• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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The First Motocrosser #1 - The Bike That Fathered American MX

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Fun article from Dirt Bike 93. Sorry it didn't scan better. The Torsten Hallman photo at the bottom was not part of this article but something I added from the internet. I thought it was a good addition to the topic. I love the fact that TH is sitting on his little Husky among those huge four strokes.
 

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Torsten was unrivaled in that race. The battles that he and Joel Robert had on his CZ were epic and some of the hottest competition in motocross ever
 
when you look at the other bikes of that era, what do you suppose was the weight difference
 
I think the production Husqvarnas(4 speeds) ran around 210ish lbs and the CZs were somewhat heavier. The works bikes in the 60s were predominately modified production or pre production test models. There was an article by one of the magazines where they took a 69 or 70 400 Cross and got it down below 200lbs like 197ish

Anything else was typically heavier. The production BSA was around 260lbs
 
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