1983 cr 250

Well it's been a crazy 2 weeks, ...... buying three dirtbikes,(that shattered the old record for me). First, a 1985 Yamaha TY350 trials bike, then a 2001 Beta 270 Rev 3 trials, and last... this Husky 250 cr.
The husky will be a rider, as all are, but I do want to go thru it to "nice" it up. Hope I don't get blasted here, but it's my first vintage Husky and I don't care if it's suposed to be white.... Husky's to me have always been ... well you know, silver frame, red tank. So it shall be.
I'll post pictures later but dummy me, I tore it down before taking the "before" pictures.
Couple things to start;
1. A prior owner put a "boost bottle" on the intake manifold. Drilled and epoxied-in two 3/8" tubing-size brass barbed nipples and tubed them to what looked like a homemade aluminum can about 3" diameter x 3" long.
Since I accidentally yanked 1 of the nipples out of the manifold, either need to fix it or do away with the entire deal by plugging them off.
Question; was a boost bottle a popular/effective mod to the '83 250CR motor? I see no mention of them scanning forum.... AND that Bigalow "factory" ride 250 doesn't look like it had one.
Any thoughts?
( I think the boost bottle looks terrible... poor fabrication IMO and seems out of place on the bike).

2. I'm bummed out the bike came with, ( i believe), a Husky products large plastic tank and I've got to source a decent, or reconditionable alum. cr tank. Any ideas ?
Thanks, dave

Congrats on the purchases! Don't worry about getting "blasted" it's your bike restore it how you want, but the white 83 model bikes are pretty good looking bikes.

Here's a tank on ebay, 21 hrs left and it's at $127 good luck.


http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/301026325050?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648


By the way post up some pics of your bike.

1.I watched that tank sell... it was such a nice white on, it seemed ashame to buy it and repaint it red. So I "let it go".
I'm still activly looking for a "rider" tank, small.... aluminum .... stock. (will post in classified).

2. I'm going to plug the holes in my intake manifold where P/O had installed a boost bottle...I don't want it.

3.I will need to fabricate a new cage to hold the foam air filter, (bike came without one). Anybody actually have dementions...or a little sketch of what a stock one looks like ?


Thanks, dave

Nice red tank

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HUSQVARNA-CR250-WR250-1981-GAS-TANK-FUEL-TANK-AHRMA-VINTAGE/121229440609?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid=111000&algo=REC.CURRENT&ao=1&asc=27&meid=3185870858623629027&pid=100033&prg=1011&rk=3&rkt=4&sd=121229444061&

Here's what I am doing with an 83 430 that was white.

http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/83-430-rider-project.36085/

Same here, went old colors with mine too.

grab a new manifold from sudco, the mikuni suppliers, cheap as and just a click away. the old ones split underneath and are hard to spot