Major engine upgrade for 2012 TC250
Husqvarna's quarter-litre motocross machine has a completely redesigned twin-cam valve train, and there's also a new throttle body, tooHusqvarna has added even more pepper to its TC250 X-Light motocross bike for the 2012 model year, with a completely redesigned twin cam valve train incorporating four titanium valves and a revised piston.
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The injection has also been completely changed (now Keihin, with 46mm throttle body), the electronic ignition is Kokusan, and the exhaust is new, too. It comes fitted with ‘Power Bomb’ on the manifold and an Akrapovic silencer.
Husqvarna claims a big increase in torque and power, but then declines to reveal the numbers in the official specifications. However, I’m sure we’ll all know soon enough whether it’s rhetoric or reality.
But we do know the engine weights just 22kg, and that the first version of the X-Light – so called because it’s right on the minimum weight limit for the category -- was a huge hit when it was first released in late 2009.
Meanwhile, the steel frame has now been strengthened and made more rigid with new plates (chrome-moly 25CrMo4 steel) at the steering head.
There’s also a new Kayaba monoshock, with externally adjustable damping (high/low speed compression and rebound). The fork is also Kayaba (48mm) and the preload has been changed to a firmer setting. The 2012 bike has also had an aesthetic makeover, with the frame now black, InMould graphics (integrated into the plastic and absolutely resistant to washing) have entered the fray, and it has anodised silver rims.
The 2012 TC250 is yet to go on sale in Australia, with pricing still to be announced.
The first 2012 Husqvarna motocross bike to go on sale in late August will be the all-new CR65, as the company continues to roll out its premium junior hardware.
Price is $5395 for the nippy liquid-cooled two-stroke, and design includes a one-piece single-side panel with:
- IPD (In-mould Plastic Decoration);
- A light weight steel perimeter frame with detachable alloy subframe;
- 35mm upside-down Marzocchi fork with hydraulic compression and rebound adjustment;
- Sachs rear shock absorber with spring preload and hydraulic compression and rebound adjustment;
- Alloy swingarm;
- Front brake with wave-type fixed disc and four-piston caliper;
- Rear brake with wave type fixed disc and 2 piston caliper;
- Six-speed gearbox;
- Mikuni TM24 flat slide carburetor;
- Hydraulic clutch; and
- Dual radiators
The CR65's major competitor, KTM's 65SX, retails for $5995.
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