would do with a WR125, and since I can't ride, I am just thinking of the options.

When it comes to the coast range do you pick the WR or TXC most of the time?

the tc is a hot-cammed 4t track bike, not designed for extreme enduro. what's to reseach?

getta wr250 and dont look back.

I own an 09' 125 moded to 144....biggest mistake I made was riding a friends new 250f. Now I want one!

Only place I think the 144 will be for sure better is in endurocross or very tight trails. the handling is outstanding, just somewhat underpowered. The 250f power pulls way way more not even close but you can feel it's heavier. If you want one bike to do it all get the TC250 IMO.

I'm waiting on the TC450 to sell and it will be promptly replaced by the TC250. Keeping the wr125 for the slow 1-2 gear stuff.

Would you stop!!!

I am so close to buying a new TE and all this talk about how great the bikes are is killing me.

NC

I dunno, I think my 135 is faster than the TE-250....I can make better race time on it for sure.

My FBF WR250 will pull the stickers off the 4 stroke.

The 4 stroke front end sticks a little better and the E start is very nice.
The TE has a higher top speed too!

The 2 smokes are just easier to rip through the woods.

It's all personal preference in the end. I used to be a 2t guy and would never consider any 4t for woods racing. But now I'm not so sure, I may now be faster on a 250f most of the time. I've also been doing better with the tc450. It did take me a long time to get the 4t riding style dialed. My first ride on the tc450 was a big step back in speed.