• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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1972 wr250 bits needed

rob kelly

rob kelly

Husqvarna
AA Class
Hi, I'm new to this forum so apologies if this is in the wrong section.
I bought a '72 wr250 a few months ago and am getting round to sorting it out now.
Its hardly been used and seems all original (inc trelleborgs and cables) apart from the coil, crank case seal for wiring and the front sprocket cover.
I want to take the tires off to store them, does anyone have experience with this as i know they'll have gone hard and i don't want to damage them taking them off.
Also does anyone have a front sprocket cover for sale and a femsa HT coil?

Rob
 
get the tyres toasty warm, that will help get them off ok. use some baby powder or soapy water inside the beads to help them slip over the rim. makes sure the beads are pushed right into the well opposite where your starting to get them off. good luck... I lost a certain win years ago when I punctured the new front trelleborg ten master on my brand new 240 lc twin shock while holding a commanding lead in the Alpine enduro. what should have been a simple 2 minute patch job, it took all my patches and air bottles before I rode it back flat:mad: could not get the last lever flip over without pinching the tube....never liked them after I wrestled an old ten master off an xl 250 rim in a marathon 45 minute effort using car tyre levers ( I wasn't any good at tyres then).

my favourite was the metzler 2 ply...I used to pull the wheels out, lie the tyres nxt to them and yell "ALL CHANGE"..be all finished by the time I made a coffee..:D
 
Trelleborgs were sold for some time after 72 so maybe they're newer than you think. In any event do what suprize said and I think you'll be okay. Not to mention they're far more durable than 40 year old Cheng Shins.

From time to time you can get parts on Ebay for a reasonable price. Put the parts you need into a watch list and wait. Husqvarna parts compatibility can span many years. Check out the parts lists at the link to see what other year Huskys had your coil and cover.

http://www.husqvarnaoutlet.com/parts_fiche

Theres always help here so don't hesitate to ask.
 
Cheers guys. Yes i guess they could be later than '72, i just assumed that they weren't readily available in the US. I'll get them warm and give it a go. I'll keep checking eBay for the coil and cover, as its femsa points ignition the motoplat coil from later bikes is different.
 
2. If you are not restoring your bike...don't bother with a sprocket cover. All they do is collect mud. I don't know any racer that uses one. I haven't for the past 43 years. [quote/]

Funny, I've used sprocket covers on all my bikes since 1970 and have never had a mud problem. I wonder if the sand and 2" annual rainfall has anything to do with that. :)

I second the motion of going with the Emgo coil vs a used Femsa.
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Ditto to what Richard posted on the Emgo ignition coil, I didn't have success using used Femsa coils. Emgo has worked well for several seasons.
 
Thanks for the help. The emgo ones are certainly less expensive than a second hand one. I'll order one of those. I want it to look original so I'll fit the cover, I doubt it'll get used in wet mud anyway.
 
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