dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Not an e start but pull start!
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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.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.
Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.
Thanks for your patience and support!
So What Started It All?
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Husqvarna
Not an e start but pull start!
typeone
Husqvarna
Pro Class
i love old minibikes! lots of guys build them up around here. drag race in summer, ice race in winter
there must be 20+ guys with bikes.here's the two rigid minis i built up, both would easily do 50MPH+... FUN
Lil Indian w/springer front end ('73 reissue) - 5HP Tecumseh, governor removed, custom throttle linkage, upgraded OHH60 carb, UNI filter, custom Robertsons Torque Tubes header pipe, TAV2 clutch
Baja DoodleBug - 6.5HP GX200 Clone, 14cc cylinder head, 18lb valve springs, governor removed, billet rod, aluminum flywheel, 4 deg advanced timing, 22MM Mikuni carb, AGK billet carb adapter, Mikuni fuel pump, UNI filter, RLV candy cane header, TAV2 clutch, pitbike bars
Xcuvator
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I didn't get a bike till I was 15 and it ended up being a Honda 150 Dream that I arranged financing with from an older kid. Then shortly after turning 16, with money earned working after school, I got a nearly new Honda 250 scrambler like this one:
Motocross hadn't really caught on yet and hillclimbing and riding the trails in the Tillamook Burn was the most popular offroading at the time. The Honda was modified for offroad only with Ceriani forks (removed from an Puch-Allstate parts bike), lightened frame, fiberglass tank, aluminum rims, 350cc displacement and Harmon Collins torque cams.
A couple of motocross tracks started up and the next bike was by far the most fun, a square barrel 1970 250 Maico:
The bike worked great on the trails too, but for weekend trips, I would bring a small solid-ox gas welder to repair the low pipe.
Motocross hadn't really caught on yet and hillclimbing and riding the trails in the Tillamook Burn was the most popular offroading at the time. The Honda was modified for offroad only with Ceriani forks (removed from an Puch-Allstate parts bike), lightened frame, fiberglass tank, aluminum rims, 350cc displacement and Harmon Collins torque cams.
A couple of motocross tracks started up and the next bike was by far the most fun, a square barrel 1970 250 Maico:
The bike worked great on the trails too, but for weekend trips, I would bring a small solid-ox gas welder to repair the low pipe.
Daniel508s
Husqvarna
AA Class
My first bike was just like this:
Rode it for a few years and had many different bikes after I out grew it. Here is a picture from 1988 of the KX125 I had at the time:
Rode it for a few years and had many different bikes after I out grew it. Here is a picture from 1988 of the KX125 I had at the time:
wallybean
Mini-Sponsor
I first started riding a tote goat from when I was 9 until I was 13. I changed irrigation pipes when I was 12 and 13 and bought this when I turned 14(got my DL).
Started working in the bike shop when I was 15 and bought this 73 WR125. Worked for the Husky dealer until I went to school.
Rode and raced it until winter of 1974 when I bought this.
Had some great times with both Huskies and some solid results.
Took 30 years off and bought this off fleabay when I had a snootfull and she who must be obeyed wasn't looking.
Can't believe I waited all those years to ride again. I was told riding a dirt bike equaled a divorce...turned out not so much. The rest is history.
Started working in the bike shop when I was 15 and bought this 73 WR125. Worked for the Husky dealer until I went to school.
Rode and raced it until winter of 1974 when I bought this.
Had some great times with both Huskies and some solid results.
Took 30 years off and bought this off fleabay when I had a snootfull and she who must be obeyed wasn't looking.
Can't believe I waited all those years to ride again. I was told riding a dirt bike equaled a divorce...turned out not so much. The rest is history.
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I first started riding a tote goat from when I was 9 until I was 13. I changed irrigation pipes when I was 12 and 13 and bought this when I turned 14(got my DL).
Started working in the bike shop when I was 15 and bought this 73 WR125. Worked for the Husky dealer until I went to school.
