• 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.

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    Thanks for your patience and support!

found a 87-88 CR250.....

racemx904

racemx904

Husqvarna
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Well I live in a little crap hole in northern KY...a little thrift shop opens on the corner and there is a Husky sitting outside...Peeks my interst...

Go inside and BS with the guy...he said its been sitting in my bros barn for 10+ years...Its pretty clean but the plastic needs help...front and rear fender are toast and side panels are dark blue...

I ask if it runs..he said I hadnt even started it...I go outside, check for gas, lean it over to get gas in carb, choke, BOOM lights up....I killed it....intake boot is way cracked...

Not sure if its a 87 or 88...I had a 87 430xc and it had right side up forks and my bro had 88 430cr and it had upside downs....not sure if the CR was different either year...this has upside downs and not a quick change rear wheel....

If so...whats it worth? he wants $400 but I think I can get him around $200 or so in trade stuff...

I so want a bike just to scare people with when I show up and beat them...LOL....surely its worth 2-3 hundred...
 
I am not going to tell you what it is worth but I would think the engine and the exhaust pipe probably should get to the majority of $400 on ebay or elsewhere. I was going to pick up a dual shock water cooled 400 a few months ago for a little more than that but had a caliper on the pick up misbehave and never re scheduled I just have so many. If it has the power valve on it which I think the 250 cr did it is kind of unique. They dumped (sold for less than it costs to make) some 88 models on the market and there is most likely a higher chance of getting a bike someone bought and didn't wear it out in short order. Add to that by then the jap stuff probably was more competitive, especially for closed course racing. those long rods holding the top end on just restrict the port placement is my logic. It might also have a 5 speed which might hold up a bit better as there is room for wider stuff. On the other hand you would run into parts availability if you ran it a lot.

Well did you get it yet?
 
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