• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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126,875mph. Stock Production 1983 500XC

I'm going to use maxima 727 at 20:1 mix and jet for it. That's more oil/ lubricate over the 40:1 super maxima I was using.
 
Maxima spec sheet recommends 20:1 ratio for road racing and drag racing 2T I'm thinking for heavy duty use.
 
Bigbill said:
Maxima spec sheet recommends 20:1 ratio for road racing and drag racing 2T I'm thinking for heavy duty use.
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road racing yes...didnt you make it a point several times saying you are putting around with your grandkids? you have to match it to your rpm. in this thread, trying set a top speed then more oil is appropriate...are you going to abuse your swedes that hard? road racing??
 
silverstreakNZ said:
Yea it's 100 to 1 . 100 kph per 1 wheel lol

What is the oil you use if you don't mind sharing . Purely for Mt own curiosity
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http://www.habot.co.za
Local company which blends specialised synthetic oils for a variety of purposes.
At 20to1 and 25to1 there is plenty drool and splattering.
Normal riding with 32to1 no splooge.

The ratio debate will rage forever and each to his own.
I just know from experience what works best on my huskies for a variety of applications ranging from clambering mountains and ravines thru vmx to flattracking to roadracing and topend runs.
 
just saw one of the only 3 original gt 40 open top 289 ci cars left in the world ( 1 is a dubious claim) at the historics. they took 5 opens and 5 closed cars in the first attempt at Le Mans. the 5 opens were slower and colder so they ran the closed cars, using the open tops at the mille miglia later that year. this car turned up as a wreck after being stored for many years. the owner had no idea what the significance of the car was. he does now. it was quick and I just assumed 6 litre but it was only a small block. very nice...
 
What I was meaning is that it won't be an original GT40.

Many years ago I was told by the (then) Husky importer for NZ to use air cooled pistons in my auto if I ever needed to replace one. He said the AC items didn't have cut-outs on either side so the gudgeon pin went all the way across the piston and had mode 'bearing surface'. Sure enough mine (LC) elongated the pin holes after a couple of years but the replacement AC item went for another couple of decades.
Did the 500 have two similar designs over the years?
 
More than that, there is 2 real 1s here in my home town.
1 is Dan Gurney's old car with bubble in the top part of the door for his head.
 
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