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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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

'83 250CR dropped off at Jemco

I must have a cr cylinder then... Because mine is doughy nothing and then BWAAARRRRGGGGGG :D:D All hell breaks loose. Sure makes you appreciate power valves! Climbing snotty hills is interesting, to say the least. Poor old clutch....
 
Hey Picklito,
Where did you get the Keihin PWK flat slide?

I would love a carb with more low speed air velosity for easier starting on my 1981 430 CR!

Does power now make the inserts for that carb?
 
bultokid;67663 said:
Hey guys just remember the flatslide is not legal if you want to run it in any class below Ultima in AHRMA.

Bulto do you know if this applies out here on the Westcoast or within CALVMX? Maybe LeftCoast can answer this?. I don't believe that WestCoast guys care to much about the AHRMA rules... and certainly not in the Pacific NorthWest. Not a knock on AHRMA but would truly like to know as I am considering a flatside and plan on racing my 390.

Anything you could post up would be appreciated.

T
 
HuskyT - Only applies if you're doing AHRMA in classes below Ultima, doesn't matter here in local Texas races either.
 
Sorry not to have a link but for the Pacific NW go to Vintage Dirt Racing or "Hammer and Tongs" for their rules. HighDez- I went to a 3.0 slide in my 82-430xc, easier starting and crisper off of bottom. alot more Idle mixture adjustability.
 
highdez1981430cr;69237 said:
Hey Picklito,
Where did you get the Keihin PWK flat slide?

I would love a carb with more low speed air velosity for easier starting on my 1981 430 CR!

Does power now make the inserts for that carb?

I had it... from my collection of old KTM stuff. Either the 38 or 39mm works fine. It does have snappier response and better fuel economy than the Mikuni round slide. I can't say it starts easier, mainly because I've always thought the Mik had a good choke circuit and they always fired off nicely in my opinion. I don't know about the power now inserts. I don't buy many "hop up" parts.
 
oops, this TMX won't fit in the space, WTF! I'm running a Mossbarger reed cage (+ 3/4") with a cut down air boot (- 1/2") and there's not enough room to squeeze it in between the air boot and manifold.

Option 1- return it or option 2 swap back to the stock reed cage and hope it fits?
 
Hey Leftcoast,
What is the dimension from the front spigot the the rear air horn?

Is it 100mm? it may be an older TM model.

In my Sudco tuning manual it shows a TMX38-27 with an overall lenght of 76mm

That is like 15/16" shorter so you wouldnt have to go back to the stock intake.
If you do i will buy the Mossbarger from you.:thumbsup:

Sudco 323-728-5407 TMX38-27 $217

The rear airhorn is the same dia. as the stock VM mikuni round slide62mm.Front spigot is 44mm which is only 1mm or .039 in which you can use a heat gun or hair drier to warm it up.

Hope this helps,let me now what happens as i am looking to do the same thing to my 430 to aid in cold starting.

Are you happy with the Mossbarger set up?

How did it change the performance and starting?
Thanks
 
Highdez- that's the width i think, the length is 100mm; the manifold and airboot dims are the same between the vm & tm series (per my sudco manual)

love the m-barger but if it doesn't fit with the tm then i'll pm you

shouldn't be a starting issue cold or hot with these bikes, see an earlier thread with tips (quite simple really)
 
Husky%2083%20250%20pipes.jpg

Another reason, other than cylinder porting, for the difference in power delivery between the '83 CR250 and '83 WR250 would be the stock pipes . The CR pipe above has a shorter rear cone section and longer stinger section , when compared to the WR pipe in the same picture. The Cr pipe is also noticeably fatter from the first weld , right up to the start of the stinger .
 
Pipe Complete ??

bultokid;67304 said:
Just thought I'd let all know that I dropped off the '83 250CR at Jemco today along with the Husky Bulletin that has the 250CR hop-ups. Said it should be less than a month for the pipe/silencer , so all that need a pipe it's finally on the way. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

Rhett - has Jon finished your pipe?? Jon is working on a one for me as well...rb
 
beckreit;75294 said:
Rhett - has Jon finished your pipe?? Jon is working on a one for me as well...rb

Hey RB how's it going ? Suppose to be done this week. Which one is he doing for you ? The '76 Husky 250 ?
 
Husky500evo;73641 said:
Another reason, other than cylinder porting, for the difference in power delivery between the '83 CR250 and '83 WR250 would be the stock pipes

Wow! That's a great comparison photo. Thanks for posting that. My WR pipe looks just like the WR pipe in the photo and, as I said, that bike is strong and broad. I hope someone can bolt a WR pipe onto the CR and see what it does.
 
bultokid;75304 said:
Hey RB how's it going ? Suppose to be done this week. Which one is he doing for you ? The '76 Husky 250 ?

That bike (79 WR) was stolen out of my trailer at the Omni Hotel in Houston...not good. I am re-building a 83 250XC...the photos looked good but it is the all time record pile...bad shape. I am starting with the frame and re-doing everything...not my intention but no choice. So Jon is working up a pipe from the one that he built you...front mount is different, and I am going to bring my bike down to Jon and get that worked out. Jon is a great guy is built my exhaust for my 79 C&J...New alarm on my trailer, first bike theft that I have ever had.

rb
 
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