• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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'82 420AE shock length

Kartwheel68

Kartwheel68

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Anyone know how long the shocks were on the '82 420AE? It had the older style top mount for the lower shock mount like the MM and MN and had 9.5" of travel. I'd guess 15", anyone know for sure? I think the '81 125WR had the same setup, it had the top of the swing arm lower mount and 9.5" of travel. I'm trying to build an '82 125 for a women who is 5'4" and the stock WR with the side mount lower shock mount will be waaaaaaay too tall.
 
Are you thinking of the kind with the flexible hose to the resevoir or the gold kind of colored piggy back kind or something else.

On of mine came with some kind of aftermarket shock I sold off years ago that was shorter. It had three springs per shock. I think I have seen another one like it on ebay over the years but can't remember what kind it was. It was piggy back with finning across the resevoir and the shock top if I recall. That is probably what you want. I can measure the gold/black ohlins piggy back kind that mount to the top of the swingarm and assume that a previous owner or myself havn't mixed and matched somewhere along the way.
 
The answer is somehere around 16 inches perhaps an eithth less. But I can't be sure it isn't an axc. I suspect one came with the remote resevoir.

I think I suggested the easiest route above most likely the description is good enough for a suspention guy to know what I am talking about. Depends on how bad you want it, can mod the top mount, mod the bottom mount, go banana route.

You can see the pre recluse left hand rear brake in one of my pictures.

Fran
 

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Thanks for the pictures Fran. I think I am going to have to just take the shocks off, measure from the axle to the frame loop at bottomed, then at 9" or 10" of wheel travel and see what the shock length is.
 
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