ajcmbrown
Husqvarna
Pro Class
This bike was purchased as a $500 parts donor but on closer inspection (with the exception of a few blemishes) but it is just too good to break up.
It looks awful, is low on compression, needed the clutch cover welded from a previous kick back event, the sleeve on the ignition side crank case is loose, not as bad as my 400 was, but requires repair, pipe squashed at the header, and so on.
Maybe my first impressions of the 400WR are swaying my judgement but this seems to be the ideal displacement for the Vinduro riding I am riding these days, I just can't use the 400 like it should be used, combination of age, lack of fitness, healthy dose of self preservation and tight event courses.
From what I keep reading, this is the 250 motor to have, torquey, good top end but tractable like the 400, only less power.
After listening to some on bike footage taken recently, I didn't realise that I spent so much time in the lower rev range! I will link to a Youtube clip soon, but you get the picture.
Anyway, the build begins! Here is what it looked like the day I bought it home.
It looks awful, is low on compression, needed the clutch cover welded from a previous kick back event, the sleeve on the ignition side crank case is loose, not as bad as my 400 was, but requires repair, pipe squashed at the header, and so on.
Maybe my first impressions of the 400WR are swaying my judgement but this seems to be the ideal displacement for the Vinduro riding I am riding these days, I just can't use the 400 like it should be used, combination of age, lack of fitness, healthy dose of self preservation and tight event courses.
From what I keep reading, this is the 250 motor to have, torquey, good top end but tractable like the 400, only less power.
After listening to some on bike footage taken recently, I didn't realise that I spent so much time in the lower rev range! I will link to a Youtube clip soon, but you get the picture.
Anyway, the build begins! Here is what it looked like the day I bought it home.
