1984 Husqvarna 500xc

This is the first time i have posted.here is a little history of the bike. I got the bike about a year ago from my girlfriends father, who purchased the bike new in the crate to race motocross in the Memphis Tn area. He road the bike for about a year till he broke his back riding and his wife made him sell it "should have sold her" he keeps telling me. The guy that bought the bike installed lights and blinkers and rode it on the street for about two years. Then the bike was stripped back down to ride trails. The bike was parked in a garage in about 1989 and not touched until 2010 when vandals broke in the garage and spay painted orange polka dots all over it. The bike was then given back to my girlfriends father who was perfectly happy letting it rot in a rickety old shed. He asked me to do part it out for him. After doing a little research I realized this bike had way too much potential to be "parted out", i made him an offer on the bike and he told me i could have it so long as i let him ride it one last time "if" i could get it running. Challenge accepted. Engine was locked up tighter than dicks hat band, so i began disassemble. Had the frame bead blasted and powder coated, new Wossner piston and rings 2nd over, bottom end was in great shape. I had the clutch cover welded, painted engine flat black. All new cables, fork legs blasted and painted (didn't quite turn out the way i wanted). went with a 35 pilot and a 450 main jet. I couldn't justify buying new plastics on a weekend rider so i sprayed them blue to make it look a little better. Finished assembling it and rode it this past weekend. Started second kick. After riding the bike i am fairly confident it was not designed for a guy my size 165lbs and 6.1. This bike is crazy fast I still need to recover the seat, refinish the shocks, and break down and buy new plastics. Sorry about the crappy pictures.

Hey Justin, do the seat in yellow and do the fork sliders in yellow, will go great with the blue bottle theme youve got going there.

They are a big plush beast those Xc's, ol mate had one years ago and it was something else to ride. Im keen to get some mx sliders and a pair of de spacered shox for the Viper MX events over here. I hope the in law gets a scare on it!!