• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Rear spring.

Nikel

Nikel

Husqvarna
AA Class
Hello again.
Anyone know if there is a harder rear spring for the 85-88 500?

Mine is a bit on the soft side with street tires.
 
You could try ohlins usa in North Carolina , I think there in Ashville . They rebuilt my 87 shock and had different weight options for me but I stayed with the stocker cuz I'm lite.
 
Nikel said:
Hello again.
Anyone know if there is a harder rear spring for the 85-88 500?

Mine is a bit on the soft side with street tires.
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First figure out what spring you currently have. If you have the stock Ohlins spring it should have 3 colored stripes painted onto the coils near the end of the spring. Something like black, red, black or blue, black, blue etc. That is the way Ohlins labeled the spring rates in the 1980's. Today they actually print numbers onto the springs to tell what the rate is. When you figure out what spring rate you want you can buy the proper spring, and it dosen't necessarily have to be an Ohlins spring. The spring just has to be the proper inside diameter and length.
 
if you look in the Husqvarna fische you will find the CR came with the stiffest stock spring
4.9, color designation black-purple-black color code

and as rwgregory said there are other sources, length and diameter are the important numbers
if your preload is past 1/2 way you need a stiffer spring
 
do you still want stock length spring? i guess you may also want to think about what ride height you would like.
 
I can almost guarantee that it is the stock spring.
But I think it's repainted because I couldn't find any kind of numbers or strips.
It's yellow, and that's it.

And it's tightened to full preload.

Ride height is fine as it is.
 
Yes I installed the strongest single shock spring that husqvarna had. I think the rear springs interchange past 85/88. It was a yellow spring.
 
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