Vintage Husqvarna As A Supermoto?

[fran...k.]

Well, I've run into a problem... seems the bonded title thing won't work on this bike.

I need to figure out how get a title for this bike. Were WR250s titled as street-legal bikes or off-road only in 1982? It seems to be really important despite the fact that you can street-legalize an off-road bike. I don't even know if it's possible to do a bond on an off-road-only title if so.

Anyone been in this situation before? I'm sure its happened plenty when motarding dirtbikes.

I also need the service manual just in case anyone has a pdf or similar copy.

Thanks guys

In Connecticut, and the last time I did a new registration was in 2004, The origional purchacer gets a certificate of origion. It most likely says off highway use only on it somewhere, it has a sticker on the steering neck that states that. We have motor vehicle department, they have seem to call it registry over the line in Mass. The origional owner takes that certificate of origion to motor vehicle dept and most likely no one sees the off highway only print and gets a registration. It can be sold off to someone else for 10 years with no inspection required. I have bought 3 bikes in this section on their ninth year and registered them, Kind of have to if you want to ride enduro or turkey run. Last I checked I can re register them no inspection, no questions. My 1998 I bought new out of state and paid the sales tax when they missed the off highway print but it would be pretty tough for me to sell it to someone else and then they get it registered. Keep in mind sales tax is owed for every sale between new and you so tha could get complex. Connecticut does not have a yearly or bi yearly inspection which is another issue that may get involved. Kind of tough asking some of this stuff in an internationas setting. It may get old enough so no title is needed, used to be 10 years, then was 1970 and newer not sure what it is now. There are ways similar to composite vehicle or salvage title that folks I have known over the years have done, have to load it on a trailer and take it to the main motor vehicle branch.

Super moto generally have larger tires and go on asphalt. I kind of doubt the frame of what you have in mind is really suitable that chrome moly steel is kind of springy If you have ever welded and had it pull it takes major deflection to get bending to straighten. I did buy a set of metzler marathon tires in the dirt bike sizes perhaps 15-20 years ago and had some pretty good times buyt always lived/rode in fear of an inspection required citation that would ruin the good thing I had going.

I know my 2004 wr 250 manual states specifically it is for on and off the throttle not highway duty not exactly in those words but pretty close.

 

[huskyonahusky]

Wildebeest, sounds great! I'm still wavering on the front end thing. Stoppies and such are fun but not a must for me, I did kind of want to use this bike to build my trials and dirt skills and little so if the drum can be made good enough for that I'm happy.

Frank, thanks for the help. My WR says nothing of the kind although your comment on the CO saying off highway use only does worry me a bit. I'm very familiar with vehicle inspections especially in Texas so I can get those items sorted out. From what I've gathered from the other posters here, the bike would do fine on the road if treated like an old-school two-stroke, not run at a constant unvarying speed for a long time, no engine braking, etc. And I'm building a dirt-supermoto here, or maybe the better term is "street legal dirt bike", as distinguished from dual-sports which are sort of a mix between flyweight revvy dirtbikes and heavy stable streetbikes where the bias can go either way. Supermoto wheels and such would be fun but are out of my budget for now.