Australasian Dirt Bike – June 2019

Iwasexcitedabouttheprospectof

ridingtheHusqvarnaTE300i,butI

wasalsoalittlehesitant.Backwhena

lotofthefour-strokeswereswitching

fromcarburettorstoEFI,Iwasso

excitedtorideone,onlytobe

massivelydisappointedasIfeltthe

fuel-injectedbikeswerenotasgood

asthecarburettormodels.

FastforwardtonowandIwas

thinkingthiscouldbethecaseonthe

two-strokesthathaveswitched.

Husqvarnanolongerhasacarburettor

versionofits300,theonlyoptionis

theTE300ithatfeaturesatransfer-

portinjection(TPI)systemthat’sonly

initssecondyearofproduction.I

hadn’treallyseenoneoftheseEFI

two-strokes,soitwasdefinitely

differentseeinga39mmthrottlebody

sittinginthespotwhereI’dseena

carburettormywholelife.

Myfirsttwominutesonthe300i

werenotveryimpressive,itfeltflat

anddidn’timpressmeanywhereelse

intherevrangeeither.SoIheaded

backtoChristian,theHusqvarna

honcho,toseeifthiswasasgoodas it

wouldget.Luckilyitwasnot,asthe

Husqvarnacomeswithanengine

mapswitchonthehandlebar.Apush

ofthebuttonandIwasbackonthe

trackwithalotmoreexcitement

underneathme.

Nowthepowerwasalotstronger

offthebottomandintothemid-range.

Top-endfeltalittlelessthanwhatI

wouldexpectfroma 300 two-stroke

onagrasstrack.Itwasn’tuntilIrode

theendurocrossandextremetracks

thatIcouldfeelhowsmoothandeasy

touseitwas.

TheWPXplor 48 forkand

monoshockworkreallywellovera

widevarietyofterrain.Theyarenot

assoftas,say,theKTMbutstillvery

plush.Withthebiggestpricetagof

$15,295inthisbunchyouwould

hopetheHuskycomeswithlotsofthe

fruit,anditdoes.Preloadadjusterson

thefork,qualityProTaperhandlebar,

mapswitchandmore.Husqvarnahas

doneagreatjobatcreatingabikethat

worksforalllevelsofriders.

2019 SHOOTOUT #5 | 300T ENDURO

The injected engine was so smooth Preloadadjusterscomestandard

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