• 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!

  • 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Austria - About 2014 & Newer
     TE = 2st Enduro & TC = 2st Cross

TE/TC 2017 150 - How "new" is this bike?

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keving75

Husqvarna
A Class
I was am looking into a new TE150 for my next 2t woods bike, and I am trying to determine the history of this motor. I know the 250/300 are completely new this year, but what about the 150? Is this a similar version of the 2015/16 KTM 125/150 motor?
I know the carb is different and I have no concern with that as it is a proven carb.

My concern is, I do not buy the first year of any completely new model, as there are always small issues that get resolved in later production.

The other components on the TE150 are not a great concern, as they are proven chassis/suspension parts. I just do not want to find out I am doing R&D for their new motor program.
 
I understand your concerns, but if you just read the forum you posted in you'll find 2 other lengthy and detailed threads about the '17 TE150. They seem to perform very well and be basically trouble free so far.
:cheers:
 
I have read through all of the post I can find both here and on some KTM forums. The bike seems to be a great fit for those looking for a small bore replacement for the 200, which is what I am looking for. I had not seen any info on issues with the motor, but that is good I suppose. I appreciate the info posted here. Looking forward to joining the TE club.
 
Well, if you don't mind orange there's nothing wrong with a 2016 200 xc-w. From what I've read it's a great bike with a huge aftermarket, so can be tuned and setup however you like.
I don't like orange, so would go Husky, TM or Sherco for a 150 and keep wishing Beta would make a 200.
:cheers:
 
Lovin mine so far, carb has been the only downfall very finicky & stock jettin is horrible for my climate & elevation. Only downsides so far. Awesome bike!
 
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