VOLUME 57 ISSUE 3 JANUARY 21, 2020 P93
A T A L E O F
TWO
2-STROKES
BETA VERSUS HUSKY, CARBURETION VERSUS FUEL INJECTION—
WE LOAD UP TWO VERY SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT 300CC TWO-STROKES
AND SEE WHAT EACH ONE HAS TO OFFER
F
or 2020, all the Husqvarna (and
KTM) two-stroke off-road mo-
torcycles are fuel-injected. Are
the fuel-injected bikes better than the
carbureted options still on the market?
We wanted to find out for ourselves, so
we got our hands on a new carbureted
2020 Beta 300 RR to put up against the
fuel-injected Husqvarna TE 300i.
Husqvarna and KTM introduced their
fuel-injected two-strokes in the 2018
model year, so we are now on the third
generation of the Husqvarna TE-i model
(which shares a lot of parts with the
KTM XC-W TPI that we tested here.
Husqvarna has two off-road two-stroke
300 options, the TE (two-stroke enduro)
and the TX (two-stroke cross country).
We chose the more all-around off-road-
oriented TE 300i to go up against the
Beta 300 RR since they both are aimed
at a similar type of rider.
BY CYCLE NEWS STAFF I PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOSEPH MCKIMMY/HANDSOME RABBIT
