VOLUME 58 ISSUE 7 FEBRUARY 17, 2021 P85
We're getting spoiled.
Hard to believe that a
bike as high-tech as the
two-stroke fuel- injected
Husqvarna TE300i is
marketed as a trail bike.
But, in the real world,
it's also a worthwhile
enduro (race) bike.
Y
ou could say that
Husqvarna is resting on
its laurels with its 2021
TE300i. The company's flagship
enduro bike got a fairly sig-
nificant update in 2019 for the
2020 model year, and it returns
in 2021 just as it was. After all,
why mess with a good thing,
right?
It came fitted with a rede-
signed steel frame wrapped in
all-new bodywork with updated
graphics. Suspension got some
internal setting tweaking, as
well, and the motor was fitted
with a beefier exhaust pipe,
thanks to that corrugated sur-
face that you can't resist touch-
ing (when it's cold, of course).
Husqvarna felt that its electric
starting system has proven itself
reliable enough to do away with
the back-up kick starter lever
and the pound or two that went
with it. And the Husqvarna's
transfer port fuel injection sys-
tem (aka TPI or simply "i," as in
the Husky's case) got all of the
latest software updates (as did
the 2021 TE300i).
With its TE two-stroke range
of off-road bikes, Husqvarna
takes dead aim at the serious
trail rider who occasionally
races (most likely enduros).
There are three TEs to choose
from: TE150i, TE250i and
TE300i. They are, of course, all
fuel injected. The TE300i that
we rode here features an array
of cool stuff from the factory be-
sides EFI, like electric starting,
oil injection and an airbox that is
integrated with a composite car-
bon fiber subframe. The TE also
features a two-position handle-
BY KIT PALMER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSE ZIEGLER
Y
TE300i. The company's flagship
enduro bike got a fairly sig
nificant update in 2019 for the
2020 model year, and it returns
in 2021 just as it was. After all,
why mess with a good thing,
right?
signed steel frame wrapped in
BY KIT PALMER
BUT
HUSQVARNA'S
TE300i CAN
RUN AMUCK
AGAINST
THE CLOCK
Husqvarna felt that its electric
starting system has proven itself
reliable enough to do away with
the back-up kick starter lever
and the pound or two that went
with it. And the Husqvarna's
TUNED
FOR THE
TRAIL
