• 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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Post up pictures of your vintage Husqvarna bikes!

email your pics from their folder and it should resize them for you and you can grab them back out much smaller for ease of posting
 
My ‘81 Husqvarna 250cr, my ‘79 Husqvarna 250 or, 78/79 Husqvarna 390cr, 83 Husqvarna 250wr, 83 Husqvarna 430wr, 85 Husqvarna 400 wrx was the perfect assortment of rides.

I found the higher foam of the early seats rode better. But I could ride any of them.
 
To actually have ridden a Swedish Husky in calendar year 2018 I had to get busy. I know I started a two stroke this summer but did not ride it due to where I was. It was rather frustrating first the carb flooded, tapping the float bowl and removing the plug for while got it going. Then I had the gas off and these are frustrating to re start when you run out, kind of amazing how far it went though. Then it just flamed out which I do not recall it doing. That meant a walk, a rescue vehicle, oxy natural gas treatment to the plug as I did not have another and fresh gasoline. It then behaved like expected for the rest of the day.kick platform.jpgoil from airbox.jpgrescue trailer.jpgseat patch.jpg

I got this bike when it was 9 years old and was able to get a plate.
 
The black dog is a female so it does not piss on tires. There is a beagle around that does though. I doubt it is good luck, probably kind of corrosive to the rim be it alloy or steel.
 
1978 OR 390

A mostly complete barn find I bought last winter, requiring a carburetor, a complete stator and packing for the pipe.

Built a mikuni out of a body I sourced locally with needles, slides and jets I had onhand

picked up a Stator assembly from from Vance Smith.

got it running, took it out and very quickly scared the shit out of myself.
 

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I bought this ‘73 250CR. It’s in California and I’m in Florida. Can’t wait for it to get here so I can start working on it and posting some more photos!
 

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Finally got to ride this past weekend . First time this year and 1st since injury last September . As you can see it was a bit wet but track held up good . Having trouble loading pictures , will try again later .
 
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