84 WR250 came home today

ive got 15 wt oil in the forks and it slows things down a bit..unless you struggle for leg length, slipping some CR fork sliders and damper rods on and pulling the travel limiting spacers from the shocks will ad 2.5"or more to the travel.

If they are the same as my '85 footpegs, I agree. They will be replaced very soon.
Tony

I'm also using 15 wt fork oil. I just need heavier springs. I'm the only one on a Husky so far in our series. Pretty cool to ride something different.

the huskys always get a crowd. i guess its that back then most of us couldnt afford one!

Exactly! Which is also the reason I had to grab this one when it came up for sale. I started riding in about 1983. bought a MT250 Honda for a couple hundred. Loud and raw. In 84 I bought my first new bike, Honda XR250. The dealer had Husky's and all the "real enduro" guys had them.
They were like $3000. The Honda was about $1300-$1500.
Then, by the time I started making some money, Husqvarna went bust around 1986 87?
I bought a leftover 1986 WR250. Brought it home, set it up, went to fire it up for the first time and it puked coolent out of the case breather. Had a rotten waterpump. Husky was broke, so you couldn't get replacement parts.
I was so pissed at my dealer I brought it back and bought a CR250 Honda, Forgot about riding enduro's and went to Hare Scrambles.

Fact, The case halves are assembled empty and machined together. I don’t believe we can mix and match case halves. Sometime you have too but it might not work. I been grabbing ac/lq bottom ends for parts.

Every older rider stopped and looked at my old huskys at the dam. I guess they remember the husky hay day.

If it wasn’t for Edison Dye and the pro Husqvarna riders coming to the USA to teach us about moto cross, harescrambles where would dirtbikes be today.

It’s a great sport plus there’s no better way to spend time with your family.

Nice build, nice report. Yes, they were soft!

Find yourself some stock yellow progressive springs for the shocks, and Race Tech still sell fork springs. I run their .44, and they have one firmer rate in their catalog, .47 or .48 I believe.

+1 on the yellow springs, especially for those of us shaped like the Michelin Man!

Thanks.... I'm broke$$$,

Welcome to the club Bud !! I have been unemployed now since February. Does not get much broker that (unless like last year when so many employers made sure I could not collect unemployment).

Need to find some heavy front springs. I have a set for the rear. Any recommendations in the states?

The compounded problem of old springs sacking out and old farts like us thickening up?

Yeah, and not at the same rate either

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Yup, thanks, ordered the .47's from Race Tech.

You will be happy. They install without the "too much preload" problem of the stock springs. Start at 4-5mm preload.

Thanks Picklito, Probably would have been my next question.

Hi Mike,
Sorry to say this but 44's are about right for me and other husky 40mm forks. 46/47 will be too stiff unless you are 120 - 140 kg.

Yellow rears seem like the go.
regards,

Mark

Thanks Mark,
my thought was try the heavy springs, if they don't feel right then they will end up in my other bike.
I'm also building a 430 for mx track rides and need a heavy set up for jumps.