I'm glad to see someone make a video and directly address some myths and mis-conceptions. Well done.

Great review of important tips for all TPI owners, everything covered here is clearly stated in the owners manual- READ IT before riding. There's alot to learn about these new TPI bikes. They work GREAT in stock form, don't mess with the engineering. Juan- Nevada City, Ca. (Nice chainsaw mount ;-)

Thank goodness you guys put this video out.

great video!!! i have the 2017 300 XCW and plan to upgrade soon to the TPI. this video helped me understand a little more about this bike since the internet is full of conflicting information. thank you again!

I have the Husqvarna TE300I 2019. After 2 trips to my dealer, I have updated the factory map to the latest revision and it runs better, less leanness. I also run the Pro Circuit Platinum pipe with a FMF Turbine Core spark arrestor. Overall it is improved, not perfect but is so much fun to ride!

That's badass how the bike self adjusts! Didn't know that good info thanks

Justin, you are an amazing person! Thanks a lot!

Interesting, I was recently watching a video from Jeff Slavens and his recommendation is to replace that OE plug with the BR7 "I think". He states that new plug has a common issue with the porcelain crumbling and causing damage.

I own this bike - need to mention a problem with that oil cap. If you fill up to where he did in video, trail riding combined with a poor design of the cap causes oil to seap out while you ride. Solution: fill so that the reservoir is full but not the tube up to the cap. That leaves some room for the oil to slosh around without being up against the cap. Kind of sucks that KTM or an aftermarket company hasn't made a cap that holds a better seal... Also get a pipe guard!!! Haha

thanks for. the vid please keep the tpi info coming!

Nice Thank´s to you from Germany =)

Glad to see you promoting the chainsaw. I've been packing one for over 15 years now.

Excellent vids as always and great place to buy parts hassle free

I use Belray SI7 injection oil in mine over 60 hrs runs great and only 12.88 a quart vs 22.00

Nice job Justin. Quick question though. I have never fouled a plug on a modern 2 stroke. None of my riding buddies have either. We have several thousand hours at this point of engine time on our 2 strokes without fouling a plug. I stopped carrying one in my riding packs because of this. Have you actually fouled a plug on a modern (2010 or newer) big bore 2 stroke?

Good info thanks.

stumbled on this vid glad i did.

Enjoyed your video on ktm 250/300 tpi bikes. Wondering if any computer work needed with an exhaust upgrade?

Hey can you do a vid about that chain saw mount???

Thanks to share

Thanks for giving the piece of mind to get a tpi 250, lots of info out there saying that the bike is too sensitive.

I just subscribed, thanks for the information. I'm picking up my first ktm bike for myself Saturday... 2023 300 xc w

This video didn't age well lol. 1) Power valve can still be adjusted as FI doesn't monitor power valve but throttle position and engine RPM. To get the best power delivery for your riding style it's still recommended to adjust your power valve. 2) DO NOT USE IRIDIUM SPARK PLUG !! KTM went back to the old school plug as the IRIDIUM plugs have been melting and destroying engines. Issues: Crankcase pressure sensors have been coming from the factory bad. Low end burble, stalling, fouling plugs etc are tell tale signs you've got a bad CCPS. Do not adjust idle like the factory states in the manual. Air screw is for idle to 1/3 throttle A/F. Get the slaven's idle screw, do it proper.

Do you use two stroke oil for the oil tank

I love that 2T fuel-injected because in Europe they got Euro 4 approval, I'm not sure here in Mexico, where I choose to live if that bike is approved also on the road, if so, it's my dream, I can go to the place I want to ride offroad, without a truck.

i played with the powervalve on my 2019 250 and it's like a different bike. S3 sell a easy adjuster for these bikes that can be turned by hand without the key, and on dirtbike channel the guy says you can adjust it. i had constant bogging and spluttering issues, the bike wouldn't rev like 2 stroke normally do and with the yellow spring in the bike was far too docile for my liking. i put the red spring in and a new spark plug and it's been a different bike since. bogging has gone, it runs crisp and clean, way more responsive and feels lively like a 2stroke should.

