• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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2004 TC-450

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oldmx

Husqvarna
AA Class
Simple question. For those who have owned this bike would a 2004 TC-450 make a good dual sport conversion? Thanks for the replies.

Mike
 
I got a 2008 TC 510 that I converted and love it. Mine is more for Enduro type stuff not "street dual sport" although it is plated for the road. What do you mean by dual sport? I put a 50 tooth sprocket on the rear and I like the gearing in the woods. The transmission is where the "dual sport" becomes the problem. Not sure what the 04 had for transmission but my 510 is a 5 speed and is close ratio. I'm screaming at 90km/h. You can play with the final drive ratio but you are always in a compromise. Also if you have ever street rode a big single cylinder motocross bike they vibrate like hell. 1 hour of riding and I was done on KTM 640 supermoto. SO i would say go all in supermoto, or trail setup but not both. IMHO.
 
I looking for a bike I can plate to get from trail to trail and also to do some dual sport rides in Minnesota. Won't be a lot of road riding but there will be some.
 
i ve got a 2004 TE 310 (a big bore 250) which shares the bottom end and gearbox with the bigger engines.
I would say the gearbox will give you a headache- its like been said before a closed ratio so you will have problems with the gearing- i hardly drive faster than 80km/h as i dont want to kill the engine by running in high revs constantly.
If you go for a different sproket you may be able to do 100-120 km/h before revs go up to far- but your first gear will be to fast for woods riding.
 
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