• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Help! Vintage Husky Invoice Collectors!!

spudzylla

spudzylla

Husqvarna
Hi, My name is Mike and I am new to the Husky Game.
I have just aquired a "72 wr450 that was supposedly Whitey Martino's who in turn sold or gave it to Parnelli Jones who then gave it to a friend of his. I would
like to obtain a copy of the factory invoice and MSO for frame # MJ 03383
and eng# 2024-0539.
It has some nice porting done, an ack manifold, lectron carb, long travel period husky forks and large aluminum HI-point tank, and profab moly swingarm with forward shock mounts
I asked Don if he had the invoices for it but he figured he sold it as he doesn't have it now.

I also aquired another 72 complete wr450 and an extra complete 72 wr450 engine.
frame # MJ02284 Eng # 2024-0162

Any pics of this bike or other information would be appreciated.
I will try to post the pics of what it looked like earlier and now....soon

Thanks for your help!!!
 
Sorry I can't help with the documentation you seek but I sure would like to see pictures of the first bike you described. I'm a desert racer from the Whitey Martino era and have good memories racing the 5 speed Huskys. From the factory the early seventies 450 was considered a performance dog for its size. At the time I didn't think so because I was 15 and weighed 140 - 150 lbs. I've often wondered how effective those porting mods were they made back then.
 
Hi, thanks for your reply. Here are some pics for you to look at.

I don't know how the porting affected the performance but did they win races? I haven't ridden one stock or modified so I can't judge. I've heard it and it sounds good. You are welcome to
come and ride it up and down the alley.

The pics with the hi-point tank are when the person that I bought if from found it and purchased it from a friend of Parnelli's. I wish that I had pictures of it when Whitey owned it. Right now it has alloy fenders, a stock orange WR450 tank, and stock length forks back on it.

Also is a pic of the long travel husky forks from Competition components. Does anyone out there
know about that compIMG_0879.JPGIMG_0806.JPGIMG_0870.jpgIMG_0807.jpg any?
 
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