• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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pics and age of left kicker riders?

justintendo

justintendo

klotz super techniplate junkie
the more i get into these bikes i find everyone is amazed at my age..im currently 32 and got my first husky at 16..a 79 250wr..by the time i figured out the 79 and the left kicker nuances i was hooked...i know it seems weird at my age since by the time i was old enough to know anything about them the italians had basically threw out the swedes...i just cant explain itme.jpg

i bought this xc from a guy who had an old dealership..bought it as NOS back in my senior year of high school..which was 99-00! i still have and enjoy it. cant imagine getting rid of it. i remember lusting after it sitting in the corner as i got service tips from the old dealer or got parts from his old shelfs..just as im sure some of you lusted after a 74 MAG while riding a honda 90 or some jap ride...
this pic was from last summer by the way..the high points are starting to need a resole, lol
 
While I won't post a pic since I talk to you every day, I am 26 years old and always rode an atv until I was 21. I took a 88 250 for a ride and immediately knew I had to have a Swedish bike. Since last May I sold two honda cr 250's purchased a 2008 wr250 purchased a 87 430 and recently sold the 08 to get the 430 built into a great woods bike. Wish I could keep them all but I'm not wealthy by any means. I plan to make a thread in vintage restoration file soon. Lots of pics for viewing coming!
 
justintendo said:
the more i get into these bikes i find everyone is amazed at my age..im currently 32 and got my first husky at 16..a 79 250wr..by the time i figured out the 79 and the left kicker nuances i was hooked...i know it seems weird at my age since by the time i was old enough to know anything about them the italians had basically threw out the swedes...i just cant explain itView attachment 39471

i bought this xc from a guy who had an old dealership..bought it as NOS back in my senior year of high school..which was 99-00! i still have and enjoy it. cant imagine getting rid of it. i remember lusting after it sitting in the corner as i got service tips from the old dealer or got parts from his old shelfs..just as im sure some of you lusted after a 74 MAG while riding a honda 90 or some jap ride...
this pic was from last summer by the way..the high points are starting to need a resole, lol
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wow how weird i was 15 at the time first husky 79 250wr but never got the one on the dealers floor that lusted for 86 250wr
 
My '82 250WR. They will bury it with me!
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59 years old and this was my second Husky. I've been into Huskys since my 20's.
 
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Turning 50 on April 10, pic on my 86 400 XC.
Got my first used Husky when i was 17 and it was a 75 250 CR.
Never bought a new bike ever ;)
 
im 55 and bought my first husky in 84, a watercooled twin shocker. raced that for two years then got out of bikes for kids!!
back into bikes in 93 with a dr 350 then a ktm 250 exc in 05 followed by a new 300 in 010. Got the old husky bug in 2011 and have been hooked with plans for more.

im ditching the 300 for another ol girl when I can find the right one!At castella.jpgwr240 moonambell.jpg this is the original 240 in 1985 at the Bert Flood Enduro- finalspecialtest like the helmet!!
 

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nice mikoo, we need younger riders to keep these things alive...looks like youre putting it thru its paces as well..
 
suprize said:
im 55 and bought my first husky in 84, a watercooled twin shocker. raced that for two years then got out of bikes for kids!!
back into bikes in 93 with a dr 350 then a ktm 250 exc in 05 followed by a new 300 in 010. Got the old husky bug in 2011 and have been hooked with plans for more.

im ditching the 300 for another ol girl when I can find the right one!View attachment 39490View attachment 39491 this is the original 240 in 1985 at the Bert Flood Enduro- finalspecialtest like the helmet!!
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so thats you hopping that log? awesome pic! shows what a dual shock can do
 
does it count that i want a vintage husky?!?
had a wr 360 husky for 3 years tho and husqvarna were my second and third bike purchases!
am 28 so not too old yet lol
 
juicypips said:
does it count that i want a vintage husky?!?
had a wr 360 husky for 3 years tho and husqvarna were my second and third bike purchases!
am 28 so not too old yet lol
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nope plenty of time left..got to get a left kicker tho! just have to find the right one for ya!
 
Justintendo did you start this thread because Ron and I were comparing "OLD" husky:oldman: riders on old husky's LOL great idea!! I will send in a pic with my bikes and myself when i dig them out of the back of the garage.It's been a long and coooold winter here in MI.and I have to get the snow blower and the snowmobiles out of the way And no my wife does not park her car in the garage:notworthy: LOL!!
Tom
 
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