Anyone running the Athena 300 kit?

[420skirider]

I'm thinking of putting the Athena 300 kit on my '07 TE 250. Looking to get input on how much difference it makes. How much is the power increase from the 250? Is it a big jump?

 

[rancher1]

I got to ride a 08 TXC 250 with the 300 kit yesterday and I loved it. More pull everywhere !

 

[Coffee]

I rode Kelly's TC310 (250 with kit), definitely a huge difference in increased power but still light 'feeling' like a 250.

 

[420skirider]

Thanks for the feedback. That's what I was hoping to hear. Some of the write-ups I read on the '09 310 didn't say there was a big difference over the 250. I don't want to lay out the cash until I'm sure it will make a difference.

 

[dfeckel]

Definitely go for it. The mid-range snap out of corners is the biggest improvement I noticed, but the added low-end makes particularly technical sections a lot easier to clean without blowing out your forearm on the clutch.

 

[Eurofreak]

I have a 300 kit in my'04-great improvement. Less likely to stall, snappier on the bottom, and as others said, much better midrange.
I think for Eastern woods it's a fantastic weapon-just the right kind of power and revs nicely. Well worth it for me. You don't have to wring the 300's neck like the 250.

 

[fitness2go]

Who in WA has one...sounds just perfect!

I got to ride a 08 TXC 250 with the 300 kit yesterday and I loved it. More pull everywhere !

 

[rancher1]

Who in WA has one...sounds just perfect!

A friend of mine has one, we were riding and working on trails at walker valley trying to get ready for a couple of events that are coming up in a couple of months.

 

[fitness2go]

Let a fellow Huksy rider ('08 TE 450) get in on a ride with you guys...we can trade bikes for a while!

 

[Motosportz]

I rode Kelly's TC310 (250 with kit), definitely a huge difference in increased power but still light 'feeling' like a 250.

My bike also had a ported head. That sucker RIPPED in the mid range.

 

[Coffee]

I found a place to buy it on the internet!
http://www.motosportz.com/HVA-SS/HVA-SS-Home.htm#Motor

 

[Motosportz]

I found a place to buy it on the internet!
http://www.motosportz.com/HVA-SS/HVA-SS-Home.htm#Motor

 

[jedi101]

i raced a well worked txc 250 last year that would beat any jap 250f and put a kit on a guys bike that was BONE stock and it would've easily beat my race bike from last year, it was a 450 without that nasty hit off bottom, you could pull 3rd out of a tight 180 turn without touching the clutch! and with the extra power the bike feels lighter than a 250

who can complain about more power and a lighter feelin bike?!

 

[420skirider]

Definitely like the thought of less clutch work in the tight stuff. Some of the trails in the Jersey tree farms are so tight you can walk through them faster.

 

[Eurofreak]

Yeah, I remember South Jersey not very fondly-'bout killed myself when I had my 300EXC.
The kit is well worth it-esp. the longer you hold onto the bike.

 

[dfeckel]

South Jersey stick farms

 

[luvwoods]

South Jersey stick farms

Georgia pines got nothing on the Pine Barrens; used to ride Forked River area and you couldn't even pee into the trees they were so thick.

 

[fury1]

you know your in S.jersey when you see the footpeg scrapes on all the trees instead of handlebar height

 

[Eurofreak]

Do the Georgia pines move at all when you hit them? That's my big beef- I hit maple and ash trees of the same size and they bend a little-not those f#$@kin NJ pines!

 

[gandalf]

Yeah, they're deceiving...look like they should move, but don't.