• 2 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     WR = 2st Enduro & CR = 2st Cross

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

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You also got the Race Parts "rain" seat cover that was in the back of the owners manual. I ordered one of those back in the day. From what I remember it had a little too much grip in a 3 hour race if you know what I mean. The neon green looks to have pretty good color still, don't leave her out in the sun too long. Literally in a day the sun would fade the fenders. The tanks were well thought out back then, even that little gas cap had a nice fit to it. I had a '95 that was used by some Aussies at the Tulsa ISDE. I am so jealous by the way.
 
Cool find! My 6th sense must have been working.... I was just reading the '94 WXE 250 test in December '93 issue of Trail Rider. It was still sitting on my night stand. Fred Hoess riding it on the cover. Good stuff! I'll send you a photocopy if you want it.
Norman
 
You stepped in it, that's for sure :applause:

Then there's the story of my $600 WR which became the $2500 WR........:banghead:
 
"From what I remember it had a little too much grip in a 3 hour race if you know what I mean"

can you say monkey butt****************************************
 
Thats a good grab.. One day I will own another husky 250 smoker that is setup properly. I had a 94 I think and man that was the worst bike I ever owned. At the time I didnt know much about having suspension revalved so it ruined it for me. If I had done the suspension, put on new wide pegs, and some honda front brakes, I think things would have gone differently.
 
Congrats man, that's awesome! I think after 14 years this bike finally found the owner it was meant to be with. Enjoy.
 
Yeah, sorta sounds like maybe the older gentleman kinda concocted that story about it locking up as an excuse to just park it and walk away with his dignity. He probably looped it out on the pavement with that mid-range hit, then was scared of it.
 
So i did a 125 mile 2 day ride this weekend. LOVE the bike. I believe it was seized now as it seized again the last mile of our ride!!! I blew by everyone at about 85 MPH on the pavement, let them go back by and then she locked up. Rolled to a stop. Still turns over and sounds fine but low compression. I bet i could go out and get it to run again. So it is going to get a new piston and gaskets / love.

As for the bike... I freaking loved it. Worked as good as Adams 07 IMHO. :eek: Motor is great, more flywheel but stronger down low. Suspension is great (Showa) and swallowed the roots and rock very well and kept the bike planted. Not the quickest turning bike but acceptable. Very stable at speed though the rough stuff. Seat is to low for me. i raised the bars and need to put a tall seat on it. Really like the bike. Motor rips, bike is planted and confidence inspiring, feels modern (except the real low seat) and just works great.

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Nice! That third photo with the neon looks awesome!:thumbsup: If you would post some photos of the innards when you pop her open. My 01 seized putting around the yard after a wash. Would like to compare.
 
K,
she lean seized at hi speed/rpm and throttle closed? (pilot jet?) That is the worst place (regime) for even great running 2 strokes, the throttle chop zone. I think that is why Ajax believes in the kill sw technique for long down hills and closed throttle hi rpm negative torque moments.
That bike is nevertheless fantastic, I think most here are blown away at what you got for your cash!! good on ya, keep the 94 WXE250 post going, its a good one,R
 
robertaccio;50358 said:
K,
she lean seized at hi speed/rpm and throttle closed? (pilot jet?) That is the worst place (regime) for even great running 2 strokes, the throttle chop zone. I think that is why Ajax believes in the kill sw technique for long down hills and closed throttle hi rpm negative torque moments.
That bike is nevertheless fantastic, I think most here are blown away at what you got for your cash!! good on ya, keep the 94 WXE250 post going, its a good one,R
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Seemed a little lean and i did hear a slight pinging a few times. We did some big nasty hill climbs this area is known for and no issues or overheating. Ripped right up the hills and never got hot. i did richen the fuel screw in the morning. Dunno what it is. i do know it has a Keihn carb and came with a mikuni. Yes, wide open and then chopped the throttle, never had an issue in 30 plus years of riding doing that.

New piston and gaskets will be here tomorrow. Will tear down and inspect, rebuild and hope to be terrorizing trails on it next weekend. :thumbsup:

Love the bike. The super low seat bugged me at first, especially with the super high bars, it felt like it had ape hangers. I got used to it. Standing is perfect and EZ. Sitting I learned to like it and like the ability to touch the ground very EZ. Might still put a tall seat on it some day. The motor, even seized a time or two is excellent. Very controllable but FAST. Suspension is better than Adam's 07 WR250 with LTR revalve**************************************** This area has lots of root wads and big up hill step-ups you have to slam into and momentum over. This beats the crap out of you. The 94 tackled this stuff as good as anything i have tried. Does real well with all types of trail trash. Got the brakes working well and everything pretty much dialed. Feels modern until you sit down in that low old school saddle. the pegs suck and it is not the sharpest turning bike on the planet but it is a keeper for sure. Looks like the bike will do about 80 miles on the stock tank!!! Sadly the 406 might have to go.
 
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