• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Whats a 85 250CR worth?

K

Kyspeedfactory

Husqvarna
B Class
There is a super clean and running 85 250CR here close to me... may have a rear shock problem because the rear is sitting kinda low....

He's asking a grand... bought one before for around $600 about 15 years ago.... Whats it worth?
 
General location? Running?
Sounds like its in the ballpark, but the devil is in the details. Every part you have to replace/rebuild runs up the cost....
 
Sound like it's in the ball park, remember the economy stinks, & the CR single shock Huskys were NOT to popular.
 
Old Geezer said:
Why is that, just curious. I love my '85 CR 500...when it's in the mood to start, that is.
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I loved my 86 400WR too, but if you never owned a mid 80's Husky before, they didn't sell well, so trying to sell one to a NON -Husky guy was tough.

I believe they didn't sell well , was because the steering was way different then any Japanese bike & the suspension was not dialed in stock. Also
don't forget the Husky was probably $1000 more then other bike of the day.

Compare the single shock Husky to KTM's of a few years back, all the magazines always complained about the suspension, could it be fixed , yes.
But alot of people could say hay i'm already paying a ton of $ & i still have to paid to have the suspension tweaked no way.
 
I have had a few of them, 2 500's and a 400, they were not well received due to publications (magazines) being completely absorbed in the Japanese product lines
they had no issues, great power and most had a 6 speed, people say they were hard to start
this was mostly due to the kicker ratio, a 15:1 500 was easy to kick means you had no engine speed, I found a way to start them 1 or 2 kicks cold or warm
I have owned a few Yamahas and Hondas, they needed a ton of parts to be in the stock Husky league
the mentality still exists today, typically you get what you pay for, notice I said typically
 
I'm gonna see if he will take $500.... They were good bikes.... I had a 84 CR125, 85 250XC, 86 400WR, 87 430XC awhich became a 500.... I liked the 400 power the most.... the forks flex bad I remember that.... and you have to put a really stiff spring on the back to get it to work right....
 
Ya it is.... not sure if it needs charged, spring preload way off or been lowered... my bro is very good at these old ohlins.... even has our old shim stacks and even our favorite 7.3 spring still... yippie
 
Ron Menchen said:
Ya it is.... not sure if it needs charged, spring preload way off or been lowered... my bro is very good at these old ohlins.... even has our old shim stacks and even our favorite 7.3 spring still... yippie
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a 7.3 spring? how much do you weigh?
 
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