rabskyline
Husqvarna
AA Class
Well I picked the bike up a few weeks ago and due to husqvarna fitting a compliance "sticker" (idiots) I couldn't get the bike registered for road usage.
couldn't wait so took it out today for a forest/single trail blast to set suspension up,check fuel economy and get a feel for it so here's what I found.
I am 5 foot 7 (circa 170cm) 67kg (10.5 stone)
Bike feels small, very light (not quite as light feeling as a 250 exc-f(xcw-f ? ) but near damn all in it !
power was brilliant for a 250f as I have often found issue with lakc of bottom end but this little bike actually has a decent one. Not like 450 which is obvious but a lot better than any 250f I've owned (05 wr250f, 07exc-f,09 wr250f,04 tm250en-f) and mid range equal or better too the yamaha and top end rip to match the kato which was nuts up top ! almost 2t like !
suspension, god knows what the guy was doing but compression was -4 front, -12 rebound, rear was rebound -4, hsc 1.5 turns, lsc -3 clicks.
I found this harsh as hell and slowed me right up over sharp stuff and roots, backed fr-comp out to about 10(might go more out), reb to 14 and was great but not 100%.
rear reb -10, hsc 2 turns out and didnt touch the lsc although next time out I'll do a little more to get it perfect but was much more compliant over river bed boulders and cricket ball sized rocks.
changes direction at will, almost as good as the kato 250f which is the sharpest handling thing i've ridden but no where near as stable as the husky ! (trade off I suppose)
In short, I reckon this is the best 250f on the market (haven't ridden a 2010 250f kato but motor is same so will have gutless bottom end.
shortcomings ? tank range might be a future issue. Other than that, rubbish side stand (nothing new there) .
couldn't wait so took it out today for a forest/single trail blast to set suspension up,check fuel economy and get a feel for it so here's what I found.
I am 5 foot 7 (circa 170cm) 67kg (10.5 stone)
Bike feels small, very light (not quite as light feeling as a 250 exc-f(xcw-f ? ) but near damn all in it !
power was brilliant for a 250f as I have often found issue with lakc of bottom end but this little bike actually has a decent one. Not like 450 which is obvious but a lot better than any 250f I've owned (05 wr250f, 07exc-f,09 wr250f,04 tm250en-f) and mid range equal or better too the yamaha and top end rip to match the kato which was nuts up top ! almost 2t like !
suspension, god knows what the guy was doing but compression was -4 front, -12 rebound, rear was rebound -4, hsc 1.5 turns, lsc -3 clicks.
I found this harsh as hell and slowed me right up over sharp stuff and roots, backed fr-comp out to about 10(might go more out), reb to 14 and was great but not 100%.
rear reb -10, hsc 2 turns out and didnt touch the lsc although next time out I'll do a little more to get it perfect but was much more compliant over river bed boulders and cricket ball sized rocks.
changes direction at will, almost as good as the kato 250f which is the sharpest handling thing i've ridden but no where near as stable as the husky ! (trade off I suppose)
In short, I reckon this is the best 250f on the market (haven't ridden a 2010 250f kato but motor is same so will have gutless bottom end.
shortcomings ? tank range might be a future issue. Other than that, rubbish side stand (nothing new there) .
