• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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WRX400?

what you have there is a 400WRX . I've owned one of each. 250 and 400 . awesome motorcycles and fast as hell !!!
 
This bike performed flawlessly on it's first outing this weekend, it took the pilot a bit of time to become accustomed to the TLS front brake, but the rest was great. My DIY shock service/seals/bush showed no signs of leaking, my refurbished forks worked well with no leaks, although it feels very different to my 88 250, its a great bike to ride.
I may look at replacing the seat foam, it's not too bad but a short ass PO has shaved it down and it feels wider than my others, maybe I'll get accustomed to it too.
As usual, the 250 performed brilliantly, it's a great bike in our Vinduro events, good gear ratios, with great top speed if needed, it's no 400, but impressive all the same.
Tony.
 
Here I'm pointing out the seal head cap that needs replacing, replacement in my left hand, machined by fellow VTR member Rod White.
This pic was downloaded from FB, looks like I have severe sunburn or something, not the case at all.

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For what it is worth, I have an English test of what we know here in the US as a 250WRX. The machine the Englsh tested was known over there as a 250WRB . Likely the same for the 400WRX outside of the US market.

Also they did not come from the factory with kick stands. My 400WRX had a very cobby accessory stand fitted so I am welding a threaded boss to the swingam so I can use the 1986 kickstand that were standard.
 
Jimspac, I believe the bikes we received here in Australia were "WRX's" as you know them, but were never called that down here.

The importers had the option of acheiving full Australian compliance (all vehicles registered in Australia must have a compliance plate) which required extensive crash, noise, equipment and brake testing, or could avoid that by simply choosing to opt for what was called "Low Volume Compliance" which had much more lax rules and requirements, but restricted how many could be sold with that plate, even if it wasn't policed. :cool:

All Australian compliance plates fitted to Huskies sold new here are hand engraved up to a certain date in the 90's I believe, where the full compliance models after that had stamped plates issued by the relevent authorities.

Simply put, through the eighties and early nineties, the importers just kept issuing their plates that they were authorised to, without trying to add new models as they came out.

While we may not have called them WRX's, (and we also had the WR single shock with shorter suspension) these were it seems the very same bikes the rest of the world called a WRX or it seems in the Brits case, a WRB.

In 1995 I worked in a motorcycle shop and purchased a new KTM620, it was the first model KTM sold in Australia with full compliance, prior to this, all LC4 models were (hand engraved) plated as "KTM500GS" by the importer Bert Flood, even though they were 350, 400, 600 and 620's.

The importer just kept engraving the plates for the imaginary KTM500LC4 regardless of capacity.

I know this is of no relevance to the guys from the USA and Europe, but I feel it explains the argument that there are no WRX's in Australia.
Technically that is correct, even if it was the identical bike.
I hope this makes sense! :cheers:
Tony.
 
interesting comments Tony. i rode a WRX 400 in 1986 that the local husky bloke had complete with drum brake. im sure it was wrx on sideplate....
 
suprize said:
interesting comments Tony. i rode a WRX 400 in 1986 that the local husky bloke had complete with drum brake. im sure it was wrx on sideplate....
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You have a good memory JC, it seems there was a magazine test done in Australia on a, you guessed it, a 400WRX.

Apologies to Dave White, not sure if he's a member here but this was posted on Facebook recently.

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Well it's been a while since I posted anything about this bike,now that I've retired, I should have more time to complete this engine and finish my 85 500CR, should being the operative word.some pics of my engine progress.IMG_20200208_214605_4.jpg
 
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