• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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83 wr250 supermoto?

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MuskyHusky

Husqvarna
A Class
Hey I have a 83 wr250 I’ve been restoring and I’m pretty much down to the wheels other than putting it back together and figuring out how wiring on these old bikes work. Anyways I have a couple stuck spokes on the rear and a small crack and repair on the rim so at the very least I need spokes, then I can’t find anyone to anodize them the right color if I am able to repair it. So I was thinking since it has a title why not supermoto it. I know when I first got the bike I had seen pics of an 82 in supermoto form but it had a front end swap and seen pics on an 83 Sm but don’t think I could find info on it. What I was hoping was I could just send the hubs to buchanan and they could work their magic getting the stock hubs laced up to some 17s. The only thing I am unsure of would be the widths, I slid some old Sm rims off my smr in and it looks like the front would clear fine. And the rear I have a 4.25 with a big ol tire on and it fits but depending on where the wheel would end up the shock bolts sticking in would be a problem, probably could figure out a fix for that idk also don’t have any of the chain guides or rollers mounted so I need to check that. Anyways any one have any info, opinions or thoughts on this, is it even possible?lol
Attaching some pics of just quickly sliding my smr wheels in their to see how much room
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ruwfo said:
Very cool, street legal? The motor should be perfect, as long a there are no long straights.
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Well I have a street title don’t know the exact legality but there’s a bunch of street legal 2strokes in my state so I should be good. Someone removed the brake light switches and horn but you can still buy them so going to add them back. Definitely not building it to go fast, live in a small town with low speed limits so just building it as a play toy and have a lot of sprockets front and rear so should be able to figure out a combo that’ll work for me.
 
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