• 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.

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1981 250WR thoughts??????

There's pic of a friend's father, railing sand whoops on a '78 OR. 12 inches of travel on 36mm forks... Frightening!
 
ok stop the bus WTH has any husky from 197? to 1980+81 autos, 125s and 250wr ever not had 35mm forks i have ever issue of DIRT BIKE from 1/77 to 4/84 in binders i can look it up if we need to ok now who made those forks, i'v heard Betor. Zoke and or Husqvarna themselves IDK my 79 250WR & 80 250OR had 35s and remote reservoir ohlins my 81 XCs had 40s and piggyback ohlins and my 87 WRs 40s on the 250 and WP 4054s on the 430 now none of'em where new when i gottem but i know the original owners of all of'em and they came outa there crates like that :excuseme: now am i fulla s%&#@:thinking:
 
yep i think ur right 36 or38 sounds nice i always got like 30s or 54s i like the 30s better:thumbsup: with 54 u gotta have 3 buddies to help:eek:
 
Yeh but 54's are a plush ride, not often would you blow through the stroke on a set of those puppies.. Probaby once or twice a ride but not too much i think.
 
Never had an issue with 35mm forks. maybe I just don't ride hard enough. Or is it that I avoid riding modern jumper-cross tracks.
 
Except the pre-77 125s and the '76 175 which used Betors, Husky made their own forks in either 35mm or 40mm. The first half of '81 both the 250 and 430WRs came with 35mm, then 40mm afterwards. The 125WR and autos used 35mm forks up to '82.
 
In the easy trails the 35mm forks didn't fail but I did change the oil in them. I didn't run them hard enough. I didn't hit fallen trees, big rocks, big holes.
 
Norman Foley said:
There's pic of a friend's father, railing sand whoops on a '78 OR. 12 inches of travel on 36mm forks... Frightening!
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OOPS! I meant to type 35mm. I'll have to get my friend to scan the pic. His Dad was an old school enduro rider. Silver Medal at the Berkshire Trial, multiple sidecar class wins at Jackpine.
 
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