250-500cc My WXC250

After a 3 year hiatus from riding on the dirt I picked up this non running Husky for 500$. It ended up needing a new oring head gasket and I was good to go.

The good: 6 speed is sweet, really good midrange punch, feels light, 3 gallon tank, came with fmf pipe
Bad: Can't find the rear plastics, the geometry of the seat height, bars, footpegs feels weird to me. The power is all in the middle, possible power valve issue?

The cylinder is stamped 297? My beater

might want to put a chain guide back on it, really puts those cases in danger. rear fender is available in reproduction form but the rest is not. bike looks actually in really good shape, just that a hack maybe had it and lost a bunch of stuff. i would fix it up proper, certainly not a beater bike. altho it appears someone cut off the mounting area for the exhaust by the brake res.

the side panels are not available, i was ahead of the curve and bought a spare set a while back
the fender is a late style and if you do find the panels will need to be replaced
your frame is similar to a 99 and people change to newer plastics on these
there are some threads here on Cafe Husky on this