• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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whats the diff??? cr @ wr?? tranny.

Bigbill said:
Ok my used set of 84 250 gears showed up today there wr I figured it out using the '81-'88 charts. Counting teeth. The same wr 6 speed gear set and exact same ratios are used in the 500cr. Ok I figured it out by going through the charts my '87 430 cr is a five speed. Now I have a six speed gear set. The primary ratios are different. The early 500 & 250 gear ratios interchange. The latter is where husky changed the faster desert bikes to slower woods bike.
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It seems that you have not spent hardly any time looking at the ipl illustrated parts list for Husqvarna motorcycles in this section. I think this internet forum way of communication is inferior to an in person parts pile printed parts sheets that used to be on microfilm or on paper. First gear is built into the shaft you need a matching gear to go with it. Only fourth, fifth and sixth are the same 250 wr to 500xc. What year cr500 has the same transmission as an 1984wr250?


Maybe if you take a picture of the transmission on the shafts all meshed together I could edit them with arrows. I think we both don't have enough places to go on the internet.

How are the tooth faces and engagement dogs on third gear input shaft and the other things those third gear dogs go against? What number is on that gear? That is more important than what you are contemplating. A 250 wr transmission in a 430 will be just fine, you are not going to get a plate and go many miles to the next section. It will probably still be as "wide" (If not more so) as even the xc-w ktm or 2015 two cycle Husky. I doubt you can buy any useful route sheets from NETRA any more. You would need a plate for that anyway. Edit, I suspect there are recreational ride route sheets in Mass but they are marked, state forests in western, and the one in Plainfield is on the big board at the parking lot. I meant like a number of years ago.
 
The different primary ratios killed my OR thoughts. I think it's the a.c. 500cr that uses the exact same gear ratio as the 84 250wr. Just the 500cr ratio is higher.

When we run rode mass over a decade plus ago we had a trail map of October mountain. But sometimes we would wing it. I was on a dirt bike single line trail with my quad side hilling for many miles. Thank god it was a two stroke. On this one narrow trail it was nice and snow plus it was getting dark. Luckily we came out on a road we knew finally. We would ride from the four corners intersection and hit trails. We would do 1 1/2 hour rides choosing a different trail and never hit the same trail twice. I have heard of people getting lost up there.
Now we rode from Sandisfield,mass entering in the state forest snaking our way to the pipeline. Then we would unload on the pipeline in Granville. We did find the bypasses around the wet spots. The hill climbs were fun on my husky 83 250wr. I always stopped and looked down the hill first to see how steep it was going down. Some trails were almost vertical. The hills had two trails and one trail was a tad easier than the other.
The pipeline was fun on the frozen snow and ice. We put the ice screws in.
Riding in mass is the Indy 500 of the off road riding. We would start at 8:30/9am and ride till dark on a summer night. We packed chocolate bars and p&j sandwiches for energy. During the late spring when thomaston dam gets too crowded we would head u pop to mass and ride. It was worth the cost of the mass plate. A lot of the Rocky trails were dried up stream or run off beds.. it is awesome riding but you need to keep an eye out for bears, big bears. Me, my son and his girlfriend rode really hard. My son is pretty good. In his first netra race he came in 11th out of 40 riders. When he broke up with his riding girlfriend racing was ok for two races. I'm happy either way. I do understand racing isn't easy. I'd rather ride in mass. We had the old Watertown,ct drive in for winter riding unless we went to mass and ride the pipeline. The mass state forest closes for hunting season and all winter. The bad wet areas are frozen over during the winter.

I wish ct would open up trails. I logged some of our state forests and we have plenty of areas to ride. I been hoping that vt would open up off road riding and the VAST trails would be better maintained. Plus it would bring in more revenue to the businesses in the area. The last quad I purchased was from mass because they support off road riding. I support the business there.
 
The 1984 250 wr/xc has the same tranny 1st thru 6th gear ratios as the 84 500cr. The primary ratio is different along with the sprockets.
 
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