I have a restored kawi 89 kx250 I wish to upgrade but ive put to much into it. Its a power house hang on baby Nice videos Youve earned a sub my friend

Thks.

Unfortunately ktm dealer in my country don’t have motorex premix oil they just have liqui moly and they say its good for ktm bike !! Can anyone tell me if liqui moly oil good or not for tpi ??

Also a lot of debate on engine braking two strokes. It says right in the manual for these TPI bikes that it is okay to engine break them down long descents.

Where was the offroad segments of this video filmed?

Nice Job !

Tip number 6: Make sure your grounds are clean, tight, and put a little dielectric grease on them.

you can engine brake tpi engines? or am i wrong?

Justin, what bike do you prefer overall, the TX300 you were riding or the xc-w tpi? Thank you.

Still on the fence about this bike. Run the 17 300 Six Days and love tuning with the power valve. Just put the Lectron carb on and it really woke the bike up across the board but I've always run rich down low for tight single track and it's difficult now. I hope after-market companies can sort this out. What would a Fatty pipe do to TPI bike?

You have to adjust de Power Valve Spring also at the tpi bikes a little bit... they dont run perfectly when they come from ktm ^^ ktm have not the time to set them up perfect... ;-)

they made it a bit more complex but not having to mix gas is pretty sweet add the oil and away you go!

If your buying a new 300 just kit it out with good protection for the bike and you and ride it at most get a map selector switch but other than that you don't need anything more haha most ppl aren't pushing the bike past what it can do anyways :)

Trail Tech chain saw mount. I see that you still have the safety bar mounted on your saw ( trail Tech web site and KZfaq show it removed ) and it looks like you are unable to use the front lock, It also looks like you are using wire ties as well as the rubber straps. I also was unable to find the saw mount on the Rocky Mountain web site.

A spare plug? I have a yz and haven't fouled a plug in the 175 hours I've put on it.

The first few tips I all ready knew because of my two stroke street bikes KTM has had to be specific with it's oil recommendation. Because fools just think they can run regular premix in an oil injection system great way to lock up your bike! You must run a oil injection specific oil they are thinner and designed to work with oil injection regular premix is too thick and will plug things up causing oil starvation.

I love that they have finally simplified the two stroke haha no more mixing and running out somewhere and being screwed if you don't have mix oil.. I am getting a 2021 300xc-w this spring and I cant wait to jump from carb to tpi its about time haha

Wondered what that plug was that came with the bike (wake up plug) Thanks!

Will all the new xc and xcw be tpi bikes from 2019 forward? I was interested in a tpi but rethinking it after hearing of the things you might have to do with them, carb is sounding better/simpler.

Hey Justin: A little Off-topic, but how do you think the 17 300 with Lectron WITH the FMF spark arrestor is going to run up in Taylor Park?

Hi, what might be the function of that Stihl chain saw hanging in the bar?

Love the 200t strapped on there...I might have to put my 461 on my 500exc 😉😉😉😳😳😳

Hi, I know this is going to be off topic but just hear me out. So, I ride a 2016 KTM 105 Supermini, and noticed the front brake was feeling a bit spongy. No big deal, just check the pads and bleed it right? The pads looked fine, and there was no need to replace them any time soon. The only thing left to do was bleed the brakes. As I do this, some bubbles start coming out, but eventually I start getting no lever. At this point I'm pushing fluid up through the caliper with a syringe, and using the gravity method, no dice. I spent a good hour after this, and at this point I've done all I can and there is completely new fluid throughout the system (the brake is back but it still feels spongy). Now comes the confusing part. If I'm braking normally, it's almost as if the system looses pressure, and I have to pull the lever further to get it to engage again (or pump it repeatedly). This can get kind of sketchy because the models previous to 2018 are known to have a rear brake fading issue. I cannot figure this out for the life of me and feel that my results in races are suffering because I'm riding more timid than usual. Thanks, kind of a long post but I am utterly confused and find it hard to describe this problem.

