• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

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Hybrid thoughts!

Years later probably will seem buying a new bike would have been better.

Look into the older single cam Italian bikes. I put a 430 two stroke engine in one of those chassis, a 1999 one. That will get you. More support for the swingarm bolt and keep the ankle room for the most part.

If these creations are used a follow-up article might be in order. Probably should have location pins are both ends of the cylinder to do a head mount. There has been reference to another mount under the engine but I have not examined such a mod.
 
As hybrids go, I have no issue with them if done correctly like my 2007 500WR, speedyauto was the builder and it's a sensational bike to ride!
This one had a different twist, was the TE510 chassis that inferior to the Honda chassis?
Why destroy two perfectly functioning motorcycles to perform this experiment?
Tony.
 
"Why destroy two perfectly functioning motorcycles to perform this experiment?"

I stumbled onto a 510 that had been in a gasoline fire during a Baja 1000 race. And, by a stroke of good fortune, the owner was willing to trade it for a CR500 engine. So, I bought Cycle World’s 1988 CR500R test bike, made the swap, and started what would eventually consume two months of my time and involve about 500 hours of labor.

There was one final—and very compelling—justification for this project: After a recent binge of tool-buying, I had a new metal lathe, a vertical mill, a MIG welder and a metal bandsaw, all just waiting to be broken in...….. I would think tig welder more suitable for this type of project, one can really see what is going on.
 
I would agree that the TIG is better for these projects but since I used MIG for sheetmetal fab initially I have far more comfort with the MIG. My TIG acquired much later is an HF unit and only encourage me to get a better MIG as I could not afford the better TIG. I will be getting an Eastwood TIG after I get my school profitable.

I enjoy the idea of building something you want but just cannot buy.
 
fran...k. said:
"Why destroy two perfectly functioning motorcycles to perform this experiment?"
Oops, I must not have read that bit!

I stumbled onto a 510 that had been in a gasoline fire during a Baja 1000 race. And, by a stroke of good fortune, the owner was willing to trade it for a CR500 engine. So, I bought Cycle World’s 1988 CR500R test bike, made the swap, and started what would eventually consume two months of my time and involve about 500 hours of labor.

There was one final—and very compelling—justification for this project: After a recent binge of tool-buying, I had a new metal lathe, a vertical mill, a MIG welder and a metal bandsaw, all just waiting to be broken in...….. I would think tig welder more suitable for this type of project, one can really see what is going on.
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Oops, I mustn't have read that properly!
 
face it... on the fringe of normality are those that have strong convictions about various concepts. 1 of those concepts has been the "ültimate 4 banger" using an mx frame. I get it..he saw the possibilities and went for it. i was involved in a xl 350 in a vb monty frame. failed due to the poor outcome of sprocket s/a pivot and axle line up. this resulted in the chain doubling up on full compression when landing from a jump / whoops...man did that cause some grief. a chain tensioner sorted it but it never lost the "what if .."fear factor and it got moved on. was nice to ride.
 
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