For some reason I have always wanted one of these. I had a 93 WXE350, and a
98 TE410, and wondered how it would have been with the 610. I have been
looking for a playbike for awhile, and saw this on craigslist a 2 weeks ago.
A 1995 WXE610, with only about 3 hrs on it, all original, with shortened
mufflers, a spare set of brand new conventional Marzzochi's, and a light kit
for it. $2000 out in Western VT. Normally I wouldn't go that far for a bike
anymore, but this was special.
After going through it the first night, I brought it to our local
riding area and realized it needed to be dialed in before I could push in
the woods with it, and that after breaking my neck earlier this year, that I
am now way out of shape.
I spent the last week making changes to it. Higher soft seat, fatbars and
the new enduro engineering handgaurds, regeared it to 13-50, installed a
hourmeter/tach, installed the headlight, lowered the fork oil to 135mm,
installed a pretty trick up-tite skid plate, stole the front brake master
cylinder off of my 08 Ktm( a bike this fast needs better brakes), and set
the sag.
As soon as I got home I loaded up and brought it over to my old tight,
technical single track loop over in Danville. I can still rip at times
around this loop with my 200. Riding the 610 around this loop was
interesting.
With the new gearing, 1st gear is good for the tight stuff, very little
clutch work, only flamed out twice while trying to ride it like a two
stroke. 2nd is fast enough for the fast stuff around my loop, can just let
it rev in the open sections, or grab 3rd and go way faster than I have any
buisiness going in tight woods. Nearly looped out twice tonight, pretty sure
I was in second both times, letting it scream. Makes me smile how easy the
front wheel comes up with the throttle, and points to the sky until you let
off. I'm 220lbs, and looked like a little kid clinging too it, tearing
through the woods out of control. I was telling my brother tonight, if
anyone saw me out there they would of thought I have only been riding a few
months.
I was going to try and dial in the suspension tonight, but the truth
is. The bike is so fast for my terrain, it probably wouldn't matter what I
did with the suspension. It must be a four stroke thing, that if your a gear
to low in the mud, they try to dig in like crazed ground hawgs. Last time I
saw a bike this buried in the swamp on my loop, was Jays XR 7 yrs ago. Bike
does start easier than my 410. Don't know why, but it does. Always starts
first kick, unless I make a half assed attempt. Although I did lay it down
for a little bit after I was ejected from it on the side of a hill, I gave a
few kicks to clean it out, then it lit right up. Chris told me years ago
that they vibrate more than the 350/410's, but I'm finding that I lug it so
much compared to my smaller huskys, that the vibes seem less so far.
After 2 loops around my practice track I decided to head out on the
powerlines to see what it could do in the open stuff. Bike just felt at home
in that stuff. Bike could easily spin the rear tire under 35 mph, at higher
speeds you could just slide in to turns with the rear wheel, and roll back
on the throttle and power out of it. The bike made me feel like a hero in
that stuff.Couldn't ride long at those speeds around here though. Not enough
room, too many people( collapsed a 380sx front wheel years ago doing that).
The bike is great, I'm faster on the 200, but have more fun playing on the
big bike. I have a 41mm FCR pumper carb on the way from ebay, can't imagine
this thing being any faster. Tim
> and that after breaking my neck earlier this year, that I
> am now way out of shape.
What, what?? Broken neck?? Evidently I missed that post. Sheesh.
> Last time I
> saw a bike this buried in the swamp on my loop, was Jays XR 7 yrs ago.
Oh, terrific. I don't exactly remember that, but I wish I knew you
were going out - I would've met you and tried to bury my NEW 4-stroke
even deeper. Either that or maybe a valiant effort at blowing up my
GasGas 2-stink. Depends on my mood...
> Bike
> does start easier than my 410. Don't know why, but it does. Always starts
> first kick, unless I make a half assed attempt.
I'm still voting for my "no-kick" 4-stroke these days...har.
> I have a 41mm FCR pumper carb on the way from ebay, can't imagine
> this thing being any faster. Tim
You're an animal. Keep in touch.
JayC
> What, what?? Broken neck?? Evidently I missed that post. Sheesh.
Busted c-6,c-7, and dislocated c-5 at the second enduro this year. Got lucky
and didn't need surgery, wore a cervical brace for almost 2 months, and
started riding again a few weeks ago. Once I do a better job cutting in some
new trail over here, come on over. Your 250 will be perfect around it.
Tim
"Tim N" <netra709...
>> What, what?? Broken neck?? Evidently I missed that post. Sheesh.
> Busted c-6,c-7, and dislocated c-5 at the second enduro this year. Got
> lucky and didn't need surgery, wore a cervical brace for almost 2 months,
> and started riding again a few weeks ago. Once I do a better job cutting
> in some new trail over here, come on over. Your 250 will be perfect around
> it. Tim
Glad to hear you are healed up well. My dad broke C2 about 4 weeks ago,
letting the dog out. Like you he got lucky and doesn't need surgery, but 12
weeks total in the neck brace. Hopefully it won't mess up his golf game too
much. At 77 he has been getting close to shooting his age now and then, His
only Husky is a chain saw.
Congrats on the new bike and glad you are well.
-Dean
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> am now way out of shape.