• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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1984 Husqvarna 500CR Prototype???? on Ebay

VERY interesting!! Please keep us up to date on what you find, I have a feeling this is a very special Husky. I wish now I had bought it.
 
I know this is an older post but my local husky dealer said there was a 500 kit that was offered by Husqvarna to make your 430 bike a 500cc. I'm guessing it came with the longer cylinder studs, crank, cylinder, reeds, manifold and piston. Not sure if it was a 38mm/40mm/44mm carb?
 
Bigbill said:
I know this is an older post but my local husky dealer said there was a 500 kit that was offered by Husqvarna to make your 430 bike a 500cc.
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Your local dealer was wrong unless they were talking about the Pro Circuit 470, which was not a kit.
 
The kit would have needed a long stroke crankshaft if there were ever such a kit, The production 500 uses the 86mm 430 piston for std bore.
 
82 430 was sold with a free Malcolm Smith desert tank as a late 82/83 sales promotion. I bought this package in early 83.
82.5 500 was sold with the desert tank and a 6-speed trans in a box.
Those are the only "kits," although nothing stopping the guys at the time from picking through the parts fiche and converting to a 500. Makes my wallet hurt just thinking about it.
Justintendo is correct it's a different piston with the same bore.
 
I had a 82.5 husky silver streak 500cr to purchase but I was informed that $650 would purchase it but the seller wanted $750. I was a $100 short I passed. Fast forward decades I have one in parts finally. I think I have two 500 cr engines, extra 500 case, two 500 xc/wr engine. So far.
 
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