• 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.

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    Thanks for your patience and support!

new puzzled member

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Who's CR250 is in the picture?
It has the power valve that is correct
They were rare in that only 350 were made
 
All modern 2 strokes have a P/V. Its in the head in front of the pipe and closes off part of the opening for low end torque and rolls to open for the powerband.
 
NissanMike said:
1614574 is the only number I can find. Its on the jug right at the intake tube flange. Says made in Sweden below it. I found the one by the kicker starts 2094 rest is obscured by black powder coat or really good paint. Also. It appears to have a six speed gearbox.
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check the number again for 1614457 if so its a 400
 
Alright I made a realization after staring at all these pictures and others on the net. What does the faded part say? I see 400.
 

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It has a twin roller chain guide mounted near the shock from an XC or CR. The WR runs a chain guard and a short chain guide with no top roller. Not a WR if the chain guide is original. It has a Husky Products rear chain guide (very nice) and it has the wrong rear brake backing plate for an XC. The XC uses a lug on the swing arm to locate the brake backing plate. That backing plate is most likely for a CR which The bike is probably a CR with a light fitted.
 
it appears that what the previous owner or owners did was combine a couple of motorcycles, the CR is a great chassis and the 400 is an absolutely phenomenal power plant it makes a very broad power band and does not vibrate like its bigger brethren
I would doll it up and ride it like it is, still curious of the 2 4 digit engine numbers by the kickstarter
by the way if you want a kick stand you will need an XC or WR swingarm, but that uses a different rear wheel and takes the floating brake away
 
Two 4 digit numbers by kickstart are 2094 3033. From my research those numbers don't make sense. As for maybe being a 400 I gotta say it vibrates like nothing I've ever been on. Your body goes numb. if it would help I can measure the jug and the top plate or something. To maybe see if the dimensions match someone else's known engine size.
 
2094 is the cases for an 82 to 84 500cc
look behind the sprocket and see if there is a 4 bolt plate, they were used on 82 to 86 cases to hold the shaft bearing at the primary (engine) sprocket
 
looks a lot like my 87 250 xc , not super sure tho? Husky's do vibrate , makes you feel like you got a bad case of the hiny spiders... looks like someone has painted the head and jug, should be black. P.S. throw that starting fluid as far as you can .
 
Nice eye. I was usin it to diagnose some stuff. Got her runnin today. after I fixed the motoplat grounding issue. Its a screamer. Went to stop and the rigged up brake stay someone did, didnt quite hold. Long story short it now has a full length proper-ish brake stay.
 
Short answer is no. Like has been mentioned before I found 2094 on cases between 82-84 some 250 some 500. The casting number I see on the jug by the carb i found on 430 400 and 500 bikes. I talked to my dad though. He says that when he bought it 10 or 15 years ago, the man he got it from told him it was a 430. At this point I think the only way ill know for certain is pull the head and measure. But it runs. Its not broke broke . So I think I'm going to start beautification stage/ make it safe and reliable.
 
I am not the expert here at all but to my untrained eye the cylinder looks taller then the 250 cylinder meaning a 400-500 maybe. You might be right. Your FAST comment supports this. Is it hard to kick? Have fun.
 
xc and wr frames have a middle frame bar under the engine case for more protection the cr did not have this added piece. Might take a quick peek under there and let us know , o and the wr had a frame loop that goes around the rear fender . I am leaning toward a 87 xc (cross country)
Maybe someone can chime in about the pipe , some different size motors had different shaped pipes I am really not sure about this year tho?
 
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