• 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.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

250-500cc Go new or rebuild

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huskybubba

Husqvarna
A Class
What to do? I have 07 wr250. Don't know either buy new beta or update or refresh current bike? The bike has been great except for a cracked cylinder. Like the feel of the Husky. Not ready for ktm.
 
it really depends on what the bike is worth to you, if it was mine id find or repair the jug and do the top end. But then other thing to take into consideration is there any other work the bike needs and what it will cost to fix.
 
Could rebuild as a 300!! Buy an extra piston kit and be set for awhile until the new bikes shake out???
 
I'm wondering the same thing about my 09. I may just part it out eventually and double it's worth, have to give them away to sell them now. Ashame.
 
I'm looking hard at the Beta or Sherco. I'm not impressed with the time I've spent with my WR. My 2012 WB165 on the other hand has been awesome.
 
[quote="shrubitup, post: 385266, member: 1702at are the top three let-downs of the bike besides resale?[/quote]
Let down 1. When I bought the bike the lower steering stop was sneered off. Bought a new one with stem and it sheered the first ride.
Let down 2. The fit and finish of the hardware.
Let down 3. The lack of a good aftermarket tank.
Its an ok bike but not as good as some of the past 250/300' s I've owned. On the other hand I love my WB 165.
 
454x said:
[quote="shrubitup, post: 385266, member: 1702at are the top three let-downs of the bike besides resale?
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Let down 1. When I bought the bike the lower steering stop was sneered off. Bought a new one with stem and it sheered the first ride.
Let down 2. The fit and finish of the hardware.
Let down 3. The lack of a good aftermarket tank.
Its an ok bike but not as good as some of the past 250/300' s I've owned. On the other hand I love my WB 165.[/quote]

I think both IMS and clarke have tanks that fit that bike, actually I believe IMS has a couple.
 
huskybubba said:
What to do? I have 07 wr250. Don't know either buy new beta or update or refresh current bike? The bike has been great except for a cracked cylinder. Like the feel of the Husky. Not ready for ktm.
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I have the same bike and went the 300 kit route. Very happy with it.
 
Yes Rancher 1 , my bike came with the biggest of the two of the IMS tanks. Made the bike way to wide for my liking. Found a stock tank from BMP and what a difference and it holds 2.7 gallons. It would be nice if there where a 3 gallon available for it.
 
I'd rebuild it. If you've already addressed the problem areas, then they are great bikes. The aftermarket is limited yes, but for me and the riding I do the Husky is a very good fit. I'm definitely in love with mine after 150 hrs and an unfortunate engine failure, a 360 engine swap, and a 6-speed 250 rebuild. I'm planning on running it for at least another 200 hours. By then the new Huskies might be more than just a Husaberg with white plastic.

The tank has not been an issue for me as 95% of my riding is racing. I do tend to drop a 0.5-1 gallon in around the hour mark of a 2 hour hare scramble depending on the type of terrain and how hard I'm on the gas. And I do take advantage of available gas stops in an enduro, but most of that is just for peace of mind. I did the same on a KTM 200 with an aftermarket big tank.

I'd say for tight technical enduro racing, the Husky really stands out. Despite it's dated design, it's still the best bike for technical riding IMHO. When trails get wider than about 3 feet, and the soil turns to loam rather than rock, a different bike might be more suitable. There are plenty being parted out if you can wait for something to pop up. Having a second engine, or an extra set of radiators or whatever on hand is always nice for any bike, but this one especially, when it may take a few weeks to get a part ordered in form the dealer.
 
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