• 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!

over under forks on vintage.

vandev

vandev

Husqvarna
AA Class
Has anyone done something like this? it's on a 83 so i cant see that it would not work on a 79 as 83 forks bolt on a 79. would like some input ..

Thanks Chris
 

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it can be done but those are simons upside downs. very pricey back in the day and thereby rare and now very pricey when you fine em...many other modern forks work.
 
Joe Chod said:
it can be done but those are simons upside downs. very pricey back in the day and thereby rare and now very pricey when you fine em...many other modern forks work.
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Joe Chod said:
it can be done but those are simons upside downs. very pricey back in the day and thereby rare and now very pricey when you fine em...many other modern forks work.
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How about a pair of 2000-2006 forks from a husqvarna? The picture i found on huskyclub and they say they where Ohlins....

Thanks Chris
 
For sure those are Olin forks not Simons, but both are very expensive. I have put CR 500 and RM 250 (USD) and 50mm WP (conventional) forks on 84, 85 and 86 Husky's. Make sure you get the forks, clamps w/stem, brake assembly and front wheel. Check that you have the proper taper on the bearings, a bearing house can help you out. You may need some thin spacers to get the correct setting on the bearings pre-load. I have found that a bicycle shop is a great place to find metric shims or spacers for the job. You need to check the overall length of the fork from the axle center to the bottom of the steering head on your original forks and the "project" forks. Longer or shorter forks will change how the bike performs in turns and stright line performance. Remember with enough MONEY the sky is the limit, have fun.
 
Take a look at the Huky Club photo of the bike in the original post. See tha Olin shock on the bike stand, very interesting.
 
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