All very good advice! Thank you + a question: Can you address the "mid range lean or detonation" issue? My TE300i has this mid range ping and am wondering what is causing it, and if there is an ECM mod to fix it? Thoughts? Again, great video!

Now would Red Line Fully Synthetic 2T Racing Oil work? I've tried many oils and literally no other oil performs nearly as good as this Red Line 2T synthetic racing oil, it's optimized for Powervalve 2stroke racing/trail bikes, but I use it on everything including my 2 stroke scooter which has a 23cc 2 stroke engine which I beat the living hell out of, went to install a big bore kit on it and mind you the engine is 24 years old, the piston is in mint condition, looks like new, even next to the new one. Also it seems to improve power and responsiveness all over the rev range.

What is the oil tank size

What if you flip the bike? Will the oil pump suck air in and cause damage?

My bike opened up after messing with the power valve and powervalve spring.

Good video but you're wrong at 9:24. The bike does not adjust for altitude changes in real-time. It takes a reading from the barometric sensor every time you stop the engine. Thus, if you ride from 4k feet to 9k feet without stopping the engine you'll experience the same lean condition you did after trucking it there. You literally only need to stop it long enough for the piston to stop moving. Kill it on a downhill with clutch pulled and fire it up a moment later.

Buy the street legal excf so you have something you can ride in the dirt or the street...

Redacted because I thought my comment might have been a bit harsh. It's a good machine with some new tech issues. I just haven't been impressed with them or any of the 4 strokes...from any company. Maintenance is expensive, they tend to die from some little farkle slipping out of place. The EPA just needs to leave the industry alone so they can go back to making solid reliable 2 strokes that just need basic maintenance, and don't cost as much as a Honda Africa Twin.

Jeff Slavens just done a video on why you should change to the old type of spark plug on the tpi. Someone's got it wrong. Not sure who

This has been eye opening, love chase and rmatvmc. Makes me terribly grateful for my carb though. They could call this, " 5 reasons not to get a TPI", LOL.

they say they run to lean, there is no Information how to make them run effiecently richter..

Its simple just read the owner's manual and make all the things that ktm or huky say in the manual and you stay free of problems... easy

I tried to get a spark plug for my honda crf. It was 62 dollars Canadian. It was ridiculous

why not just leave the power valve off the tpi models, if they really don't want you to adjust it.

pro tip, i have a 2020 300 tpi. Buy a Get Athena fuel programmer richen up the mixture at low rpm, lean out the stupidly rich mid range, and richen it up at high rpm. 2 strokes live and die by AFR. if you run a stock 300 tpi at wide open throttle for 3-4 seconds the afr will go into 15/1 wich is insanely lean. Same with oil, i put in 0.5dl of oil when i fill the tank full, its bullshit that it will damage anything. the reason for the bad fueling and lubrication is due to emissions. Ktm knows that 2 strokes will not be road legal because of the emissions of a good running 2 stroke so they have to cover their ass by saying dont do, this dont do that. Talk to any proffesional ktm/husky mechaninc and not their PR department and they will say the same

Thanks for this video man I honestly was not sure who to believe out there. There is another channel a guy called KTMANDHUSKY and he is actually selling parts to enable your bike to be able to run a small amount of premix in the tank in addition to the oil injection. I was tempted to do it until I watched this video. I picked up my 300 TPI a few weeks ago and have a few videos out on it check out the channel if you want. Did you mess with your idle screw at all? Especially after installing the rekluse? I noticed as soon as I had my rekluse in that suppppper low idle that these TPIs have didnt work. My bike would not idle in gear no matter how I had my rekluse adjusted. I guess there is a SLIGHT bit of drag no matter what with these rekluses that isn't there with stock clutch. So to remedy that I turned what ktm refers to as the idle screw up and that fixed the issue. however it then made my bike hard to start bc it was so lean. long story short I ended up having to take that tiny little idle screw out and replace it with a screw that I can turn on the fly. The stock "idle screw" is an air screw not an idle screw. did you guys have any similar issues with your bike after the rekluse and have you guys messed with that REAL idle screw that is super lock tighted in there or have you only used the air screw to make your idling adjustments? I am so curious as to why KTM did this and tried to make that actual idle screw a permanent fixture instead of another place of adjustability like on all their 4 stroke throttle bodies. Love all your guys videos keep some more coming about these TPI bikes please.

