Australasian Dirt Bike — June 2017

30 |JUNE 2017 http://www.adbmag.com.au

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I WAS WONDERING HOW YOU GUYS

RATED THE 2017 HUSQVARNA TE300

AS THE BEST BIKE OUT OF THE BOX? I

BOUGHT ONE AND IT IS THE WORST

BIKE OUT OF THE BOX EVER!

Steve isn’t happy with his new

Husqvarna TE 300. Remember

kids, try before you buy

SOIL SAMPLE LETTERS

UNHAPPY CUSTOMER
I was wondering how you
guys rated the 2017
Husqvarna TE300 as the
bestbike outofthebox
(ADB#450)? Ibought one
andit is theworstbike out
oftheboxever. Nobottom-
endpower and suspension
thatistooplush. It blows
throughthestrokeand
wallowsatspeed.Icansay
thatmy2015GasGas300is
away,waybetterbikeandI
have recentlyridden the
2017 Beta 300 and, again, a
waybetterbike out of the
box.
Steve

Sorry to hear you feel that way
about the TE. It’s always an exciting
time getting a new bike and you
don’twanttobeletdown.
We use pro testers who are
affiliated with particular brands but
cannot score the brands they ride.

Quiteoftenweseebrandsgo

through a patch of producing

excellent bikes and then, a few years

later, someone else steps up their

game.IthappenedwithHondaand

then Yamaha and now KTM and

Husqvarna are the ones to beat.

Iunderstandyourconcerns

regarding the TE300. There is no

doubt that when the Husky comes

out of the crate, there is room for

improvement. You are not the only

rider out there to experience jetting

problems with the Mikuni VMX38.

Both Husky and KTM know that there

is a problem and are working on a

fix, and working on fitting EFI. I will

bethefirsttoreportonitwhena

jetting fix comes to light.

Okay,ontothetest.Iwanttogive

you an insight into how it all went

down.BoththeHuskyandKatoat

the start of the day were way off.

The new carbies weren’t cutting it

and it looked like there was gonna

be a surprise winner. Both the Beta

and Sherco were jetted crisp out of

thebox.Werodealldayandthe

Husky and Kato were back and forth

getting jetting changes. After many,

many laps and many chats between

mechanicsandriders,wecameup

with a setting that worked really

well. It was only then that the Husky

hadachanceatthetitle.Anditwon

by the slimmest of margins.

As far as suspension goes, the

Husky is soft and I have mentioned

that in every one of my ADB Garage

stories. I have my long-term TE300

running on the stock suspension

andIhaveracedwithit.WhileIthink

it is soft, I think as an out-of-the-

crateendurobike,it’squitegood.

And our four other testers agreed. I

amhappytotakeacallfromyou

and give you advice on your Husky.

I’d even be happy to meet up and go

for a ride (if you’re around Sydney)

andhelpyouwithsomeset-up.The

Betawasbetteratslowridingand

the Sherco a little too racey. The

Husky did it all.

Enduro Editor Geoff Braico

MATHS FAIL

Lovingthemagmate,great

read! I have aquestion

aboutGeoff Braico’s

segment in Rear Guard

whichIreadwith interest

asIhavea2 0 17 TE3 00 .I

thought it was a misprint in

the last edition(#452)but it

wasexactlythesameinthe

April edition(#451). Why is

Geoff calling 60:1, 200ml of

oil in 1 0 litres?Thatwould

be167mlofoil to 10 litres

offuel,or1.67%.Looking

forward to your reply.

GeoffGraham

Yougotus!WeaskedBraicoafter

your email came through and turns

out he’s been telling people porkies!

His math skills let him down and he

worked out 200ml of oil to 10 litres

to be 60:1, instead of 50:1. We have

since enrolled Geoff in a

mathematics for adults course at

his local TAFE.