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

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2012 te250 seat height

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attyharv

Husqvarna
AA Class
I have read that the 2012 te250 has a 35.8 inch seat height. This is two inches less than the 2012 te310. It is claimed that 2012 te 250 has been lowered through new suspension settings, dropping the seat height by two inches. Does anyone know what those "new suspension settings are and can they be applied to the 2012 te 310 (thus making the perfect bike for short fellows like me)
Harvey
 
Take savate or something and learn how to do high kicks. Stretch. That's what people keep telling me. I just look for a rock or bench to use as a step. :oldman:

But seriously, most bikes can be lowered in the suspension. Of course, you lose suspension travel and ground clearance. You can also shave the seat or have new, lower foam put on (the preferred option, IMO since the stock foam transmits vibrations too well).
 
Actually studied Hapkido for 25 years. Used to be able to kick over my head. Still doesn't help when tipping the bike over.

Seriously, I wonder exactly what the factory did to lower the suspension. Those guys usually have it figured out right and if it could be applied to a 310te I would be happy. I don't catch big air or ride too aggressively, so won't miss the suspension clearance much.
 
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If you are going to us it as a DS in SO Cal ? Consider a SM set-up. I am 5'9 30 inch in seem, my 11 TE
was tall. I went with the low seat, removed some pre-load on the rear and let it settle in. The Koobo link
did not fit my bike to my liking and sent it back. The suspension, handling and braking on the stock bikes
are 2nd to none. Learn to deal with it, ride it on the pegs, it is to fun. I just swapped the wheels from
my 510 Smr now that I am comfortable will tall bikes. The 250 is my around town "beer getter" with the
17s I can get both feet on the ground at a stop. The 310 would be big fun on 17s.

SMUSA # 510

11 TE/ SMR 250
07 SMR/TE 510
 
I don't understand why the 2012 TE250 is about 15 pounds heavier than the '11, according to Husky's website.
246 pounds dry?
That's only 3 pounds less than the 511... how is that?

I gotta admit, the low seat height looks good, though.
 
attyharv said:
I have read that the 2012 te250 has a 35.8 inch seat height. This is two inches less than the 2012 te310. It is claimed that 2012 te 250 has been lowered through new suspension settings, dropping the seat height by two inches. Does anyone know what those "new suspension settings are and can they be applied to the 2012 te 310 (thus making the perfect bike for short fellows like me)
Harvey
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I was in the same dilemna 2 months ago. 5'5" 28 inseam. I could either wait for Ridersville cycles to get a 2012 te 250 in but couldnt get me a definite answer on delivery or get a 2011 TE 250 that day from central jersey cycles setup for me and still save $1000 with a better interest rate. Im on my toes with this TE setup 1" shims on forks and shock, 1" koubalink and raise fork tubes 5/8", GUTS brand standard height soft seat foam to buy another 1/2" :-). With the money saved I put it towards the sm setup wheel and tires here and Im on the balls of my feet with this. Hope this helps some, smart money say, consider looking at a 2011 TE 310... GL!
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My buddy just picked his 12 250 up, next to my 12 310 it looks like the link is the only difference. I'll shoot a pic of both and post em up later.
 
Catang5oh said:
My buddy just picked his 12 250 up, next to my 12 310 it looks like the link is the only difference. I'll shoot a pic of both and post em up later.
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The seat should be a low seat and something should have been done with the forks.
 
How does Husky lower the seat 2 inches and keep the same travel on both ends? I see the ground clearance is a lot lower (that makes sense), but wouldn't the suspension have to decrease to drop 2 inches?
(I'm semi-interested in this model, mainly due to the seat height.)
 
You can't get everything with a lower seat height. Something, somewhere will suffer....either the ergonomics or the ground clearance and suspension travel. I ride a couple of older trail bikes that only have about ten inches of travel at each end. These bikes have plenty of travel for trail riding, desert and dualsporting. I rode the 2012 TE250 at press day and thought that it was neat bike. Best in class as far as I'm concerned, over the heavy, tall Japanese offerings. Lighter, and a much snappier powerband as well.
 
I looked at the dealer and the rear shocks had different part numbers. One was like d41e and one ended in f not sure which was which. I'm sure the front has different lower sliders as well. The rest seemed the same. Dealer near me wouldn't switch the 310 stuff with the 250. I got a leftover 449 for cheap and had it lowered for $350. Don let the height sway your purchase.
 
I guess what I'm wondering is... HOW do they do it? The seat doesn't look cut down. The travel is still almost 12" at both ends. This is a guess, but I doubt the frame or subframe is different. I wonder if the suspension specs are legit, because it doesn't look like it has the same travel as other models. But, I've only seen pics, not having a dealer near me.
 
The travel in the suspension is reduced to make the bike lower.

The forks and the shock have spacers unless they reworked the rear linkage geometry and it does not look like they did.
 
The travel in the suspension is reduced to make the bike lower.
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Not according to their specs... Husky lists the TE250 as having almost 12" travel front & back. This is what I'm questioning. Maybe they are misquoting the specs?
 
According to this review http://www.ridermagazine.com/latest-news/2012-husqvarna-dual-purpose-te-line-revealed.htm

"New in distinguishing the 250 from its larger TE310 sibling is a lower seat height. The Kayaba fork and shock on the TE250 are both shortened, resulting in a more user-friendly seat height approximately 50mm lower than last year’s."

I would take Husky's specs with a grain of salt! After owning several KTM's with their Excellent manuals and parts lists.......everything translated from Italian with the Husky seems a bit vague! It just makes sense that the suspension is shorter and it certainly looks to be the case with the pictures I've seen.
 
^That sounds more like it. So, you can achieve the same results with pretty much any other bike by lowering (shims?) the suspension. If Husky listed the specs as 10" of travel, this wouldn't have been so confusing.
 
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