2019 HUSQVARNA TC 125 & TC 250
FIRST TEST
P86
A major
improvement
to the TC 250
engine is an
updated counter
balancer
shaft that
reduces vibes
significantly.
or temperature, and the Husqvar-
na two-strokes would be a bit of a
bear to dial in to clean fueling.
For 2019, Husqvarna has a re-
vised setting that worked well for
us in Florida, at sea level, in a mil-
lion percent humidity. Will it work
as consistently at your track? In
our experience, the Mikuni has
gotten a lot better.
And we know plenty of owners
are happy with their performance.
So, we feel the Mikuni transition
has finally smoothed over.
The TC 250 two-stroke does
nearly no wrong in loose and
heavy soil conditions. Its com-
bination of snappy power and
ultra-lightweight feel, means you
can blow inconvenient ruts out of
corners (sorry to everyone who
was using that!) or simply hop over
them. You can snap up on top of
the softer sections with instant
momentum and pick your line with
more freedom. But the thing I re-
ally fell in love with at Baker's Fac-
tory on the TC 250 was the fact
that it was slowing the bike down.
No matter how hard I tried, I
couldn't get the TC 250 out of
control. The ground in Florida
simply held it back and that put
its power and my skill into almost
perfect alignment. The same
thing happened to me on the
four-strokes. I actually preferred
When will TPI get here in the TC
model? We've put a lot of hours on
the mellower TE 250 and KTM's
250 XC-W TPIs and we're ready
for motocross models. This bike
seems ready, too.
I had a bit of a struggle making
the TC 125 work with my short win-
dow of talent at Baker's Factory's
challenging test track. Clearly, for
me, when riding in that depth and
weight of soil, I will require some
horsepower to clean up my mis-
takes. Enter the TC 250!
Like the TC
125, the TC 250
features the latest
in two-stroke
technology.
