83 CR500, here begineth the lesson

Baking day. Only the ignition side as I left the two circlips for the gearbox bearings at work, Doh ! Spent a very tedious hour and a half tapping 30 years of gunk out of all the threads first on both sides.
Never baked a whole case before. No probs though, used the same thermocouple I use on big lumps of cow. 210 degrees c and they dropped right in. I used the PEEK caged main with less balls which may bite me in the arse later, the SKF specs look OK for it though. I may gain 0.0000001 horsepower from less friction and weight ?!
Time to replace the case with a ham and drink beer now.

Looks very nice but thinks you got someone elses tank unless you have the Katoom it belongs to

It's on page 1 of this thread, its going to be so orange now it will bring on migraines and trigger epilectic fits. With the exhaust causing bleeding ears maybe I should just get an ambulance to follow me around, might be handy when I finally get this Hoosqvarna on the road too !

That's an abomination!

There appears to be an extra from Dr Who in my gearbox...

Mmm, the oil vapors made by your oven are strong

You wouldn't think this represents 40 minutes of my life.



Its the one on the bottom by the way

Waiting for the crank cases to come back from painting. Waiting for wheels to come back with shiny 17" rims.
Good news though, tomorrow I go on a huge shopping spree to HVA factory. Nearly everything I need including new clutch cover in ally...Thank you VISA, you came through for me.

Smörgåsbord.......

Looks great so far!
Nice pegs, where ae they from?

Its all from Andy at HVA factory UK. I find him very helpful indeed.

Thanks, any one know if they will fit an 86?

HVA says only fits up to 84.
There are some IMS foot pegs at Huskyjunk.com

I saw them too, i sent an email to HVA to see what they say.

Husky junk says one part # fits up to 89.

sorry for the hi jack.

Don't mind the thread jacking. Just gives me an excuse to post gratuitous footpeg porn !

I've got the same pegs on mine and I shot blasted them to take the shine off them...makes them look titanium...

New levers just in. I am loving the NOS 80's BMX mesh plate I got off Ebay. I might put a link on the main forum, they got blue and red as well. I think everyone should have one !

Great so far, but you really need to rethink that number plate. Checkout the link to see HiDez vented number plate.

http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/1981-430-cr-restoration-mod-project-bike.5790/page-5

Nice but not BMX enough for me I'm afraid, pure 80's all the way. I'm sure at some time a Vintage Husky hit squad will break in and steal all my dice caps !...

Well, you are right if this is 80's BMX Motard. Where I lived, if you were into BMX, you had to have the latest lightweight but fully chromed frame. And any coomponents that looked like they could stand to lose weight like cranks and seats we're drilled out.

Any way, fun build you have going, looking forward to the finished product.