• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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After market triple trees

unique piece! other than looking cool, would there really be any other benefit? i guess you could bore them if you wanted to install some beefier conventionals?
 
Agreed, but some like the history and uniqueness of limited production after market stuff. I would be curious to know who the manufacturer was.
 
I would too. There were not that many aftermarket triples that I remember for 82 models. Pro Circuit may have had some made as they did quite a bit of development on Husqvarnas in that time frame.
 
Look at his other stuff he has other brands of vintage parts. Was there a flex in the original triple tree?

I'd like to get that just for the nostalgia of husqvarna back in the day.
 
In the rr scene lots of folks had cnc machined triple clamps as the Japanese bikes cast pieces would bend in any kind of fall. There used to be a few guys racing who would fab up the clamps. Nothing refined/finished but you could always do that later. Custom clamps and stock sliders or swap the whole front end from a big bore bike that would fit the steerer.
 
On eBay, there are some 1981/1982 Ohlins that are stamped "Tripes" as in Marty Tripes. Owner says he contacted Marty, Marty's reply was, "don't know, I just rode it"
 
adam6402 said:
Is that a guess? To me they don't look refined enough to be from a major after market producer.
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Pro Circuit was not a major aftermarket producer in '83, they were a tiny shop that specialized only in Huskys. They didnt even become well known until '86 when Ricky Johnson used their pipe on his factory Honda instead of the HRC pipe.
 
Kartwheel68 said:
Pro Circuit was not a major aftermarket producer in '83, they were a tiny shop that specialized only in Huskys. They didnt even become well known until '86 when Ricky Johnson used their pipe on his factory Honda instead of the HRC pipe.
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Poor choice of words on my part, just commenting that they seem to be lacking in the sort of refinement that one would expect from someone trying to sell after market parts. Let's be honest, stuff in the dirt bike world sells if it performs better, looks cool, or saves weight. These would look to fail the last two since they are quite ugly and not made from titanium.
 
That is true today, but that was not true in 1983. At that time there was a lot of crude aftermarket stuff, you couldnt get all kinds of blingy billet stuff like you can today. IF you could get billet clamps, they were not CNC machined, they were machined by hand and looked like those in the eBay auction.
 
There was a wp complete fork with the triple tree on eBay I bid it but lost it for $117.

The triple tree above shows no screws or center bearings and spanner nut. For $200 it should have all the little pieces.
 
I believe when and if a Husqvarna had triple changed it would be to get triples with less offset to sharpen the steering. That was a common mod to MAG 250s
 
These are my clamps that are on ebay. Not sure who made them, and all the little bits from the 40mm Husqvarna trees fit. Try to find, or make a set for the asking price.
Billet parts like these back in the 80's were not like the billet CNC artwork they do nowadays. It was more for function. These are pretty beefy sitting next to a standard set of Husqvarna 40mm trees. If I don't sell them, they will be getting mounted on one of my projects. I never mounted these, so I am curious if they have a different offset than original.

I have 5 or 6 different Husqvarna's I want to get finished, along with 10 more Maico's and 4 or 5 Montesa's. I stay away from most of the Jap stuff, as it is usually just trash, discontinued parts, and unrepairable, unlike the Euro brands which I raced from the 60's on.
Paul
 
Kartwheel68 said:
That is true today, but that was not true in 1983. At that time there was a lot of crude aftermarket stuff, you couldnt get all kinds of blingy billet stuff like you can today. IF you could get billet clamps, they were not CNC machined, they were machined by hand and looked like those in the eBay auction.
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Knew some guys that could make a Bridgeport mill sing like a bird and make awsome stuff but those masters were very few and now days computer has replaced those craftsman
 
My toolroom guys were old school who learned on the manual machines then on the cnc. These guys are gurus and could make anything. I worked in many machine shops with machinists these guys are a dying breed. The old manual Bridgeport milling machine was next to the cnc Bridgeport machine. In my department I had the bigger series two manual Bridgeport Miller. It was going to be scrapped when I took it in my department.
Down the road it did a lot of work. They were happy I kept it.
I ran machines, I built machines, I rebuilt machines. The biggest lathes I built were 200,000lbs and had 144" chucks.
 
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