• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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    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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Starting assembly

You'll need to un bolt the shocks bolts again to mount the motor's lowest motor mount bolt. You need to move swing arm farther then normal (with the shock on), to get to the back lower bolt in. I learn the hard way & had the rear wheel & shocks on before i realized you can't get to that damn bolt. Look'n great
by the way. Husky John
 
John, I left the swing arm loose just for that reason. My motor has no top end yet so it's much easier to work with. I spun the motor mount forward on the bottom to get the bolt in. My cylinder should be back this week. The real holdup will be the wheels. They are rough. image.jpg
 
I just did a 78 390cr.The shocks looked to be original black ohlins.The sticker on the reservor "ohlins made for husky products" was still intact on top of a black body. Poking around the internet I saw a few other 78's with black ohlins.My thinking is the classic copper colored ohlins did not start till 79.Anyway,I repainted them black with a yellow short spring.Either way, they still work great on my rider 390.
 
Shocks look great, did you do them or who did ? and tell us about the paint too. I am waiting on my top end also.
 
I bought a parts bike that had the ohlins on it. I sent them to WER and drew rebuilt them. I got them back from him just bare metal. I primed and painted them burnt orange and painted the springs too. This bike has an older motor in it and it's a rider so I'm just doing any color I choose. The tank is dented and I think I may do a copper color tank.
 
Your bike looks to be starting off great.78 huskys steer great,handle good and feel light.As for how you painted your shocks,hey it's your bike.I'm just curious if my thinking about ohlins being black in 78.Good luck on the rest of the build.
 
auto, I'm not sure of the original parts of this bike. The shocks that were on it look like girlings. if the bike had the right motor I would attempt more of an original rebuild. I will ride this bike hopefully a lot. So originality isn't important for me. the tank has 2 big dents from the fork tubes so i'm not doing the usual red either. I'm trying to keep it low cost. Minus rebuilding the ohlins I hope to be under 500 in parts.
 
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