• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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    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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1984 125CR water cooled

evcross0

evcross0

Husqvarna
A Class
Ok Husky faithful, just picked up a beautiful 84 125CR water cooled bike. Don't think it was ridden much at all. Still has the origianal tires! Does anyone know how many of these were made? I have never even seen one before.
 
I have one thats going to be restored . Dont listen to all of the garbage of how bad these bikes were . I did a utube on Peter Hansson on a 84 , WR125 , on the site and man is he fast . The second utube I put up shows him replacing a piston and take a good look at the cylinder it was done by the founder of the Husky first water cooled engines . Note also in 84 our bikes were dual shocked his is a single shock bike .
 
Thanks guys! I am going to race it this weekend along with my 79 250OR. I think it will be fun! I'll try to post some photo's the thnig looks like brand new. John
 
ronn450 said:
I have one thats going to be restored . Dont listen to all of the garbage of how bad these bikes were . I did a utube on Peter Hansson on a 84 , WR125 , on the site and man is he fast . The second utube I put up shows him replacing a piston and take a good look at the cylinder it was done by the founder of the Husky first water cooled engines . Note also in 84 our bikes were dual shocked his is a single shock bike .
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it was from the 84 isde in holland in 84....late 84 which explains why he has an early realese 85 single shocker in 84 basically same motor though
 
BTW I have a nice 84 XC 125....nice motor...little lame off bottom compareed to the PV models of the Japs during the same time frame but buzzes along with the best at higher RPM. much better than the late 70's husky 125's
 
Joe take a look at the Peter Hansson post . It tells about Peters motor in that I.S.D.E. Race as I got an email from him on the bike .
 
racing mine in a vintage cross country race...very muddy day
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All worked well

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the bad part is this bike
(and other 1984 ....86)
is carter pomp magnésium !
in italia possible reconstruction pump !
 
Nice job on the engine, Mine is like new, probably had the water drained out of it before they stored it.
 
I have A 1984 WR-125 parts bike motor is complete and the top end is off. I'd be interested in any offers if anyone has use for these parts.
 
Those '84 125s were the WORST bike ever!

If anyone wants to sell their terrible '84 125, let me know and I will buy it. :)
 
The guy that claimed that it was one of the worst bike ever I bet he never even seen one . Plus they weigh in at 209lbs not 225lbs as he said !!!
 
To be fair, in '84 the Husky was completely and totally outclassed for MX, but was a great bike for off road racing. Husky claimed 209, but put one on a scale and its a good bit heavier than that, 20+ lbs heavier than an '84 KTM or Japanese 125 even at the claimed weight. Husky claimed 223 for the '83 175XC which is pretty close. Add to the extra weight that it also had the slowest engine and for MX it was not a good choice. I have two '84 KTM 125s one MX and one GS, that bike weighs 193lbs in MX trim which is a full 30lbs less than a Husky 125. The '84 KTM 125 is faster, and I mean significantly faster, than my '82 Husky even with the 175 kit in it.

But, I love the little Huskys even though they might not be the ideal bike if you are looking at it from a pure performance point of view. I choose to ride and race the vintage bike models I do because I like them not because they are going to win me the most races.
 
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