• 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.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

2013 TE250R

S

Splif

Husqvarna
B Class
Hi guys,

I'm new to the forum and have zero experience on Husqvarna. The local dealer have a seriously good promotion where they are selling off rand new 2013 range bikes at discounted prices. (Cheaper than a decent second hand KTM!). Unfortunately they only had one 310 and that is sold. They are left with three TE and seven TXC 250's where the TE is the cheaper option.
I have sold my KTM 450 and was actually looking for a 200/250 2t when I came across this deal. The type of riding I do is not to technical and not to many wooded areas. - no racing just recreational. If I buy this scoot I will have to keep for a long time due to local second hand value on this brand being non existent!

Are the 250's reliable and without issues?
What do I need to be aware of on these?
Performance vs other 250f's eg WR, CRFX, XCW-F?

Thanx for the input!
Cheers
Johan
 
Performance will flog the others, reliability, cant say, mines only done 61klms on today's ride, goes like a scalded cat ! :)

Absolutely love it ! :)
 
Hi Johan,

I came from a CRF 250x to a TE310, and performance is quite similar overall, but the delivery is quite different. The Husky pulls like a train from the bottom, the CRF had to be ridden almost like a 2-stroke to get the best from it. CRF was a little lighter. I only do recreational stuff, don't go quickly (very often) and am not good enough to tell the difference between the Honda and Husky chassis. Husky is narrower but lower, but seat height the same. The CRF will wheelie (without trying) in the first three or four gears if you wring it's neck - it is a really fun machine for FEELING quick. The Husky will wheelie in the first two or three gears with 75% throttle. The Husky gearbox is VERY close ratio.

I don't know about the 250 - one guy I spoke to had come from a TE250 to a TE310 and he said that it was much more than the extra 50 or 60cc's. Read into that what you will.

So far with mine, 1100 dirt miles in 9 months, no issues whatsoever - even after drowning it last weekend.

Mike
 
Good bikes. I've got a 250 and 310. Best ridden uncorked and powered up.

They can be set up differently depending on where you are based and which dealer you buy from.
 
I've owned wr250f, wr290f, 2010 te250, ktm 300, wr450, the newest te250/310r bikes are an absolute hoot ! Plenty of mambo, won't tire you out, turn quickly, well suspended, well fuelled, well equipped,poorly wired (just too much wiring really) but what a ripper,of a bike !! :)
 
Thanx for the replies. I think I've heard what I needed. I will be testing a second hand 2013 TXC 250r during the week with extras and 20h on at an even better price! If that one is not suited I will take the plunge and get the brand new TE250R.... Am I correct in saying it is only the suspension and road kit that is the difference between TE and TXC? Which will be more suited for a weekend warrior? I will not be using the road kit.
 
Hi Guys,
I will be buying the TXC! Tested it today and was really impressed. Bike is in as new condition with very light scratches from boots on frame. Come with shark fins, mooses, radiator braces, alu bash plate, alu petrol cap. 19.2h on hour meter. Bike has been standing for over 6 months. Current owner will fix oil leaking at clutch cover and fork seals at agents before I take delivery. I will need to add hand guards and a trip meter / speedo. Cannot wait!

Regards,
Johan
 
Enjoy!!

Keep an eye on your fuel - there's no "reserve" tank on these (or the TE)
The TE has an LED that illuminates when you are low, and I don't think the TXC has one of those.
I don't know if the TXC fuel tap has the switch in it, like the TE - it would be easy enough to wire up an LED in that case.

--The fuel taps on these are just to equalise both parts of the fuel tank - it doesn't actually turn the fuel on/off--

Mike
 
Just filled mine after 61klms, used just under 4L and it was everything from mild use to wot !
So, that's about 10miles per litre.
 
AlwynMike said:
Enjoy!!

Keep an eye on your fuel - there's no "reserve" tank on these (or the TE)
The TE has an LED that illuminates when you are low, and I don't think the TXC has one of those.
I don't know if the TXC fuel tap has the switch in it, like the TE - it would be easy enough to wire up an LED in that case.

