77250CR-Owner
Husqvarna
AA Class
Hi Guys. I found this forum while searching for information about my Husky 1977 250CR. Since then I’ve read practically every entry in the Vintage/Left Kickers area. I’m simply amazed at the knowledge/expertise of you all. From time to time I will be asking a question or two about my baby and any help I could receive would be greatly appreciated.
I bought my 1977.5 250CR brand new when I was 19 years old with the intention of racing it and trail riding behind my parent’s house. It was supposedly a rare bike with each Husky dealer getting a limited supply of the 250/390 that year. Grant you this could have been a long line of BS but I believed them at the time. I got my husky and it was simply the best bike I had ever ridden. The long suspension worked beautifully and the motor was unbelievable. It pulled like nothing I ever had before…granted the previous bike I owned was a 1974 Suzuki RM125 Hahaha. Anyhoo, I mostly trail rode with it but did race a couple of moto’s in the novice class in my local area. I would start in 2nd gear since I was 140 pounds soaking wet. While everyone else shifted into second I was gone. What a thrill!!!
One day while riding about on some trails I had an accident involving some kid riding the trail the wrong way. I was able to mostly miss him but it did mash the lower end of the exhaust. I put the bike into the garage as I didn’t have the cash to fix and soon I had moved on to other life experiences. Career, wife, kids, you know the whole 9 yards. At one point I took the pipe off to see about getting it fixed but some more unexpected family expenses hit and the bike again went into the garage. Years went by. Every so often I would think about her. Usually on a lawn mower where one has plenty of time to contemplate life but it never seemed to be the right time to bring her out into the world again.
…fast forward to today. You know where this is headed. I’m 52 and 215 pounds now. The kids are grown and I’m in a decent place financially. I dug my baby out and was amazed how great she still looked. Sure there is a little bit of rust and the old Girling shocks look like the shafts are pitted but overall she’s in fantastic shape I think. Except OMG…there’s no exhaust.**************************************** When I took it off I never put it back on and I must have left it at one of my previous houses. Oooo, the humanity**************************************** Plus the engine is seized…maybe from not having the pipe on and allowing humidity to enter the head?
Ok, I have rambled enough. I have a question or two. I believe I’m going to rebuild her and would like to get another stock exhaust if possible so if anyone has one please let me know…I’m sure we could come to an agreement. I’ve looked at the different posts here concerning after markets pipes and have came up with several companies that could make them. Pro-Form, DynoPort, Jemco, Circle F but I’d like the stock pipe if possible. One stupid question though, is a 1977 250CR the same bike as a 1977 250 GP. I figure GP stands for Grand Prix and therefore the same bike but I wouldn’t want to get the wrong pipe.
Sorry about the long rant. Old people do this sometimes. Hahaha. I’ll post a couple of pictures of her if you all are interested.
Marty
I bought my 1977.5 250CR brand new when I was 19 years old with the intention of racing it and trail riding behind my parent’s house. It was supposedly a rare bike with each Husky dealer getting a limited supply of the 250/390 that year. Grant you this could have been a long line of BS but I believed them at the time. I got my husky and it was simply the best bike I had ever ridden. The long suspension worked beautifully and the motor was unbelievable. It pulled like nothing I ever had before…granted the previous bike I owned was a 1974 Suzuki RM125 Hahaha. Anyhoo, I mostly trail rode with it but did race a couple of moto’s in the novice class in my local area. I would start in 2nd gear since I was 140 pounds soaking wet. While everyone else shifted into second I was gone. What a thrill!!!
One day while riding about on some trails I had an accident involving some kid riding the trail the wrong way. I was able to mostly miss him but it did mash the lower end of the exhaust. I put the bike into the garage as I didn’t have the cash to fix and soon I had moved on to other life experiences. Career, wife, kids, you know the whole 9 yards. At one point I took the pipe off to see about getting it fixed but some more unexpected family expenses hit and the bike again went into the garage. Years went by. Every so often I would think about her. Usually on a lawn mower where one has plenty of time to contemplate life but it never seemed to be the right time to bring her out into the world again.
…fast forward to today. You know where this is headed. I’m 52 and 215 pounds now. The kids are grown and I’m in a decent place financially. I dug my baby out and was amazed how great she still looked. Sure there is a little bit of rust and the old Girling shocks look like the shafts are pitted but overall she’s in fantastic shape I think. Except OMG…there’s no exhaust.**************************************** When I took it off I never put it back on and I must have left it at one of my previous houses. Oooo, the humanity**************************************** Plus the engine is seized…maybe from not having the pipe on and allowing humidity to enter the head?
Ok, I have rambled enough. I have a question or two. I believe I’m going to rebuild her and would like to get another stock exhaust if possible so if anyone has one please let me know…I’m sure we could come to an agreement. I’ve looked at the different posts here concerning after markets pipes and have came up with several companies that could make them. Pro-Form, DynoPort, Jemco, Circle F but I’d like the stock pipe if possible. One stupid question though, is a 1977 250CR the same bike as a 1977 250 GP. I figure GP stands for Grand Prix and therefore the same bike but I wouldn’t want to get the wrong pipe.
Sorry about the long rant. Old people do this sometimes. Hahaha. I’ll post a couple of pictures of her if you all are interested.
Marty