Rode and raced it until winter of 1975 when I bought this.
Had some great times with both Huskies and some solid results.
Took 30 years off and bought this off fleabay when I had a snootfull and she who must be obeyed wasn't looking.
Can't believe I waited all those years to ride again. I was told riding a dirt bike equaled a divorce...turned out not so much. The rest is history.
Walt, nice pics and history. Do you still own those Husky's?
krieg
Husqvarna
Pro Class
LOL! "Snootfull's" and Ebay are a dangerous mix.... Not that I would know or anything... just sayin'I first started riding a tote goat from when I was 9 until I was 13. I changed irrigation pipes when I was 12 and 13 and bought this when I turned 14(got my DL).
Started working in the bike shop when I was 15 and bought this 73 WR125. Worked for the Husky dealer until I went to school.
Rode and raced it until winter of 1975 when I bought this.
Had some great times with both Huskies and some solid results.
Took 30 years off and bought this off fleabay when I had a snootfull and she who must be obeyed wasn't looking.
Can't believe I waited all those years to ride again. I was told riding a dirt bike equaled a divorce...turned out not so much. The rest is history.
firecrackerkid
Husqvarna
AA Class
That 73 WR was just like the one dad bought for himself. He had it about 2 weeks before my 10 year old brother figured out how to start it. I still say that was the most fun bike to ride we ever had.
dartyppyt
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Here are a couple of others I had:
Loved this 1980 YZ125 and it was very good to me!
This was my bike practice. When I jumped on on the YZ125, it felt like a mini!
This was the one I broke my nose on! Say it was more of a full noser instead of a full floater!
Then the big move to the 430! I did 40 hrs worth of porting and bigger carb on this thing and it would pass a KTM 500 like she was sitting still. But it would rip your ankle off kicking it! One race, the engine started backwards! I took off and went over the handlebars!
The first venture to upside down forks. Raced the Florida Harecramble Series with this.
Loved this 1980 YZ125 and it was very good to me!
This was my bike practice. When I jumped on on the YZ125, it felt like a mini!
This was the one I broke my nose on! Say it was more of a full noser instead of a full floater!
Then the big move to the 430! I did 40 hrs worth of porting and bigger carb on this thing and it would pass a KTM 500 like she was sitting still. But it would rip your ankle off kicking it! One race, the engine started backwards! I took off and went over the handlebars!
The first venture to upside down forks. Raced the Florida Harecramble Series with this.
RLW
Husqvarna
AA Class
wow........I'm having trouble remembering what really sparked it all. First bike I rode was a new blue/silver '69 Honda Z50, and first bike I owed was a well worn 1969 Yamaha 80 w/loud Hooker header, after market high front fender and footpegs that wouldn't fold up (1st & last Yamaha owned.....also my 1st & last used bike)
Guess the if I had to narrow it down to my favorite bike(s) back then, the pages of the old Dirt Bike Buyers Guide would fallen open to the Husky's and Suzuki's..........maybe throw the Penton 125 in there too.
Late '70s started buying Suzuki and with exception of one Honda in there, bought nothing else for 30yrs until finally fulfilling my old dream of owning a Husky in 2007, when I came across a new 2005 TE510 and bought it.
Guess the if I had to narrow it down to my favorite bike(s) back then, the pages of the old Dirt Bike Buyers Guide would fallen open to the Husky's and Suzuki's..........maybe throw the Penton 125 in there too.
Late '70s started buying Suzuki and with exception of one Honda in there, bought nothing else for 30yrs until finally fulfilling my old dream of owning a Husky in 2007, when I came across a new 2005 TE510 and bought it.
RLW
Husqvarna
AA Class
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This was my bike practice....................
I got to spend quite bit of time on a friends '78 Suzuki RM400.........loved that bike.
Of the many many bikes I been able to ride over the last 40yrs, that RM400 and the late '90's KX500 are right at the top of my all time favorite bikes list.