'81 CR 250 basket case & a newbie

Hey guys!

I'm a newbie to the Husky world but not to motorcycling! My old man got me a Malaguti Grizlly when I was 4 and ever since I'm on the sunny side.I'm a bike mechanic/customizer for 15 years now but this is my first Swedish made bike.Here are some pics,the frame is a '81 CR 250,engine is a '79 CR 250,I also got a spare case with crank and gearbox parts,a spare set of wheels and 4 fenders.On both crankcases the output shaft from the gearbox has seen better days,looks like a gear has seized on the shaft and the shaft can only be used as a candle holder or some other BDSM device!!!

got a pic of your grizzly thare awesome go the morini

Sorry mate,got no pic of the Mal

Strip it down to the frame, (put some old bolts in all the threads and holes and remove the headstem races) and get her powder coated so youve got a clean canvass to start with! the gbox is pretty agricultural so it shouldn't take much to get it together. take your time and also photograph everything carefully before you pull it to bits. download the parts manual from the husky parts website (dont have it here) very handy then buy a whole lot of new 6mm and 8 mm nylock nuts and get all the bolts nickel plated. your away!

Welcome aboard and am in same boat as you. They are great classics!

already did some paint striping...

and I borrowed an original sales brochure from '81

some new parts arrived,more to come next week so I can start rebuilding the shocks

I striped the paint off the forks and trees and painted them in wrinkle finish...NICE!!!

Santa Ohlins came to visit today:

Hi speedcowboy,
Where did you find the new rims for your husky.

Nice, where did you get the rim hoops and spokes from?

Dan Axelsson @ http://www.husqvarnaclassicparts.se/ has NOS rims & spokes
You also find rims & spokes @ http://www.cross-center.com/Katalog/2011/10._2011_Spokes.pdf

FINALLY made some progress...

Thats the go, looking good

Nice! Looks like you found some new Nordisk gold rims... where did you get them?

Dan Axelsson @ http://www.husqvarnaclassicparts.se/ has NOS rims & spokes

finished my shocks today

Looks like a lot of work went in to those, fine looking on the outside too.

They look really nice and go with the rest of the bike, I only wonder how easy they will be to clean and keep looking nice given the pain texture? Anyway, keep the pictures coming!