2010 Husky TC250

[takitimu]

There's some photo's on thumpertalk here

http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=804523

I knew the 250 engine was low, but there's more space in there that a 2/.

Be really interesting to find out how it handles.

It's the same motor in the 2010 txc250 as well.

[Danger]

Yay they dropped those horrid Marzocchi forks! Hopefully they are running KYB on the rear as well!

[takitimu]

Yay they dropped those horrid Marzocchi forks! Hopefully they are running KYB on the rear as well!

Still Sachs on the back.

The graphics are fused into the plastics somehow, which is a pretty cool concept.

[Danger]

Bum! Yeah that engine sure looks compact but the triples look real cheesy! Whats up with them? Can you say flex and twist alot? Sure its not a Chinese bike with Husky plastics?

[takitimu]

Bum! Yeah that engine sure looks compact but the triples look real cheesy! Whats up with them? Can you say flex and twist alot? Sure its not a Chinese bike with Husky plastics?

I'd probably never know it if there was flex , but they do look about the same as what mine are. I haven't ridden MX on mine yet mind you.

I actually prefer the suspension on the txc over the klx, but I suspect that has way less to do with the components & way more to do with setup ( Mitchell special ) and bike geometry.

[Danger]

Some flex is actually a good thing for off road but it seems a strange place to have it at the top, considering that the torque on the bottom clamp bolts needs to be light to prevent binding of the top bush, especially on the older MZ forks which need a lot of help in that area. It seems that 1x bolt and a skinny clamp at the top might be insufficient to prevent twisting in a bif, but in reality the clamping force is probably similar to a two bolt system. Still looks cheesy though.

And yes, well setup open chamber forks will often feel better than the TC forks on the KLX which have more sliding parts and stiction to overcome, just the MZ forks are not a great example of an open chamber forks from an engineering point of view. But thats another story.

Didn't know you had gone Husky takatimu, please don't give me bad gas

[takitimu]

It seems that 1x bolt and a skinny clamp at the top might be insufficient to prevent twisting in a bif, but in reality the clamping force is probably similar to a two bolt system. Still looks cheesy though.

And yes, well setup open chamber forks will often feel better than the TC forks on the KLX which have more sliding parts and stiction to overcome, just the MZ forks are not a great example of an open chamber forks from an engineering point of view. But thats another story.

Didn't know you had gone Husky takatimu, please don't give me bad gas

The MZ's had a single bolt at the top ( my bike anyway ), I agree it looks odd, but to be fair I've had no trouble with the forks twisting, if anything they seem more stable when you fall off than my KLX setup.

The MZ forks do seem to respond nicely, the bike is just so stable front&back at pace.

Regarding going husky, I was getting so much crap about having a 450 I didn't have much choice but to change if I didn't want to get ear muffs & I like the concept of the TXC, mx bike with electric start & wide ratio gear box, be interesting the weight of the txc for the '10, I guess I'd like to be a bit closer in weight to the 250 MX'ers in an ideal world, 10kg is a fair penalty for an electric leg ( even if I can shave some of that off that with a Li-Ion battery ).