• 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     WR = 2st Enduro & CR = 2st Cross

  • 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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250-500cc about that decompression head

taps

taps

Husqvarna
AA Class
A year ago I decided I would need to freshen the top end on my '94 wxc360. It had always run well, but it was a bit down on compression. Well, I just buttoned it back up, and I almost got it started up when I broke the kickstarter in half. Another good kick, and I think it would have caught. Looks as if the pin bent and then the lever let go.

Aside from fixing a worn piston and an air leak, nothing should have changed. I went back with the same .020" base gasket, and went up to the next letter piston. I have the receipt from when the previous owner did a topend, and it does say they sold him two .5mm gaskets. I only see the one. I can't think of what I could have done weird, but I don't want to kill another kickstarter or the case. I have heard that it is mainly the later bikes that need the decomp head, but this thing takes some boot to kick. Anyone running a decomp head on one of the older cylinders?

Edit: there were two gaskets! Time to bust it down again!

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I'm pretty quick doing topends on these things now! Have both gaskets in place. Ended up with a .3 and a .5 - should help kill off some compression. I guess this is the best time for a kickstarter to break. Would suck 15 miles back in the woods.
 
did you do the squish check?
piston in cylinder and bottom out
put on bike check difference
 
2premo said:
did you do the squish check?
piston in cylinder and bottom out
put on bike check difference
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Not the first time, but then I saw the post on here about it before I tore it down again. Definitely needed the two gaskets to be in spec, but no collisions the first go. Lots of compression though ;)
 
The bike runs! I am still waiting for a 250 kickstart to show up from overseas, but I was tired of it not running so I did a little push start action. My wife isn't going to be pleased with the skid marks in the driveway, but she should be happy the bike is functional...if I have a decent hill.
 
taps said:
The bike runs! I am still waiting for a 250 kickstart to show up from overseas, but I was tired of it not running so I did a little push start action. My wife isn't going to be pleased with the skid marks in the driveway, but she should be happy the bike is functional...if I have a decent hill.
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overseas? where are you located?
 
2premo said:
overseas? where are you located?
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I'm in Texas. Hall's acted like they have one in stock, but they are $30+ higher on the part + $14 shipping. I'm not in a rush, and I needed some other stuff from motosport at the same time. But yeah, unless motosport and two other dealers (the local & Munn) were mistaken, there are none in US warehouse(s).
 
taps said:
I'm in Texas. Hall's acted like they have one in stock, but they are $30+ higher on the part + $14 shipping. I'm not in a rush, and I needed some other stuff from motosport at the same time. But yeah, unless motosport and two other dealers (the local & Munn) were mistaken, there are none in US warehouse(s).
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my dealer has one
 
I laughed when I saw this ad on ebay. Mine must be worth like $60 since the pin is still in one piece! :thumbsup:

"Up for sale is a kickstart pedal removed from a Husky CR250, year unknown and there is some damage and a broken bolt but it can be repaired."

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I have an '02 Husky CR250 that I made into HELLUVA CR300 ( thanks to the folks at Millennium Technologies for the big bore, port work , correct squish and hi -comp head). That last note about hi compression didn't work very well with that odd shaped kick-starter , so off the head went to Larry Weichman to do his magic installing a factory looking decompression valve--- WHAT A DIFFERENCE!...kicks over like a 125! Even if you don't have the hi-comp head, this mod makes it stupid easy to start. I posted this previously, I'll try to find it...His number is 815-623-8940
 
guscycle said:
I have an '02 Husky CR250 that I made into HELLUVA CR300 ( thanks to the folks at Millennium Technologies for the big bore, port work , correct squish and hi -comp head). That last note about hi compression didn't work very well with that odd shaped kick-starter , so off the head went to Larry Weichman to do his magic installing a factory looking decompression valve--- WHAT A DIFFERENCE!...kicks over like a 125! Even if you don't have the hi-comp head, this mod makes it stupid easy to start. I posted this previously, I'll try to find it...His number is 815-623-8940
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I can also vouch for larrys work. I have a 300 kit on my 07 w/hi comp head and 60 year old legs. The compression release is like magic and it looks like factory made.
 
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