• 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!

off white plastic gas tank.

Kartwheel68 said:
Twin shock bikes are going to look terrible with single shock tanks and seats. Get one of the Clarke plastic tanks, they fit properly and look correct, plus the 2.2gal tank is all you will ever need for vintage competition and its narrow.

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My 84 250wr has the 4.3 gallon original husqvarna tank. It's similar to the 85/86/87 tanks. I have the original small tanks with the '83/84 style seats too.
Looking in my husqvarna crystal ball I may have more builds down the road.
Keeping it original or one being original is ok.
The bigger gas tank for riding the Mass pipeline and state forest would be good.

I was thinking of building one bike with a custom paint job.
 
The two sizes of tanks in '84 were 2.7gal and 3.3 gal. Clarke makes a 4.3gal tank for the '84s, maybe that is what you have?
 
If you go to husky-parts he shows my husky 4.3 gal gas tank. It has the cut outs for the crown and H emblem. It's original husky.
 
Kartwheel is correct. The link below is to one of my favorite documents in the Tech Ref section, it is Husky Tech info for all bikes 81-88, see page 7 for 1984 info for all key aspects from piston, gear ratios, carb jetting, suspension, etc.

http://www.yourhusky.com/files/tech_data_81-88.pdf

In regards to the 1984 Clarke Repro tank, while the extra gallon capacity maybe nice, I hate the look of the tank bulge on top, the tank is practically taller than the damn bars!
 
The side Panels are 82 reproduction's sold buy Husqvarna-Parts.com. Using the Pictures on his web sight of the Works 250 and welding some new hangers on the frame where they looked like they could use some, I just ran the Side Panels threw my Band Saw and Cut em to look like the Factory Bike. The Left side is the original length, the right side has been shortened up so as both number plates end up even. The Rivets are to replicate the Factory Bike, as it looks like they just did what they needed to do to clear the new Shock Mount location, I did the same.
The Bike started on the 3rd Kick, I put it in gear and let the clutch out and it wants to go. I live in the City. I hope that means its ready to go Racing, cause I loaded it up and its going 500 miles tomorrow to Boise Idaho for its first Race.
 
87 510 four stroke tanks are white actually.....well most are brown stained by now! Four stroke didn't get black tank until 1988 model.

The white Clarke tank is a good match for all 83 metal tanks, all 84 and 85 four strokes and the 84 and 85 air cooled twin shock two strokes e.g 500 auto. The 84/85 models that run the Clarke tanks will look like an 83 model...which is cool. Most people use the 83 decals when running the white Clarke plastic tank. The Clarke tank can be run on 82 and early models and look quite good also.
 
PEZBerq said:
87 510 four stroke tanks are white actually.....well most are brown stained by now! Four stroke didn't get black tank until 1988 model.

The white Clarke tank is a good match for all 83 metal tanks, all 84 and 85 four strokes and the 84 and 85 air cooled twin shock two strokes e.g 500 auto. The 84/85 models that run the Clarke tanks will look like an 83 model...which is cool. Most people use the 83 decals when running the white Clarke plastic tank. The Clarke tank can be run on 82 and early models and look quite good also.
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using the tank on 84 and 85 twinshocks, it wouldnt match up with the seat well i bet. would have to switch to 83 style.
 
Thanks, Pez I never knew that. Thats husky knowledge for ya. I really don't follow the 4 bangers to much . I do like the way they look tho especially with out the rads. They have that old school look.
 
Working on a paint solution now. Caswell lined. does not need the full coverage graphics nor the perforated either. very durable and great adhesion. only known issue is that although you can smash a dismounted side panel against a tree like 50 times in 60 seconds and not a flake will come off, if you pull a heavy guage heavy fly paper like glue backing graphic off of it it will pull the paint off!

Paint is 3 part epoxy primer and color and looks great.

more testing to go. look to bring some former old wasted coffee brown tanks after refinishing to unadilla this year and see what others think.
 
Joe are you talking about the 2 nasty 400wr tanks that Chris Brown got from me???
 
PPG Deltron would be better on plastic as it is good on urethane bumpers.

I would only use epoxy on the frame or maybe a steel tank, not plastic
 
I'm going to try to use and fit the 85/86 seats and tanks. I also have the 82/83 seats and 84 plastic husky tanks.
 
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