• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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1976 GP 175 - Question About My Forks

Binx

Binx

Husqvarna
AA Class
Greetings - Am new to this forum and new to Husky ownership.

Traded a 12-pack of beer for a 76 GP 175. Bike has been sitting in a barn for 35 years, and has been sorely neglected. (Genuine barn-find.) Don't know if the motor runs and won't know till I get a new float bowl gasket for the Amal.

Here's my question: how can I identify the forks on this bike? They have Schrader valves on the fork caps and I don't see any Schrader valves in the parts manual. Makes me think they could be period, after-market forks? Or maybe a common mod to the original Betor forks? There is a sticker on the air box cover that says, "Fox Forx - Designed & Manufactured By Steve Simons".

Thanks in advance for any help.

Looking forward to my restoration adventure. If I get ambitious I'll post the progress in the Vintage Restorations forum. Binx image.jpg
 
possibly a home made modification, was popular when "air forks" became the rage. Or, as Betors had a habit of weeping oil all over you from the bleed valves, someone has replaced them with Schrader valves to control the weep....
 
The sticker on the airbox may have been wishful thinking unless there actually are Fox Airforks on that and we just can not see them:)
 
Ajcmbrown - I'm certain you uncovered the answer. This explains why the the fork caps don't match the shop manual or the parts manual. It also explains the "Fox Forx - Steve Simons" sticker on the airbox. An after-market kit with an interesting history.

Speaking of history - how did you find this info? A Google search? Or is Husky History your thing? I spent 12 days looking for the explanation. I'm way impressed. Many thanks.
 
Well, I could say that I am a fountain of Husqvarna knowledge, but that would be an enormous lie, I could begin to explain how I had just such a kit in my Husqvarna but that would also be bull$h1t, I could also explain how I searched the internet for hours.....well you get the point! :D

Seriously, I just used the Google search below, took all of about 30 seconds, no skill, special knowledge, previous experience or effort on my part.

https://www.google.com.au/search?q="Fox Forx - Designed & Manufactured By Steve Simons"&oq="Fox Forx - Designed & Manufactured By Steve Simons"&aqs=chrome..69i57.13021194j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8
 
Binx said:
Ajcmbrown - I'm certain you uncovered the answer. This explains why the the fork caps don't match the shop manual or the parts manual. It also explains the "Fox Forx - Steve Simons" sticker on the airbox. An after-market kit with an interesting history.

Speaking of history - how did you find this info? A Google search? Or is Husky History your thing? I spent 12 days looking for the explanation. I'm way impressed. Many thanks.
Click to expand...
as you own your husky, your google skills will also grow, grasshoppa...
 
Those bikes came with Betor forks...it looks like that's what you have. Certainly the triple clamps are Betor.
Attach a photo of the whole fork set to clarify.
BTW, I have the same air bleed caps on my 1974 125WR Betors...they were an aftermarket item I bought back in the day.
Still in use in AHRMA XC races!
 
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