Spoke with my wallet

slipdog wrote:

Look at what showed up today fellas... got that new bike smell! Hopefully get to break her in this weekend and get a good feel of...

Look at what showed up today fellas... got that new bike smell!

Hopefully get to break her in this weekend and get a good feel of how the suspension works compared to the few laps I got on the KTM at the demo day. Once I have a good feel for it, I'll tear it down to record the valve settings and start the testing...

Steely Dan wrote:

I'm racing Budds.

Steely Dan wrote:

and it said Husqvarna TC250 Here's the run down. Jetting on 110 leaded (Cam2) with synth premix 40:1, sea-level ~85 deg F. (stock) 420MJ (440) 37.5PJ...

and it said Husqvarna TC250

Here's the run down.

Jetting on 110 leaded (Cam2) with synth premix 40:1, sea-level ~85 deg F. (stock)
420MJ (440)
37.5PJ (42.5)
43-73 needle 1st clip (43-73 3rd clip)
Airscrew 2-2.5turns out (2 turns)

I ran out of needle. I'm on the leanest needle, top clip. Need a leaner needle. The diameter/profile is right, but I need a longer needle so I can drop to the 2nd of 3rd clip. For all intents and purposes however, it's as close to EFI as youre going to get with a carb. I am going to experiment with nozzles. I believe the nozzle itself is too rich, and by dropping down one size, the low rpm fueling issues could be eliminated. Similar situation to the TMX-equipped Hondas. If the nozzle ends up working out, i'll probably have to go up one size on the main and PJ to compensate.

Suspension 180lb vet expert
Forks
21C 19R 147psi for smoother tracks, 144 when it's beat up. Tried leaving air pressure the same and dropping the comp, but that made it ride a little lower in the stroke, which I hate. so I left the comp alone and adjusted with the air pressure itself. Used nitrogen.

Shock
HSC: 1.5 turns out
LSC: 10out
Reb: 14
sag: 104
Shock is too soft for me, i'll probably end up going up one spring size.

Was shooting for 105-108 sag, but it wasn't tankslapping at 104 so I left it. The suspension on these is going to be funny for the next few months, because if im not mistaken the KTM and Husky have different valving and specs, and most people assume theyre the same, which throws the clicker settings way off between the two.

I went to a G2 ergonomics throttle, and all they had for me was a prototype. KTM/Husky went to basically a shitty fourstroke style throttle housing on these (without a return cable). The hot set up going forward, is going to be a Domino throttle off a 2016, with a custom cable for the TMX Mikuni.

I also went to a Midwest mountain engineering "clever lever" which is a MUST for anyone with a hydro clutch, regardless of the bike. it adds another pivot where the mechanism that actually engages the master cyl is, rather than just having one pivot. adding a fulcrum reduces effort by 50%, technically speaking. actuality in this case is about 25%, which on a KTM/Husky makes pulling the clutch on par with pulling a bicycle brake. theres just so little effort.

Will have the HGS/Bud racing pipe and HGS silencer tomorrow which is supposed to address the lack of over-rev.

it's not a firebreathing monster by any means. It's fast, definitely faster than a stock YZ250. the suspension is what surprised me. it's really, really good for a stock bike. That whole "I'd get a ktm but the suspension sucks" is completely out of the window. Put it this way, its better than a Factory Connection PSF2.

The real take-away is that this thing is so smooth, that if you, or your kid are racing Am 250A/B/C, this is a 100% viable solution. it's almost as smooth as a 250F, infinitely lighter/lighter-feeling, and a whole lot faster. I ran mine with the soft powervalve spring, and the medium, and both are very rideable. This thing will lug a gear tall, and still carry the front wheel easily. very torquey, lots of rotational mass. there is a fairly big gap between 2nd and 3rd gear. I'm seeing MXA was saying drop a tooth on the rear and that's probably the solution.

oh, and the stock brake pedal is for midgets with size 5 feet. Not shocking considering Sleeter was the main development guy.

Deetsmx wrote:

Any ride reviews with the hgs pipe?