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

Please define "milk bottle" or "milk truck" for me

Discussion in 'Vintage/Left Kickers' started by Roon, Jan 10, 2018.

  1. Roon Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Sydney, Australia
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    '75 CC175, 360 Auto,'84 510, '89 510
    Other Motorcycles:
    VOR x 3, Honda x 4, BETA x 3, + more
    Is it referencing 83s with white rounded tanks?
  2. silverstreakNZ Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Christchurch nz
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    82cr500,76gp360,90wr250,81 420AXC
    Other Motorcycles:
    74 tm400 , 02 gasgas ec 300
    Everything 83 and up . The " all white " color scheme as opposed to the classic husky color schemes .
    I don't think there is and negative connotations to it but I wasn't born untill 4 years later lol
  3. Roon Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Sydney, Australia
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    '75 CC175, 360 Auto,'84 510, '89 510
    Other Motorcycles:
    VOR x 3, Honda x 4, BETA x 3, + more

    Aha!
    When I first saw my '84 TE510 I called it "The StormTrooper"

    So are EVO bikes the Monoshock bikes?
  4. PEZBerq Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Brisbane, Australia
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    390AMX, 430XC, 240WR, 2x510TE, FE501
    Yes anywhere but Australia they use the term evo for the single shock bikes. Here Evolution is defined by the MOMS as air cooled, drum braked, twin shock bikes.
  5. Bigbill Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    '83 250wr
    Other Motorcycles:
    0 right now
    The evolution of the milk trucks. I think the perfect example of these is the 83’s.
  6. fran...k. Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    eastern ct
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    420ae 98wr125 2004wr250 others
    Other Motorcycles:
    electric freeride 1993 yam gts
    I never heard of it before internet forums. The frame was silver in 1982. I think the Italian bikes were white for a while, by 1998 I would call the color grey.
  7. husqyhamm Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    South Africa
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    Quite a few 83-86 500 2Ts and 4Ts
    Other Motorcycles:
    84 R80 GS Dakar; Victory 106.
    38DD
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  8. justintendo klotz super techniplate junkie

    Location:
    mercer, pa/northwest pa
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    84 250,86 400,87 430,88 250,95 360
    Other Motorcycles:
    99 kawasaki zrx 1100
    from milk trucks to milk jugs, lol
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  9. Joe Chod Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    upstate NY
    Name coined by a dirt bike article on the 1983 WR430 Husqvarnas new "Flying Milk Truck"....name stuck. Like "10 fins of fury" for the 500
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  10. Bigbill Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    '83 250wr
    Other Motorcycles:
    0 right now
    I think the 83/430 was the best looking bike of the 430.

    I remember seeing the 83’s all lined up outside the husky dealership in Torrington.