• 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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!

1986 430ae Deja vu

I love the spring covers, I might try & make 1 my self. The idea of bigger radiators could also help with my project.

Does any one know of an after market ignition for a better power supply to run a radiator fan.
Also does any one know of some sort of transmission cooler for the auto box as I'd like to find a way of cooling the trans.
Speedy.
 
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510 from Rik Smits.
I've been told there's a car electric pump ( fuel ?) that is used as an oil pump.
The radiator is on the left.
 
I like the up-tite pump, and adding a filter would be a big plus. I finished disassembling the rest of the bike. The motor itself is questionable. The cyclinder and head had some rust and will need bored. The rod and crank feel good. The countershaft bearing is froze up and a few of the bearings are not very smooth. Looks like I'm going to use my spare motor. Sending the frame, swingarm, fork tubes, ect.
off to get powder coated.
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Any body know why the over flows are like this?

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Stops the petrol running out on your garage floor I suppose.:D
Seriously putting the hoses up like that defeats the purpose.
They are both a air vent and a fuel disposal device.
If the carb was to flood then the fuel level would be that much higher.
 
I also used the longer 4-Stroke radiator on my Auto. Living in Arizona it does get a little hot here now and then. I also found that I needed to run a 50/50 mixture of Sunoco Race Gas (100-110 octane) with pump gas. The catch bottle is needed on the Auto and I used a 70% water and 30% coolant mix, as water is needed to cool the engine. I have put "catch" cans or overflow bottles on all of my water cooled bikes since my Auto days. This is a very easy fix that will help prevent your coolant from pouring on to the ground when you have a steamer or tea pot boiling during a trail ride. Hey if you add a fan to your bike it will even work better. Look at the Pro Circuit Team bikes, they run an over flow can on their Outdoor and SX bikes. My Husky Auto is gone, but my KTM has a Rekluse auto clutch and so will my next Husky. :banana:
 
I recieved a few really cool Nos parts today. Came special delivery!:D


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The new links and bearings will be a nice upgrade with grease fittings. Parts lot came with extra set of old style bearings and new washers.

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face it jim, these are a special unit and with a rider in the shed i would go for the full concours on this one! it looks pretty original so u have great start. cheers
 
Got the parts back today from Gateway Powder Coating (local). I think they look Great.

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The silver is the closest match that he had. The original looked more gray.
There are a few small imperfections but is anything really perfect!!

Ordering all the seals, gaskets, ect. tomorrow from halls.
 
husky jim said:
Got the parts back today from Gateway Powder Coating (local). I think they look Great.

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The silver is the closest match that he had. The original looked more gray.
There are a few small imperfections but is anything really perfect!!

Ordering all the seals, gaskets, ect. tomorrow from halls.
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Jim:
Looks great. Never thought of powder coating the swing arm.
I have an 86 430 Auto. In the process of restoring, so I'm interested in your progress. Any more pics you can post?
Thanks.
Dave
 
Not alot of progress since I had the new bearings presses in awhile back. I plan on getting back to work on it after the holidays.
 
everfree said:
Jim:
Looks great. Never thought of powder coating the swing arm.
I have an 86 430 Auto. In the process of restoring, so I'm interested in your progress. Any more pics you can post?
Thanks.
Dave
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Hi Everfree
I see you have a 430 ae and a 500 ae.
Can you tell us the difference of power, riding, sensations between the 2 bikes ?
Any pics ?
Thanks
Michel
 
everfree said:
Jim:
Looks great. Never thought of powder coating the swing arm.
I have an 86 430 Auto. In the process of restoring, so I'm interested in your progress. Any more pics you can post?
Thanks.
Dave
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Not quite a restoration photo, but this is how I like them to look! This was was a couple of weekends ago after my first time out on my 430:D
 

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That picture reminds me of my 430WR 6 speed I had back in 87 ish. Stunning bike. I would have prefered an Auto, but never gave it a thought at the time.
I still have fond (ish) memories of the Broadhembury enduro the weekend after I picked it up from John Deacon.
 
Michel Dufayard said:
Hi Everfree
I see you have a 430 ae and a 500 ae.
Can you tell us the difference of power, riding, sensations between the 2 bikes ?
Any pics ?
Thanks
Michel
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Michel:
I started another thread and posted some pics there with a quick write up.
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/86-430-auto-and-85-500-auto-projects.29023/

I like your posts on the AE and 510. Keeping them cool is a challenge. I also have seen similar ways to protect the case from clutch spring breakage.
What type of fluid are you running in your AE? Some say fork oil, others say auto transmission fluid.
Thanks.
Dave
 
stormer254 said:
Not quite a restoration photo, but this is how I like them to look! This was was a couple of weekends ago after my first time out on my 430:D
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Stormer:
Nice 430. Just like they should look.

What's your thoughts on the 430 AE?
Thanks.
Dave
 
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