• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Post up pictures of your vintage Husqvarna bikes!

Hello all. My name is Philip, I live in southeastern Pennsylvania. I have a 1988 WR430 with CR430 suspension & bodywork (including the rear frame section). I hooked it up with an uptite racing pipe, Answer SA Pro silencer, Boyesen reeds, aluminum bars, barkbusters, aluminum radiator guards, alum. pipe guard, wide pegs etc... It really runs great!88 430.JPG
 
oldbikedude said:
Hello all. My name is Philip...
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Nice! You put up the pic you wanted to put up!
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Here's my '88 510 TE project, in as arrived condition. Correct parts on the way, to bring her back a little closer to OE appearance. Will post an updated pic shortly, with some correct cosmetic parts in place.

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photoguy_43420 said:
1973 Husqvarna RT 250 and 360

The RT in the back is a 360 model it is all orginal right down to its Telleborg tires. It is a blast to ride around the neighborhood, as you can see Husky has made dual purpose bike for some time.The RT in the front is a 250 model I set that one up to be an enduro. Both bike are great fun!
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Hi friend,
I have a HSQ 360 RT year '74 frame sk 01314 I have read that your first bike was a HSQ 360 rt . I purchased mine in 1976 and the last owner has changed many things(es.Fenders,seat,exaust ,fuel tank ect) on the bike .He also coat the frame with a powder epossidic paint no like the original color :do you know what is the original color of frame?
Now I want restore it like the original ;i have seen your photos of 250 and 360 RT
Can you send me a lot of photos of 360 with many many close up of parts .The my avatar is not the photo of my bike I have put a photo found on the web.
I have found on the web many parts of the original rt but the prices are very dear!!
My e-mail address is g.mistral49@libero.it
I live in italy in tuscany near Pisa my city is Volterra. do you know?
I can pay you if you can send me a CD with photos I can give you my address:
GIULIO ISOLANI
via matteotti 26
56048 Volterra (Pi)
Italy
 
photoguy_43420 said:
1973 Husqvarna RT 250 and 360

The RT in the back is a 360 model it is all orginal right down to its Telleborg tires. It is a blast to ride around the neighborhood, as you can see Husky has made dual purpose bike for some time.The RT in the front is a 250 model I set that one up to be an enduro. Both bike are great fun!
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Hi friend,
I have a HSQ 360 RT year '74 frame sk 01314 I have read that your first bike was a HSQ 360 rt . I purchased mine in 1976 and the last owner has changed many things(es.Fenders,seat,exaust ,fuel tank ect) on the bike .He also coat the frame with a powder epossidic paint no like the original color :do you know what is the original color of frame?
Now I want restore it like the original ;i have seen your photos of 250 and 360 RT
Can you send me a lot of photos of 360 with many many close up of parts .The my avatar is not the photo of my bike I have put a photo found on the web.
I have found on the web many parts of the original rt but the prices are very dear!!
My e-mail address is g.mistral49@libero.it
I live in italy in tuscany near Pisa my city is Volterra. do you know?
I can pay you if you can send me a CD with photos I can give you my address:
GIULIO ISOLANI
via matteotti 26
56048 Volterra (Pi)
Italy
 
HuskyT said:
Where did you get the Team Husky sticker on the rear fender?

Would love to hear more about your restoration... it looks immaculate!

Amazing in fact... Would like to encourage you to post up detailing your bike and the resto with information on how you did it all!

One question though that I just have to ask.... why did you go with the new style grips? Do you like the feel of them?

I'm giving you some rep points for this one...

You Aussie's are starting to make us Yanks look bad with this quality of a restoration..........

Thanks, T
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I want to know where he got the side cover stickers? What a sweetie!
 
vintagemx said:
I recently picked up this 1980 CR390. Does anyone recognize this pipe? It resembles the CR250 pipe only bigger. OR or WR, I dunno. When this picture was taken the pipe wasn't mounted just sitting there. I mounted it up and it fits fine, just doesn't look like the typical CR pipe. Any help would be appreciated. - VintageMX
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I have a '80 CR/OR 390 the engine sticker says CR, but it has an OR tank on it. My pipe looks exactly like yours, (doesn't have the huge seam stamping at the welds, and a much longer stinger than others I've seen/owned) My silencer was just an open can when I got the bike. I relocated the mounting tab on an extra TX510 spark arrestor to shut the thing up, it didn't work very well (still kinda loud). other than the tank and exhaust I don't know what the difference is on the CR/OR. I have the original owners manuals with spec sheets for both models. both come with a lighting coil ignition. Red tank on the CR, Black on the OR? Were they ommiting the rear fender loop on the MX model then, too? Mine has it, sure gives me extra mounting strength for the weight of the tail light and platePictures from Nick 216.jpg
 
ruwfo said:
look like a 250 pipe

I agree it looks like a 250 pipe too me as well.

Here's what a 80 390cr pipe should look like :D

John
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My pipe doesn't look like that, mine must be an OR for sure, I have the rear frame loop that this CR doesn't have. My engine sticker says CR, wouldn't a 250 expansion chamber have less interior volume than an open classer? I guess it all depends on the power band that your looking for? Mine sure runs strong
 
HuskyT said:
Now that is "Full Travel" !

More importantly... what are you doing riding in that cold weather... old bikes break due to frozen parts!!!

Also... if you are going to do that kind of stuff, put on a skid plate before you ruin your frame****************************************

Where have you been? We've missed you and were just about ready to send out an RCMP search party!

T
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Black marks under the front fender? I've even got them under the back fender on one of my bikes. And look, even fully smashed down there is plenty of room for a skid plate under that damn un-parrallel center bash bar! I'd call that proper engineering, wouldn't you? Great shot!
 
NFG said:
That 430 looks sweet. Quick question about the dual leading shoe brake set-up. What is that off of? I know of an 81 XC 430 for sale localy and was wondering if it to would have such a brake set-up?
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I've recently had a bunch of fun with front brakes/hubs I have two 1980 front ends and a late '84 510TX with the dual shoe set up. none of them would let me just change the backing plate brake assembly. I wanted to put this on my 390 since the 510 isn't running right now. I wanted to keep the darker gold anodizied rim on the '80 390 but even the two 1980 drums/hubs/backing plate wouldn't interchange, Dang it! now the 390 has two different colored rims on it cause I'm not going to re-lace the hubs and rims, guess I'll have to change the rear wheel from a 17" to an 18". I'm not sure if even the '83's offered the dual shoe? One thing is for sure, the dual set up with EBC grooved shoes will stop the bike, even when wet! Which the stock single leader was nothing but a death wish when wet. I had some huge rear wheel skids and still slammed into stuff in the early '80's
 
pvduke said:
Dig the white wheels and leg-burner pipes, Sven. Neat bike.
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Those have got to be the coolest pipes I have ever seen on a four stroke! But "heat shields" would ruin that bitchin effect. Probably have to line your leathers with aluminum foil? :-) Sure makes it look like a Top-Fueler!
 
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