What do you guys think of these 2?

Hi all,
Long time bike addict, possible future husky owner. My uncle in California has had 2 huskys for the past 20-25 years. I rode one when I was 12, almost crashed but survived. As I've been collecting, I thought about the old huskys. I even dug up a few pictures from around 2000. One is an 83' 250? Although I could have sworn it was a 430...there was a reason I didn't get to take it out of first gear. The second is a 86'? 500 xc...but I've never been able to find another mono shock husky that was air cooled. What wondering what the thoughts on these particular bikes are. The 83' might make me a good vintage racer, and the 500 for kicks. Price is $1500 apiece, plus shipping across the country.

More or less want them for nostalgic reasons. Does the price seems fair? Parts hard to find? I have other big bore bikes so these won't be main rider's.

Here's the 500 http://imgur.com/a/AbAbg

count the fins, 10 means 500. 9 is 430..8 is 250. first bike is an 84...the second is a bit of a "hybrid", as the swedes never made a 2 stroke air cooled single shock. so some suspect work has been done there as it looks like some things dont quite fit right with the seat and plastic. the 84 looks a bit nicer.

there has been a squeeze to get that pipe in there

They cut and welded in the vertical frame mount and it had to clear the different pipe. Great idea. It's a more plush ride.


I did a 82 cr frame twin shock into a single shock. Easy conversion. I have pics of the process. The yoke on the bottom I cut in half and added a threaded adjustable rod with lock nut. You adjusted it till you got the full suspension travel.

Exactly always count the fins but don't tell everyone? I like buying the 420 and 430's they call 250's.

Thanks for the replies guys. I counted 10 fins on both...I'm guessing that's fine on the barrel right?



What's a fair price for these? He's thinking $1500 a piece. Originally I was thinking I didn't want the 84 if it was a 250.