• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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79 390 OR suspension

Ben Stevens

Ben Stevens

Husqvarna
Ok, I'm new to this forum and vintages Huskys as well. I have a 79 390 OR and am looking to set it up for the Calvmx series. I now have Curnutts on the rear (tired of getting almost thrown over the bars when I come up short on doubles) and have picked up a pair of Ohlins 16.5" remote resivoirs that need serious work. Any recommendations on who to have do the work ( I live in So. Cal but not opposed to shipping ). I also have a 40 mm fork setup for it ( now has the 35mm), I have 2 pairs , one has white lowers and the other the silver lowers. The silver lowers are about 3/4" shorter then the white, not sure which pair to rebuild ? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. It's a fun track bike , just not forgiving of rider error.
 
welcome to the forum, and you are certainly in the right place. the parts you are thinking of using will be a huge upgrade. there are many who can rework your ohlins, the only place i can personally recommend is WER but they specialize in enduro/woods uses. great service and knowlegde tho.
as for the forks, i would use the ones have the better height application for your chassis. the shorter ones are likely from a wr model. whoever does your shocks can set you up with a good spring rate for the rear as well as the front. after you get your suspension dialed in, it will unlock the great chassis that is a hoosky!
im sure someone will be along with some suggestions for you that are more helpful for moto-x application. not sure if you have ever had your suspension set up professionally but its such a huge difference getting the springs and damping sorted, good luck.
dont be afraid to post some pics as well.
 
I have heard nothing but good things about Drew @ WER, but he is on the east coast. You may want to give Brian at Moto-Vintage Suspension a call. He is in San Diego, CA and does suspension work for a lot of the CALVMX riders. He is an Ohlins dealer and does quality work at fair prices. I have had him go thru a couple of Ohlins shocks for me and he even rebuilt a pair of vintage Fox Airshox for my '79 Honda CR250. Call him at 619-281-0455.
 
Hey Ben, I had Drew do my ohlins for my 79 wr and they work great . I would choose the forks your going to use in accordance to the correct length of the rear shock what ever they may be. I don't know O R suspension that well but 16.5 seems offly long to me for the rear twins. That sounds more like C R stuff that used the longer swing arm. I installed 40 mm forks up front on mine to they were W R forks tho (shorter bottoms) Try and find out if the or swing arm mounts are in the same spot as the cr and then go from there . Let us know what you come up with , this has been done lots of times on here. Good luck and send us some pics.
 
I totally remember my own 390 doing that. I had put a set of Koni remote reservoir shocks on mine back then. The Ohlins will be much better!
 
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