• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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New forks for the husky

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Dillon

Husqvarna
AA Class
I've been looking into getting some better forks for my 360, I have found some local 78' wr390 forks for $50... Looking to pick them up. Online they say they have 11" of travel and my 360 has only 7.5" in the front... How would you go about modifying them to match my 13.5" Fox air show
Thanks
 
78 390WR forks did not have 11" of travel. They had 9" at most, which would probably work with your 360 depending on how long the Fox shoxs are.
The 78 CR forks had longer tubes and different damper rods and more travel. It may be that you have 79 forks there. Unless someone has changed the internals of the old 78 WR forks. I would stick with the 9" on a 360 !
 
By modifying I ment shortening amount of travel they have have to match the rear end of my bike, I also read that a DLS brake plate will fit on the 390 front hubs, this don't seem right to me anyone ever try thi?
 
The dual leading shoe front brake like 1983 needs a matching hub/wheel in my memory.

To shorten most likely cut the spindle inside the fork (re-weld) and shorten then get a shorter spring. If you cut your sping it gets stiffer and the end isn't the same after shortening.
 
You will need the straight triple clamps that go with the leading axle forks, you can not use them with your straight leg clamps. If you have a frame with loose ball bearings in the steering stem the only clamps that will work are the '77 250-390CR. Forks are easy to find, '77 250-390CR clamps are not.
 
And to swap to 40mm forks you need a bushing made to swap the loose ball bearings to newer style right? I'd like to go disk brake but anyone know what's involved? Or have a set they'd like to get rid of?
 
I'd like to keep the triple clamps stock if I go 35mm, I like the way it handles... I ride fire roads that occasionally have mud spots and the long fork angle helps alot
 
the later 40mm triples i dont believe will change your angle, its all in the frame. the handling aspect you speak is hard to get rid of in a husky, even if you wanted to. a 40mm front end (disc or drum) would be a great upgrade
 
Isn't there a bushing that needs to be made for the later style bearings in the 78 and bikes? Anyone have some 40mm front end that has a disk?
 
not sure about the bearings, but once you convert to the tapered rollers any of the 79 and later front ends will go on.
 
Dillon said:
I'd like to keep the triple clamps stock if I go 35mm, I like the way it handles... I ride fire roads that occasionally have mud spots and the long fork angle helps alot
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You have to use the correct clamps. With the stock forks the offset is in the clamps, with the leading axle forks the offset is in the fork. If you use the leading axle forms with the original clamps it will radically change the rake and trail.
 
Someone here has done it, if I remember right it involves pressing out the existing races in the frame and making new ones, you can not just press the tapered races of the later frame into the older frame, you have to make them from scratch.

I think there were some 8-8.5" travel straight leg forks? I know the ones on my '76 250WR are 7.5" like yours but it seems like there were some that were longer, that might be a better way for you to go.
 
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