What non husky did you cherish at one time?

[rawperformance]

I loved the old '92 KX500 to death.

 

[Michael Lueders]

Perhaps even tripled.

My '03 wasn't to bad compared to '02 and earlier... but compared to the Sherco, it was a paint mixer for sure.
Big honkin', part-of-the-original-design, counterbalancers are a wonderful thing.

C

Here's the old paint mixer mixing it up on the track yesterday.
After flogging the SMR450 around the LC'y felt..well, large, shaky and at around 300 pounds wet...quite the handful

 

[Motosportz]

After flogging the SMR450 around the LC'y felt..well, large, shaky and at around 300 pounds wet...quite the handful

Well yeah but you look cool.

 

[Creeper]

Well yeah but you look cool.

Yep... looks quite dangerous he does in his snazzy Spidi suit.

 

[Michael Lueders]

Yep... looks quite dangerous he does in his snazzy Spidi suit.

Good thing the suit has a large rear compartment as I shredded the Dunlop 208 front in 20 minutes. I think it pushes just oh so slightly:jawdrop:
Felt like driving an old truck with a full wheel turn of slop in the steering.

Have I mentioned before I really love the SMR450?


BTW..my LC'y has reverse...just place on side stand in neutral and rev. It will go backwards uphill.

 

[race-desert]

GREW UP ON YAMAHA 60 -TM 75-TM125-AND THE MOTHER OF GOD, MY 1978 1/2 RM 250 C2 -------------AND HAVE A VERY NICE ORIGINAL C2 SITTING IN SHED WAITING TO BE BOUGHT BACK TO LIFE. IF I CAN JUST GET OVER THIS LATE 70s HUSKY THING.

 

[Mickey]

My 84 XR 500 RE.

Nice smooth and easy to ride bike. A this time you could sit on the bike for a few Kilometers not like with today's wood saddles

 

[Motosportz]

My 84 XR 500 RE.

Nice smooth and easy to ride bike. A this time you could sit on the bike for a few Kilometers not like with today's wood saddles

I had one a few years earlier. Evil handling beast. People would ask to ride it and I would smile and count the minutes before they were on the ground. Sweet motor and seat but I did not like the rest of the bike. Maybe it was the year I had. I think it was a 81, black motor/red frame like this...

 

[Mickey]

I had one a few years earlier. Evil handling beast. People would ask to ride it and I would smile and count the minutes before they were on the ground. Sweet motor and seat but I did not like the rest of the bike. Maybe it was the year I had. I think it was a 81, black motor/red frame like this...

81, right. Here's a pic of my 82.

 

[rappster]

i had a 82XR, last time i saw it was when i left it in the woods, i'm sure someone else wore themselves out trying to kick it to life and pushed it home thinking " this is great"

 

[Mike Kay]

GREW UP ON YAMAHA 60 -TM 75-TM125-AND THE MOTHER OF GOD, MY 1978 1/2 RM 250 C2 -------------AND HAVE A VERY NICE ORIGINAL C2 SITTING IN SHED WAITING TO BE BOUGHT BACK TO LIFE. IF I CAN JUST GET OVER THIS LATE 70s HUSKY THING.

I'll buy the plated Husky, then you can focus on your C2....

 

[Joe Chod]

No one said we couldn't have two we cherished.
Here's my first big bore machine a 1982 370 Can am Qualifier.
I changed something on it that is quite noticeable.
Anyone wants to guess....

Well as a Can Am Junkie, I must first say that that is a 78-79 370 QualifierII. 80 and 81 (Q III) looked different and the 82 QIV way different. And what I see wierd about the motor is it is black not orange. Can am always made an issue of doing its big bore motors in orange paint not black..........at least during the orange bike years......when orange bikes were cool

Pristine 78-79 370 qualifier

79 last year for 370. went to a 350 in 80 and actually the 350 was really a 287cc

80-81 Qualifier III

And finally the last orange Can am 1982 Qualifier IV

Joe

 

[krieg]

Boy those Can AM pics sure make me wish I was 18 again! NOICE!

 

[Motosportz]

I remember lusting after those early 80's Qualifiers.

 

[pvduke]

Neat Cammy's.

I do not know much about them, but, they kinda seem Maico'ish in some respects, to me at least.

Any connection?

 

[RLW]

I do not know much about them, but, they kinda seem Maico'ish in some respects, to me at least.

Any connection?

Nope...........Maico was a much older German company.
Can-Am was built by Bombardier up in Canada (the Ski-Doo snowmobile guys) and I believe the dirt bikes were only around from early 70's to mid/late 80's.

30yrs ago I got to ride a Can-Am 250 TNT (?), a few times. (might have a pic of it somewhere)
White with red/orange & yellow graphics. Probably one of the strongest, if not the strongest 250 motor out at that time.

 

[pvduke]

Thanks fer that!

.....the swing-arm, hubs etc kinda reminded of me my old Maico's.....

 

[Motosportz]

They are back with a line of quads

http://www.can-am.brp.com/en-US/models/index.htm

 

[RLW]

.....and the Can-Am Spyder.....whatever they classify that as.
http://spyder.brp.com/en-US/See/Can-Am/Showroom/Index
Actually have a yellow Spyder running around my neighborhood. It's an attention getter.

 

[Michael Lueders]

Thanks fer that!

.....the swing-arm, hubs etc kinda reminded of me my old Maico's.....

FWIW..My 85 Fantic had the same exact hubs as Can-Ams.