1. Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

Billy Grossi Cr500 Pictures

Discussion in 'Vintage/Left Kickers' started by ronn450, Feb 6, 2012.

  1. ronn450 Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Yakima
    Does anybody have any pictures of Billy Grossi"s Silver tank CR500 work"s bike that they can post , or write ups , Thanks Ron
  2. Motosportz CH Sponsor

    Location:
    Vancouver WA
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2021 TE250i, 570 Berg, 500 KTM, 790R
    Other Motorcycles:
    many
    is this it?

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  3. ronn450 Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Yakima
    That"s the bike but he also rode a silver tank bike with black letters and a falk number plate rear fender .and motorcross action also did a write up on it also , Thanks Ron
  4. Joe Chod Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    upstate NY
    Thats a pre 82 1/2 works 500 for sure. The "10 fins of fury" say it is all 500 and not a PC 470!
    Also got the 83 style frame. Notice the tighter angle of the 2 frame pieces that come up from the footpeg area. angle was much wider on 82 bikes.

    Joe
  5. Joe Chod Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    upstate NY
    Do you mean this look?

    This was the non 500 in 82. Some were 430 others had the PC 470 treatment.


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  6. ronn450 Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Yakima
    Joe close tank is right it had the 83 frame like the blue tank bike in the other picture but silver tank like in your picture , hard to find pictures of Billys Huskys
  7. Svenskbike Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    GERMANY
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    510 TE's , 430 WR , 500 XC
    i've found this,but i think it's only Billy's casting Bike!
    Cheers Kay 250769_2522_billy-grossi-500-cr-82-ps-83-a.jpg
  8. ronn450 Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Yakima
    Thats the bike and picture , Thanks Ron
  9. GaryM Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Austin, Tx
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    1981 430cr second 430 CR 500cr
    Other Motorcycles:
    1981 490 Maico
    Here is a Scan of MX Action article that includes info/text above photo. Also included is 2nd page article scan. Husky 500 CR BIlly Grossi  MX action 2.jpg MX Action Husky 500 text.jpg

    Attached Files:

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  10. Motosportz CH Sponsor

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    Vancouver WA
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2021 TE250i, 570 Berg, 500 KTM, 790R
    Other Motorcycles:
    many
    CafeHusky rules. :cheers:
  11. Wildebeest90210 Husqvarna
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    Location:
    Gloucestershire.
  12. ronn450 Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Yakima
    Great stuff , looks a lot better with the silver frame than white , Thanks Ron
  13. adam6402 Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Tulsa, OK
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    None
    Does anyone know a source for reproductions of the yellow HP number plate ovals pictured on Billy's bike?
  14. Hwy Mini-Sponsor

    Location:
    SF Bay Area
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    '86 510TX / '90 250WXE / '87 510TE
    Other Motorcycles:
    '04 KTM 525MXC / '91 KTM 300DXC

    Providing you know the dimensions, we can re-pop those easy enough.
  15. adam6402 Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Tulsa, OK
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    None
    Art, my wife is pretty good with apps that can be used to re-create this sort of stuff. I'm going to ask her to take a shot at a replica image that can be printed and test fitted to my side panels and if it looks good, I will send it to you for duplication.
  16. Hwy Mini-Sponsor

    Location:
    SF Bay Area
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    '86 510TX / '90 250WXE / '87 510TE
    Other Motorcycles:
    '04 KTM 525MXC / '91 KTM 300DXC
    Adam- as long as they're Adobe Illustrator .ai or .eps files were good.
    We also have the Husky Products logo in vector file format.
  17. adam6402 Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Tulsa, OK
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    None
    Okay, I will get you the dimensions. I would like them just like pictured with husky logo at top "husky products" name at bottom with black pin stripe on periphery and in reasonably close match to the yellow color pictured.
  18. steadydirt Husqvarna
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    Location:
    Ontario
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2007 2002 wr 250 1994 wxe 250
    Other Motorcycles:
    fj 1100 cb500 cb350 rt 200 xs 650
  19. ruwfo Administrator

    Location:
    NJ
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    1980 390CR, 1982 430CR, 1984 400WR
    Other Motorcycles:
    1985 250XC, 2016 FJ-09
    Did anyone else notice how the shock swingarm mounting bolts are redrilled close up the swingarm for
    more travel. I'm going print this picture & scale it, to back engineer the shock length & distance
    they moved it up .

    Husky John
  20. Joe Chod Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    upstate NY
    John, You mean like this...
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