--The fuel taps on these are just to equalise both parts of the fuel tank - it doesn't actually turn the fuel on/off--

Mike
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My TE doesn't have the low fuel light, I'd think that the 14's are basically a TXC with ADR plates so they can be registered.
Husky probably wanted to just get rid of them all under same ADR paperwork.(if that's possible).
The 14's have the cc forks so I'm assuming they're the same bike.
 
rabskyline said:
My TE doesn't have the low fuel light, I'd think that the 14's are basically a TXC with ADR plates so they can be registered.
Husky probably wanted to just get rid of them all under same ADR paperwork.(if that's possible).
The 14's have the cc forks so I'm assuming they're the same bike.
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Does yours have the LED's in the speedo?
Mine has high beam, indicators (who puts indicators on these bikes!) and low fuel.

I have only seen the light on once, late in the day, doing a steep climb.
I can comfortably do 90 miles in a day without the light coming on.

Mine is a late 2013, with the black rims - it may have different forks on too, but I'm not up enough on them to tell the difference.

Mike
 
The 14's have the SSS dual chamber forks from the yz250f and the 13's had the open chamber forks.
I do have those 3 LEDs, is one of them a fuel light ?
The handbook has two photos, one has the FI light and fuel light below it(big lights) and mine has just one big light for FI.
My bike used under 4L for 60klms so I'd say that's about 10miles per litre, what size tank they got ?
 
I see what you mean - I've just had a look at the manual myself!
The TXC has the 2 lights, one for Fuel Injection and one for fuel reserve.
I thought the TXC had just the FI light, my mistake.

The handbook says fuel capacity is 8.5 litres, including 2.3 litres "reserve"

Looks like you're getting around 42 miles (68km) per Brit Gallon, whilst I seem to be getting more like 60 miles (100km). I'm not going fast enough!!!
In addition, mine is geared down a lot for the slow trails we have - I'm running a 12 tooth gearbox, 50 tooth rear sprocket, which makes 55mph (88kph) a max cruising speed on the road, although it will buzz up to 65 (or more!) if I open it up.
 
AlwynMike said:
I see what you mean - I've just had a look at the manual myself!
The TXC has the 2 lights, one for Fuel Injection and one for fuel reserve.
I thought the TXC had just the FI light, my mistake.

The handbook says fuel capacity is 8.5 litres, including 2.3 litres "reserve"

Looks like you're getting around 42 miles (68km) per Brit Gallon, whilst I seem to be getting more like 60 miles (100km). I'm not going fast enough!!!
In addition, mine is geared down a lot for the slow trails we have - I'm running a 12 tooth gearbox, 50 tooth rear sprocket, which makes 55mph (88kph) a max cruising speed on the road, although it will buzz up to 65 (or more!) if I open it up.
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I am a bit of a throttle jockey, it's either on or it's off , hence the broken shoulder ! (And I only weight 65kg plus gear) .
I always go too hard, chase fast mates and generally put too much on the line (for a 42yr old) .
Clocked 96kph max through the tracks on that video I put up, 50 tooth rear and whatever is standard on front) .
Rarely ride within reasonable limits and my limit, Stupid really !
 
The 50 tooth is standard here in England-shire.
13 tooth is standard on the gearbox

96kph or 60mph on (UK) standard gearing means you've got at least another 15kph to go.
Mine would do 70 happily as standard, but I can't remember what it was revving at (I've got a Trailtech Tacho - I'm old fashioned like that, or just plain old!)

Mike
 
My '12 TE310 has a low fuel LED, but it was on all the time so I disconnected it. I'm not tearing apart the wiring harness for a stupid resistor that should have been put in the instrument display instead of buried in the wiring harness.
 
AlwynMike said:
The 50 tooth is standard here in England-shire.
13 tooth is standard on the gearbox

96kph or 60mph on (UK) standard gearing means you've got at least another 15kph to go.
Mine would do 70 happily as standard, but I can't remember what it was revving at (I've got a Trailtech Tacho - I'm old fashioned like that, or just plain old!)

Mike
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Just been for a blat down the road to warm the engine to change the oil
10,000 revs = 67 mph

Mike
 
rabskyline said:
How did yo I know what revs were ?

Trail tech thingy have tachometer ? Stock one doesn't, no idea what mine was revving at, it loves revs ! :D
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Yes a Trail Tech tacho/hour meter
Dead easy to fit - one wire to the plug cap connector

It does like a few revs!
 
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