Husqvarna WR430 Auto 88

[hoppy]

This would be an interesting bike, all the bikes I like are always in perth on the other side of the country.

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/welshpool/motorcycles/husqvarna-wr430-2-stroke-automatic/1106222135

[bigk]

They are fantastic things. Once you get your head around no clutch or gear lever you can ride them real fast. I had to put a "dummy" clutch lever (spring loaded) on the first auto I rode to ease me into it.
K

[80-85 husky]

the "no engine braking" is the hardest bit.

makes you realise how much time you waste on a geared bike on a trailing throttle using what little engine braking a twoi gives to get set up for the next straight bit. the auto's sort that out real quick!

[hoppy]

This would be the last of the Swedish huskys or just that design and built in italy?
I read its the same as the 87.

[HVA61]

We have a few auto's , best thing since sliced bread IMHO.

[Slakewell]

More or less the last auto's
These models had their fair share of problems but nothing that cant be fixed these days.
The cranks were known to be machined wrong, the wheel hubs broke and the brakes were really shit.
They didn't overheat as easy as the air cooled which is a huge plus. The power from these motor's was top self stuff for anything. Put a good set of V-Force reeds and a pipe and you would be in heaven motor wise.

[zorroz]

Wasn't there a container load of brand new auto Huskies discovered years ago?

[Slakewell]

Wasn't there a container load of brand new auto Huskies discovered years ago?

No
I raced on Huskies in 88 and two of my team mates had 88 auto's. To the best of my knowledge when I asked could I get one I was told there was none left. I doubt old Han's would have left any bikes unsold. Han's still had his fist dollar he ever made.   

[80-85 husky]

im pretty sure a container of 87 autos showed up in 1994-95. a mate of mine who had been a husky dealer suddenly had a new single shock auto and said that a container of autos had been found in the back of a container storage joint. it as thought that they had been knicked from the wharf at the time but had just been missed delivered...go figure.

still tho may be an urban myth

[Gippslander]

at the Husky Museum in Sweden there is one of those Australian "container bikes", it is still sitting in the crate, the top of the crate is open so you can look down inside 2 just as it left the factory, and if I remember correctly there is a bit of a story about how it was found and returned to the factory for display at the museum
(hope my memory is right on that, was a few years ago now)

[Husky500evo]

im pretty sure a container of 87 autos showed up in 1994-95. a mate of mine who had been a husky dealer suddenly had a new single shock auto and said that a container of autos had been found in the back of a container storage joint. it as thought that they had been knicked from the wharf at the time but had just been missed delivered...go figure.

still tho may be an urban myth

I don't think this was an urban myth. The story goes that a container full of new '88 AE430s was found in a warehouse in Kansas in the mid '90s. Husky Imports Australia ended up with them for what must have been a good price and they were sold through Husky dealers throughout Australia for way less than other new bikes at the time. I know that at least 2 were sold through my local dealer and I owned a low hour one of them for a while. I think the one in the Husqvarna museum in Sweden was donated back to them by Hans.   

[Husky500evo]

 

This information is on the crated AE430 on display at the Husqvarna museum in Sweden and apparently explains everything (if you can read Swedish).

[Mike52]

Shearer has a new one with 0 k's on it and the Husky mob in NZ were recently advertising one still in the crate [ picture supplied ] there was also one that went thru Ebay a while back for around $7500 to $8000.

[Hoony]

where's that Swedish chief from the muppets when you need him.

 

This information is on the crated AE430 on display at the Husqvarna museum in Sweden and apparently explains everything (if you can read Swedish).

[hoppy]

Looks like its sold someone has themselves a nice project.

[Broad-Arrow]

 

This information is on the crated AE430 on display at the Husqvarna museum in Sweden and apparently explains everything (if you can read Swedish).

A translation of the above sign:

1988
Husqvarna
430 AE US

This motorcycle, model year 1988, was produced on 2 October 1987, and sent from the Husqvarna factory in Ödeshög [Sweden] to Kansas City, USA, on 13 October 1987.

The motorcycle remained unsold and was stored among others in a large surplus stock in California.  Hans Appelgren, who was the Husqvarna distributor in Australia [Husky Imports], bought all the unsold motorcycles in the 1990s and shipped them to Emu Plain, New South Wales, Australia. The motorcycle remains unsold in its original crate and was shipped to the Husqvarna museum in 1997.  It was donated to the museum by Hans Appelgren.

The marking on the case was mislabeled with model 510 TE (TE ZHU 510 JSO ...) which may be the reason why the motorcycle remained unsold in the United States.

VIN number: ZHU AE 4309 JS 028 135
Engine number: 2182-0125

Owner: Husqvarna Factory Museum



And a few websites with images from the museum...

http://kokotmichal.blogspot.ca/2014/08/husqvarna-fabriksmuseum-motorcykel.html

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/10983301@N06/sets/72157606926832543/

http://www.bjorns-story.se/private/Huskvarna%20museet/Huskvarna%20Museum%20race_eng.htm

[silverfox]

Interesting read. I have picked up an 88wr430 that had one of those container engines fitted into back in the day. Guy pulled his manual430 motor out and slotted a brand new auto in it, Explains why a few things don't fit as it really should, Water pipes and chamber must be different. Trying to work out the starting system on it atm but seems weird!! Might need to be in oil to work properly

[80-85 husky]

Get on to Cafe Husky on FB, there is a vid on how to set the kicker up....you should never pull it apart unless it needs servicing.