Post up pictures of your vintage Husqvarna bikes!

Hello all. My name is Philip, I live in southeastern Pennsylvania. I have a 1988 WR430 with CR430 suspension & bodywork (including the rear frame section). I hooked it up with an uptite racing pipe, Answer SA Pro silencer, Boyesen reeds, aluminum bars, barkbusters, aluminum radiator guards, alum. pipe guard, wide pegs etc... It really runs great!

Me on my 1972 250 Heikki Mikkola replica, gone from me, but never forgotten, the main reason I got the 2010 TE450.
http://www.ultimatemotorcycling.com/1972_husqvarna_250_heikki_mikkola

Here's my '88 510 TE project, in as arrived condition. Correct parts on the way, to bring her back a little closer to OE appearance. Will post an updated pic shortly, with some correct cosmetic parts in place.

dont you mean a dining room manual? lol. beautiful machine.

man, that is one sweet unit !!

View attachment 7586 View attachment 7586 My 1981 250CR. It's been ridden quite a lot since the pics were taken. Enjoyed every minute of resto and ride.

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Hi friend,
I have a HSQ 360 RT year '74 frame sk 01314 I have read that your first bike was a HSQ 360 rt . I purchased mine in 1976 and the last owner has changed many things(es.Fenders,seat,exaust ,fuel tank ect) on the bike .He also coat the frame with a powder epossidic paint no like the original color :do you know what is the original color of frame?
Now I want restore it like the original ;i have seen your photos of 250 and 360 RT
Can you send me a lot of photos of 360 with many many close up of parts .The my avatar is not the photo of my bike I have put a photo found on the web.
I have found on the web many parts of the original rt but the prices are very dear!!
My e-mail address is g.mistral49@libero.it
I live in italy in tuscany near Pisa my city is Volterra. do you know?
I can pay you if you can send me a CD with photos I can give you my address:
GIULIO ISOLANI
via matteotti 26
56048 Volterra (Pi)
Italy

Hi friend,
I have a HSQ 360 RT year '74 frame sk 01314 I have read that your first bike was a HSQ 360 rt . I purchased mine in 1976 and the last owner has changed many things(es.Fenders,seat,exaust ,fuel tank ect) on the bike .He also coat the frame with a powder epossidic paint no like the original color :do you know what is the original color of frame?
Now I want restore it like the original ;i have seen your photos of 250 and 360 RT
Can you send me a lot of photos of 360 with many many close up of parts .The my avatar is not the photo of my bike I have put a photo found on the web.
I have found on the web many parts of the original rt but the prices are very dear!!
My e-mail address is g.mistral49@libero.it
I live in italy in tuscany near Pisa my city is Volterra. do you know?
I can pay you if you can send me a CD with photos I can give you my address:
GIULIO ISOLANI
via matteotti 26
56048 Volterra (Pi)
Italy

MY '80 OR390 and my '82.5 Silver Streak (with dealer installed 6 spd.) and a few "upgrades"

I want to know where he got the side cover stickers? What a sweetie!

I have a '80 CR/OR 390 the engine sticker says CR, but it has an OR tank on it. My pipe looks exactly like yours, (doesn't have the huge seam stamping at the welds, and a much longer stinger than others I've seen/owned) My silencer was just an open can when I got the bike. I relocated the mounting tab on an extra TX510 spark arrestor to shut the thing up, it didn't work very well (still kinda loud). other than the tank and exhaust I don't know what the difference is on the CR/OR. I have the original owners manuals with spec sheets for both models. both come with a lighting coil ignition. Red tank on the CR, Black on the OR? Were they ommiting the rear fender loop on the MX model then, too? Mine has it, sure gives me extra mounting strength for the weight of the tail light and plate

My pipe doesn't look like that, mine must be an OR for sure, I have the rear frame loop that this CR doesn't have. My engine sticker says CR, wouldn't a 250 expansion chamber have less interior volume than an open classer? I guess it all depends on the power band that your looking for? Mine sure runs strong

Black marks under the front fender? I've even got them under the back fender on one of my bikes. And look, even fully smashed down there is plenty of room for a skid plate under that damn un-parrallel center bash bar! I'd call that proper engineering, wouldn't you? Great shot!

I've recently had a bunch of fun with front brakes/hubs I have two 1980 front ends and a late '84 510TX with the dual shoe set up. none of them would let me just change the backing plate brake assembly. I wanted to put this on my 390 since the 510 isn't running right now. I wanted to keep the darker gold anodizied rim on the '80 390 but even the two 1980 drums/hubs/backing plate wouldn't interchange, Dang it! now the 390 has two different colored rims on it cause I'm not going to re-lace the hubs and rims, guess I'll have to change the rear wheel from a 17" to an 18". I'm not sure if even the '83's offered the dual shoe? One thing is for sure, the dual set up with EBC grooved shoes will stop the bike, even when wet! Which the stock single leader was nothing but a death wish when wet. I had some huge rear wheel skids and still slammed into stuff in the early '80's

Those have got to be the coolest pipes I have ever seen on a four stroke! But "heat shields" would ruin that bitchin effect. Probably have to line your leathers with aluminum foil? :-) Sure makes it look like a Top-Fueler!