• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Husqvarna 73′ CR400 – Carburetor Clean & Jetting Video

Glad you posted this video. Lot of good info with reasons of why you're doing what you're doing. I have a Bing apart on my desk for a '73 450wr, just need to get around to assembling it.

A while ago I had hyper extended my left ankle kicking a 98 Husaberg 501, hurt for over a year. My ankle was hurting watching you kick that bike with sneakers.

That 400 is a cr? Does it have a headlight? It looked like a light was reflecting off the back of that Toyota you followed.
 
Thanks!

I did hurt my ankle starting this bike. My MX boots were at a buddies house so I did not have a choice.

This bike does have a headlight. I installed a MZB ign with lighting coil & Baja Designs headlight/taillight.

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I also have a video of the MZB & light kit install:

 
I am planning on an MZB for my 450wr. Let me ask, how much does the light dim at idle or low rpms? My 87 430 headlight gets to about the brightness of 1 candle at idle. It doesn't get bright untill the engine is revved more than half way up the range.
Do you have a part number on that headlight?
That 400 looks awesome. My bike will end up much the same. One other thing I like is a set of tall and narrow flexx bars.
A friend of mine used to live in Oak Lawn, IL and that is the first thing I thought of when seeing the neighborhood where you were riding. Where are you located?
 
NICE 450, Matthew! It gives me a little motivation. Mine's got a long way to go, but here she is after the initial $150 investment:

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FirstEliminator said:
I am planning on an MZB for my 450wr. Let me ask, how much does the light dim at idle or low rpms? My 87 430 headlight gets to about the brightness of 1 candle at idle. It doesn't get bright untill the engine is revved more than half way up the range.
Do you have a part number on that headlight?
That 400 looks awesome. My bike will end up much the same. One other thing I like is a set of tall and narrow flexx bars.
A friend of mine used to live in Oak Lawn, IL and that is the first thing I thought of when seeing the neighborhood where you were riding. Where are you located?
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At the end of the video, I fire it up and point the headlight at the garage door. Keep in mind it is the interior of the garage and the door has been painted with gloss white, so it does reflect quite a bit. My camera does not work well at night. It is bright at idle with a little "flicker" due to the way these idle. Once you add a bit of throttle, it is super bright!

Fast fwd to 9min.




Here is a link to the baja headlight:
http://www.bajadesigns.com/products...race-lights/single-lapaz-8-inch-halogen-light

The headlight bulb is a 55w, while the MZB puts out 80-100w. Baja said I can probably run higher wattage. The other option I had was to run LED headlight & taillight, with a stock re-wired lighting coil, which would put out ~40W. There is a guy named Vance Smith that can provide this service. Since I did not have the headlight shell, I choose to go this route.

I'm about 35mi north of oak lawn, il.
 
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