• 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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a 1988 430 AE is coming home to my collection.

86 400 XC

86 400 XC

Husqvarna
Pro Class
Been on the hunt for a water cooled auto for a while now.
A 88 found me thanks to this forum.
How many AEs were made in 87 & 88, i only know of 1 other 88 in Sweden, a friend on facebook.

How many 88s, have any of you seen or heard of?

This is 1 of the last bikes i wanted, well maybe if i find a 87 CR 500 some day lol

Here it is, it starts the journey this week to Canada..


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Looks like a new bike in the crate. :) :banana:
 
not sure about 88 exactly, but i know theres always some autos in that body style floating around here anyway. i know where theres actually an 87-88 430 auto that is nos just sitting at a dealer...

looks like the bike will be going to a good home, and is in real nice shape
 
The numbers of autos registrated on café husky !

250 mp: 1
360-76: 2
360-77: 10
390-78: 6
390-79: 3
420-81: 7
420-82: 8
430-86: 12
430-87: 4
430-88: 2
500-84: 10
500-85:1

Unknow year:


Bitzas:
360-73: 1
420-80: 1
420-83:2
430-84: 1
400-86:1
250-82: 1
250-82 LC: 1 (3 speeds, 84 frame, look 82)
500-90:1
250-85LC :1 (3 speeds)
430-83: (4 speeds)


Total: 73 bikes and 33 owners ( from 1 to 10 auto bikes/owner)
 
Great find! I don't know the numbers but it is rare in my book. I'm thinking about that big soft comfy 88 & an auto to boot. The ultimate play bike? Close to it....
 
Michel this is 1 of the 2 88s from your list.

Justin i heard many 87s were crated and no dealers wanted them. I knew of 1 too, it sold at an auction 5/6 months ago.
 
oldbikedude said:
Great find! I don't know the numbers but it is rare in my book. I'm thinking about that big soft comfy 88 & an auto to boot. The ultimate play bike? Close to it....
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A few friends with many bikes say, the water cooled 430 auto is the favorite machine to ride.
 
86 400 XC said:
Michel this is 1 of the 2 88s from your list.

Justin i heard many 87s were crated and no dealers wanted them. I knew of 1 too, it sold at an auction 5/6 months ago.
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i think its true. makes sense if you think about what was going on at the time. they were the best bikes the swedes had made up to that point..but probably alot of uncertainty floating around.
 
I know a guy who has until recently owned two here in Australia, one rider and the other in a crate, never ridden, but he recently sold that one for an "undisclosed" sum.
It seems quite a few found their way down under.
Tony.
 
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ajcmbrown said:
I know a guy who has until recently owned two here in Australia, one rider and the other in a crate, never ridden, but he recently sold that one for an "undisclosed" sum.
It seems quite a few found their way down under.
Tony.
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He said he wasn't going to sell it....:(
His "rider" has over 22,000kms on it?

I bought an AE430 from Husky Imports back in the 90s, it was one of the "crate bikes" and had been sold to a customer who rode it once.......he took it back....I went in looking for a used TE310 and walked out with a near new AE430 for not much $$ :-)

Sold the Auto to my brother...who broke his foot kickstarting it in his workboots...
Ive still got the trailer.....
 
Just like all the AE 430s i know about, 86 and 87s.
My 88 WR and AE start with a Z on the serial number.
Is that the indication, it was assembled in Italy like the 89b 510 with a Z?
 
Roon said:
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He said he wasn't going to sell it....:(
His "rider" has over 22,000kms on it?

I bought an AE430 from Husky Imports back in the 90s, it was one of the "crate bikes" and had been sold to a customer who rode it once.......he took it back....I went in looking for a used TE310 and walked out with a near new AE430 for not much $$ :-)

Sold the Auto to my brother...who broke his foot kickstarting it in his workboots...
Ive still got the trailer.....
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Were his initials DP?
 
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