1. Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

1982 cr500

Discussion in 'Vintage/Left Kickers' started by ronn450, Oct 2, 2010.

  1. Picklito Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Washington
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    430, 430, 430, ,400, 175
    Other Motorcycles:
    KTM250xc, KTM500mx, KTM440exc
    What are the 5?
  2. Skoalman Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    maryland
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    82 & 83 HUS 430WR
    Other Motorcycles:
    Maico, Penton, KTM, DKW, Rokon, BUL
  3. 86 400 XC Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Calgary
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    75,82,83,2x84,85,3x86,87,88 and 89
    Other Motorcycles:
    more Huskys
    I am so happy I can now add to this thread, i have a vin but not sure of part of its real hard to see with all the paint on it.

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    I found it right here is Calgary, was not a cheap bike but a hell of a score.

    Its 4 speed fairly stock but with an 84 dual pull front brake, still has the 17 on the rear and stuff.
    New top end runs great 1 or 2 kicks to start it :)

    I will create another thread more pics.

    Steve
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  4. Picklito Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Washington
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    430, 430, 430, ,400, 175
    Other Motorcycles:
    KTM250xc, KTM500mx, KTM440exc
    Nice find! My cases have finally been shipped out for refinishing. Silver stuff next. And so it begins...
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  5. Picklito Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Washington
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    430, 430, 430, ,400, 175
    Other Motorcycles:
    KTM250xc, KTM500mx, KTM440exc
    By the way... this bike has a double leading shoe front brake. So does mine. But the brochures show a single, as does the awesome article that Skoalman just posted. What gives? Should a Silver Streak have a single or a double?
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  6. evcross0 Husqvarna
    A Class

    Location:
    Phoenix, Arizona
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    82 1/2 500 CR
    Other Motorcycles:
    75 400 WR, 2014 KTM 350XC, 74 Honda
    They came with the wide single, lots of us changed them to double only to our disapointment. The single works better.
  7. dartyppyt Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Illinois
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    17 TE 150, 82CR 500
    Other Motorcycles:
    82 125,250,430&500 79 390 83 250
    Congrats ! Nice ride!
  8. Picklito Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Washington
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    430, 430, 430, ,400, 175
    Other Motorcycles:
    KTM250xc, KTM500mx, KTM440exc
    "Wide" single? Is that different than the other 82 CR's? What's the measurement I can look for in my pile of sad/lonely/forgotten Husky wheels?

    Then there's the off-road issues... a double leading shoe becomes a double trailing shoe when you're stuck on a hill! They don't work so well backwards!
  9. silverstreakNZ Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Christchurch nz
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    82cr500,76gp360,90wr250,81 420AXC
    Other Motorcycles:
    74 tm400 , 02 gasgas ec 300
    fark yeah looks awesome as it is .
    and the twin trailing shoe shouldnt be a problem . what are you doing going backwards ?. mine still has the sls front brake
    pretty much want mine to look like that . with an 18 rear wheel and modern guards . ufo white squarer ones . not too fond of the round blob stock ones
  10. silverstreakNZ Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Christchurch nz
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    82cr500,76gp360,90wr250,81 420AXC
    Other Motorcycles:
    74 tm400 , 02 gasgas ec 300
    man that cycle world magazine atricle is awesome . dont miss out on the "view full size" on the bottom right .
    it said it is a steel tank ? i htought they were alloy
  11. suprize Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Bendigo, Australia
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    WR 400, bike in a box Moto Villa 350
    Other Motorcycles:
    ktm 300
    alloy = steel in the grand ol usa in them days of plastics
  12. dartyppyt Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Illinois
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    17 TE 150, 82CR 500
    Other Motorcycles:
    82 125,250,430&500 79 390 83 250
    79 390 (frame mods converted to 82 tank/seat). I cut a 82 tank and widened it more towards front to hold more fuel than a 500 tank. This will probably be my trail rider. The rest go in my look but don't touch glass case.
    82 XC 125
    82 CR 250
    82.5 CR 500
    83 CR 250

    Only one that I still want is the 82 CR430 some day.
  13. 86 400 XC Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Calgary
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    75,82,83,2x84,85,3x86,87,88 and 89
    Other Motorcycles:
    more Huskys
    My vin CN 19382
  14. Picklito Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Washington
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    430, 430, 430, ,400, 175
    Other Motorcycles:
    KTM250xc, KTM500mx, KTM440exc
    Cool. What's the engine number? (just the first four are fine if you don't want to list the whole thing).
  15. 86 400 XC Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Calgary
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    75,82,83,2x84,85,3x86,87,88 and 89
    Other Motorcycles:
    more Huskys

    2086 197 or 137 very faint to see
  16. silverstreakNZ Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Christchurch nz
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    82cr500,76gp360,90wr250,81 420AXC
    Other Motorcycles:
    74 tm400 , 02 gasgas ec 300
    my engine = 2094 0494
  17. silverstreakNZ Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Christchurch nz
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    82cr500,76gp360,90wr250,81 420AXC
    Other Motorcycles:
    74 tm400 , 02 gasgas ec 300
    so while the engine is apart is it worth doing anything with the ports ? were they updated at all on the later models ? are there any "works " specs known to anyone .
    i like the way it makes power now so if it aint broke dont fix it but ya gotta ask ...
  18. suprize Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Bendigo, Australia
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    WR 400, bike in a box Moto Villa 350
    Other Motorcycles:
    ktm 300
    just clean out the edges of the transfers out to the gasket line and smooth the case to barrel contacts. i will flick a pic up shortly to give you an idea. effectively blueprinting the existing ports.
  19. suprize Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Bendigo, Australia
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    WR 400, bike in a box Moto Villa 350
    Other Motorcycles:
    ktm 300
    Ol mate cleaned the ports and matched the cases for me. nice job husky rebuild 021.jpg husky rebuild 019.jpg husky rebuild 020.jpg husky rebuild 021.jpg
  20. suprize Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Bendigo, Australia
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    WR 400, bike in a box Moto Villa 350
    Other Motorcycles:
    ktm 300
    Basically he feathered out the liner to barrel edges around the transfers, smoothed to a knife edge all the bridges and made sure the barrel to engine cases were a smooth join with the gasket edge as the boundary.

    he also took some off the inside of the transfers to get a smoother radius, they had some dags of material left there. no real increase in HP but torque is lifted and a slighter larger main jet was required.

    Well worth the effort (except on new bikes, my 010 Kato 300 barrel is as smooth as a baby's out of the factory! No easy increases here!!)