• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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putting a 76 swingarm on a 75 husky wr400??? any advice

andy75wr400

andy75wr400

Husqvarna
A Class
I wanted to give my knees and body a little relief... can anyone tell me what will work on my 1975 husky wr400 as far as changing swing arms for more shock travel?

Thanks
 
It will work with some work.You have to remove some metal on the inside of the arm.If you can find a mag arm you will be about the same with out the work.You will need the longer brake stay arm and longer brake pedal rod.
 
The '75 400WR should have the Mag frame and swing arm, the '75 250WR did anyway. Even with an ML swing arm you are not going to get big increases in travel over the Mag setup because of the upper mount.
 
The only thing I can suggest is something custom and that typically means big bucks.

Heres three custom swing arms found on the VintageHusky.com home page. I'm sure John would be more than happy to give you a price on something custom to meet your specific needs.

rear1.jpg

rear2.jpg

rear3.jpg
 
Looks to be a profab bolt together frame.Removeable sub-frame and lower engine/foot peg support.Like to see a picture of the whole bike
 
It looks like 2 different bikes to me from just seeing the rear view of the subframe. The 2nd and 3rd subframes look the same. To me the differences are ( 3 different brake pedals, swingarm pivot /subframe nut, a few fasteners are different but what makes you think it's made of Titanium? Did someone build some aftermarket Titanium frames at some point?

Would still like to see the whole bike in a photo though also.
 
Guys, you can see the whole bike(s) on Vintage Husky's home page.

vintagehusky.com Just click on the picture to zoom in.
 
Not sure what those bikes are exactly but the '76 model CR250 I owned had the shocks slanted much more forward at the top giving a big arc of travel for the shock. Those SA do look pretty study, ESP that boxed one .. My 76 model bike had a round tube SA that did not look near as sturdy as either shown in those pics.

Andy, your shocks are mounted at that angle shown above?
 
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