With the approval of my wife my wallet decided to speak

jt.hagerty
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Edited Date/Time 8/18/2018 11:26pm
After racing the local Full Gas Sprint Enduro in June I decided it was time to step up from the 125 to a bigger bike. It was hard to compete against 250 2 strokes in the grass track on my TC 125 so with the wife’s approval (as this is my 11th bike in 5 years) I decided to step up to a 250.

I made the purchase in early July, I couldn’t believe I found a left over 2017 TE 250.

I’ve already made a few changes to the bike, Pro Circuit exhaust, Vforce reeds, TM Designs chain slides and guide, and thermostats delete kit. I was hesitant to step up to a 250 as I have always been a 125/150 guy, but his bike is so much easier to race than the 125 was.





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Flip109
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8/18/2018 4:02am
Nothing worse than forgetting you have a perfectly good kickstand on your bikeLaughing jk nice! Love the huskys!
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downard254
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8/18/2018 4:09am
Now throw a Rekluse Auto clutch on it and hit the woods. A friend of mine has a KTM 300 with the auto clutch, and it is amazingly easy to ride
Moto96
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8/18/2018 6:08am
Proper spoke with wallet thread.
Remove black bracket off rear fender or trim down to just hold the brake/tailight. Bolt license plate to back of airbox. Instant dual sport.

BTW, I had no idea those came with a thermostat. What temp was it?

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8/18/2018 6:29am Edited Date/Time 8/18/2018 1:50pm
Congratulations man! That’s a sweet ride. Are you planning on plating it? I’ve got a 350EXC & love having a tagged dirtbike. There’s no where I can’t go (within reason) & it’s nice when you pop out of the woods onto a backroad. You can keep on riding til you see the next gravel road or trails without worry of getting a ticket.

Edit: Also, being older now I really like having a tag because I’m legal in more places than not when out exploring in the mountains.
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resetjet
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8/18/2018 6:31am
Lets not kid each other. We all need approval from our wife.
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8/18/2018 6:43am
resetjet wrote:
Lets not kid each other. We all need approval from our wife.
Told my wife I was buying a second bike. She said okay, just don’t bitch about not having any extra money. Lol.


Congrats on the new bike man!
jt.hagerty
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8/18/2018 1:33pm
Moto96 wrote:
Proper spoke with wallet thread. Remove black bracket off rear fender or trim down to just hold the brake/tailight. Bolt license plate to back of airbox...
Proper spoke with wallet thread.
Remove black bracket off rear fender or trim down to just hold the brake/tailight. Bolt license plate to back of airbox. Instant dual sport.

BTW, I had no idea those came with a thermostat. What temp was it?

I’m not sure what the temp of the thermostat is. I just know I didn’t need it or want it!
Moto96
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8/18/2018 4:46pm
Moto96 wrote:
Proper spoke with wallet thread. Remove black bracket off rear fender or trim down to just hold the brake/tailight. Bolt license plate to back of airbox...
Proper spoke with wallet thread.
Remove black bracket off rear fender or trim down to just hold the brake/tailight. Bolt license plate to back of airbox. Instant dual sport.

BTW, I had no idea those came with a thermostat. What temp was it?

jt.hagerty wrote:
I’m not sure what the temp of the thermostat is. I just know I didn’t need it or want it!
When you can take a look. I'm curious. Obviously they figure the off road models are going to be ridden in more water/cold/snow during off road.

Some bikes way back ran 160s.
wreckitrandy
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8/18/2018 9:49pm
"I told my first wife there's two times I'm gonna do what I want to do. And that's one,, when you like it. And two,,, when you don't like it..." Not the best tactic unless,,, you aim to have an ex-wife. Nice bike btw!
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8/18/2018 10:50pm Edited Date/Time 8/18/2018 10:50pm
I asked my wife and she said that l could say........

Sweet bike! Congrats!

Now l'm in a time out, don't believe what they say.
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8/18/2018 11:26pm
Congrats!

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