• 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.

    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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.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!

GROSSI CR500 PROTO TYPE

im trying to get some clearer pics,if you look at the pic you have circled you can only just see the gusset under the shocker mount but its there,i will post another picture of mine tonight and the id stamp
 
engine stripped today on the proto,87mm bore size,wiseco piston and 6speed as the spec sheet suggested in the aug 82 mag.all internals like new but hole the size of kansas in the bottom of the right crank case.
 
proto type tank gone for painting today,needs to be shiny if the bikes going to live in the lounge!! though she did say if that bike comes in the house im off! im gonna miss her!and whos going to dust it?
 
adam6402 said:
The thumbnail picture isn't working, cant see any details.

Great work so far, going to be a cool bike regardless of who may have rode it!

Looking forward to more pics and you work through the build.
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hi i took the pic from google when the bike was for sale in the states,if you get a chance just google cr500 proto type and you should find the original adds.
 
HVA Proto Exp 500.jpg

There is no motor number or frame number on this bike. The frame is stamped on the neck "Husqvarna EXP Photo" The motor has been engraved on the rear of the right inner case "4380" This (what we think is an 84 CR500) is offered as a restorable core. It is not running. The right rear frame rail is broken off and missing. The motor is froze and there is a hole in the bottom of the case indicating that there is some internal injury. We did not remove the cylinder, head or side covers. It seems to be wired for lights as evidenced by the wiring at the triple clamps. Both rims are cracked but the hubs and spokes look good. The Ohlins shocks have good shafts but are leaking slightly. The fork tubes look good but the seals are leaking. The bike appears to be a prototype judging from the double leading front plate and the fork color. There is also a double shock mount feature on the swingarm. This is a project and worthy of restoration.
 
Michel - do you think it is a good thing to have that persons phone number in your post? Years from now whoever has that phone number will be getting phone calls trying to buy the bike...
 
Michel Dufayard said:
Ok, I've taken off all bad datas.
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thanks for finding that!as you see the old girl had been upgraded in the day with the 84 tank seat and rear itc shocks.still had 82 mud guards and you can see the frame stamp now its been dipped!not sure if it ran in the day with the brake bar bolted through with the same bolt as bolts the rear brake leaver as it shows,looking hard for pictures of the right side of the grossi bike!
 
we are using black 83 panels and trimming them up and with a little heat from a paint gun forming a lip.andy at hva will sort you a set or dc plastics!they look good!
 
Michel, do you have a photo of the right side of the chris bigalow 250, I would like to see how his footpeg and brake work
 
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