75 WR250 project

Here's my latest acquisition. It will be my next vintage rider.

Restored a 1975 CR last year. If you plan on riding it a lot and are not hung up on keeping it stock, suspension upgrades made mine a lot more fun to ride. I went with Works Performance shocks (expensive but what a difference!), and had gold valves put into the forks (made them more plush but less likely to bottom out). I can hang much better with the guys on modern bikes now. The stock motor has plenty of power for my abilities... Good luck! Looks like it's in decent shape. Hope to see some pictures along the way.

I have a set of fox gas shocks for it. I've heard mixed opinions about the gold valves. I'll look into them for this bike. Right now it's a bare frame. I painted it last weekend. Now I'm waiting on parts.

The Gold valves require tweaking if you are not a top level SX rider. Most complaints are of recommended settings being far too aggressive for their realistic riding demands.

75 250 WR's are great bikes...and legal for AHRMA Vintage class MX or XC if you are interested.
If you are looking at rear shocks...I'll offer this suggestion: Go with a rear shock longer then the stock 12" Girlings.
I used 13 1/2" Progressives on mine...a less expensive alternative then the Works...but certainly not as good.
Thor Lawson or WER (Drew Smith) can service your Fox shocks if needed.

The 13 1/2's raise the rear a bit...which serves to tuck the typical Husky raked-out forks back in a bit...which helps for riding in the eastern woods.
Best wishes on your project!

I think my fox gas shocks are 13 1/2. I'm waiting for bushing sleeves for 10mm bolts so I can mount the shocks.

If you are going to race it in AHRMA Vintage classes...
Note in the rule book that you'll have to fit some rubber travel bumpers in the shocks to limit the rear axle travel to 4".
13 1/2's will still work out very well for you...and the rubber bumpers won't hurt the ride.

I also went with the longer than stock shocks - really made the front end stick in the turns.