I just want to say I got the same bike and I run klotz got 50 hrs no issue just throwing that out and I run bellray 75w

The idea of not touching the power valve doesn't really make sense because I have seen a number of these bikes and all of them have different power valve settings from the factory... Some are two turns in, some are one turn in, some are even three turns in... I made my power valve which came from the factory almost two full turns in, flush with the case and I am so much happier with the power band now... I can't say it's the best for everyone but I would not have any fear whatsoever with messing around with different tension and different springs... Why would they make it adjustable if you shouldn't adjust it?

one reason I love the two stroke is simplicity. These bikes are stepping away from that idea.

Great looking bike. Shame all the TPI bikes are blowing up. The amount of broken TPI bikes is insane. all 20-30 hours old. So sad.

100% you need to adjust the power valve

Who thinks the yz250x is generally the better bike?

Amazing that this thing can't adjust on the fly for elevation!

Rock Mountain ATV MC - You forgot to mention that before any riding is done newly obtained KTM dirtbikes should be taken apart and *grease* should be applied on all moving parts that require grease. KTM is notorious for not greasing the rear end especially/forks/swing arms etc.., basically even if its brand new with 0 miles you should always take apart the bike and apply your favorite grease gratuitously (There are component specific greases out there as well as im sure you know, which I'm sure is helpful, I imagine manufacturers cheap out on grease because it's a maintenance job that people often neglect to do after they take it out of storage and ride it for the first time in months and its hard to blame the bike for failed components, making it appear to be the fault of rider abuse, but if you grease your dirtbike, SXS or ATV religiously every 6 months or so, it will last 10 times longer than if you never do it.. Even cheap chinese pit bikes or quads will be infinitely better if they're greased by the owner upon purchasing, in fact especially the cheaper bikes

No mixing gas? What sorcery is this?

KTM-Husky channel, states put oil in tank, i asked a mate who works with KTM euro, he said never do so

12k on a bike and not read the manual?

Setting 1 runs good setting 2 runs like shit, the switch is useless imo.

Ill give you a tip that saw rack on your bike is poorly designed ,if you move it back to flush with the fork tubs it will feel much lighter while ridding.

My top tip make sure the oil injection doesn’t stop working ,like mine did on the oil injection on the crm 20 years ago Honda leant ktm hadn’t not a good idea as everyone else tried and stopped making them what does ktm think that they are better than all the other makers ktm keep throwing money away is their nick name down here in Australia I would not buy one yet in 5 years yes but not the first couple of years

The very first thing I'd remove from this bike is the saw.

id be scared of the pump quiting

Fine-wire electrode plugs…

My mom has a bike from the 70s with the same tech and will last a lot longer it’s a Suzuki

My five tips : 1 don’t 2buy 3ktm 4or 5husky too many problems 😎🇺🇸

60hrs and the tpi’s are seizing….ktm Isn’t standing behind them either.

"This is the best 2 stroke oil for these bikes. I've never tried anything else, but KTM says it's the best, so it must be."

*paid for by KTM lol

Tip #6: Buy a YZ250X and a lectron H series, deal with mixing gas and kickstarting, and save $2000 for a bike with better suspension. 😂

Best tip buy something else

#1 tip should be don't buy a tpi.

Top tip 1: dont buy one Top tip 2: refer to tip 1

best tip - don't buy one

Tip 6 dont buy a TPi

HERES THE BEST TIP: DONT BUY ONE LOL! LIKE IF URE HIGH IQ LIKE ME.