• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

1973 400cr

I wasn't going to PC the frame, but now glad I did. In addition to the frame, I PC'd other parts too (swing arm, brake lever, fork clamps, foot pegs, brake stay arm, air cleaner cover, etc.). Total cost $625 USD

Two stage paint, silver with a clear coat. I think it turned out spectacular. The two stage really did the trick. Didn't lose the VIN either.

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I think she looks pretty good for being 47 (almost 48) years old. All I have left is lacing up the wheels and installing the chain/sprocket.

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TM
 
TexasMule said:
I wasn't going to PC the frame, but now glad I did. In addition to the frame, I PC'd other parts too (swing arm, brake lever, fork clamps, foot pegs, brake stay arm, air cleaner cover, etc.). Total cost $625 USD

Two stage paint, silver with a clear coat. I think it turned out spectacular. The two stage really did the trick. Didn't lose the VIN either.

i-Q6ctCkz-XL.jpg


i-XVVHwXd-XL.jpg



I think she looks pretty good for being 47 (almost 48) years old. All I have left is lacing up the wheels and installing the chain/sprocket.

i-4Vwxvk5-XL.jpg


TM
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Looks great!

What RAL # is that Silver Powder Coat?
 
nice looking scooter
a friend has the same bike but not restored
he bought his new and it has never been abused
so a question, he lost his silencer, could you take a close up so he can see the silencer and mounting
 
Unfortunately, I'm not at home right now. Which is why I couldn't respond to the RAL question.

This is as good of picture that I currently have.


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TexasMule - your restoration is a thing of beauty. It makes my knees weak. From your pics I gather that it now lives in your house. How can you look at it and not want to ride it?
 
Chris, I'm assuming this is what you're asking about? Not sure if that's OEM or someone did it later.

I do believe that's OEM.

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Binx said:
TexasMule - your restoration is a thing of beauty. It makes my knees weak. From your pics I gather that it now lives in your house. How can you look at it and not want to ride it?
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She's retired, just like I am. We're both too old to hurt ourselves anymore.....

She brings a smile to my face every time I see her. Can't ask for more than that.
 
Hey Mule, I am working on a 73 250 and it has the gussets on the peg mounts too so, I had never seen them and thought I would ask.:thumbsup: As for the bike I agree that is a beauty and the reason I started looking for a 73 250 as I have a few 450s and 360s and my knees are blasted too! I have my bikes at my work and when I want to ride I have a young Buck show me how its done!!:notworthy: Then take a ride around the property! Thanks for getting back! Chris
You mentioned 2 part powder coating? Ral 9006 white aluminum , what is the clear??
 
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