OzVMX Forum
Marque Remarks => Husqvarna => Topic started by: John Orchard on October 24, 2012, 09:23:17 pm
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Hey Guy's,
I'm looking at buying an 82 or 83 CR500; I've never owned a Husky before, can anyone give me a heads-up on things to look-out for on this bike, where to buy spares from and such, thanks.
Regards, John
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A good choice of bike.
Nothing too concerning to worry about compared to other brands. Check the following
- Frame mount flogged oval due to swingarm pivot loose
- Cracked rims at weld join - Nordisk very bad for this
- swing arm side stand mount often ground off poorly gouging the wall thickness of arm
- check for spark. Internal rotor Motoplat is not as good as external version on XC & WR models
- Conrod's are very scarce.
- 44mm Mikuni on 82 model is best replaced with 40mm for ease of starting and riding. 83 used 40mm
- cracking of clutch cover around kickstart. Mighty kickback can do this. Recommend a decomp device installed in head as a mod.
- 82 silver streak is scarce and a beast. 83 much more user friendly!
- 83 has blue ITC Ohlins while 82 has normal Ohlins piggyback. Very good shocks.
Can't think of much else that is special to Husky's. Those models have alloy tank so the less dents the better!
Parts are reasonably easy to source.
Good luck
Good luck.
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Thankyou very much, that's what I wanted to know :-)
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Gday John
In case you cant find conrods, have read in another Forum that Husky CR500 owners are using KX500 conrods.
Maybe someone else can verify this, as they never said which model KX. Maybe they are all the same?
Good engines, and apparently they dont vibrate as much as other aircooled big bores.
Anyway I'm jealous, I would love a Husky. Especially a CR430.
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I have a CR430 '82 "special" for sale.
K
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Thanks for the offer BigK, but it would be out of my price range, being unemployed.
If I had this IT490 finished, I would be happy to shift it to finance your CR. But I'm stuck with it.
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I have a CR430 '82 "special" for sale.
K
Pics?
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BigK's is as sweet a piece of machinery as I have ever seen John. Thats if it is the same one he brings to the Viper rounds. I had a 430 and it was the nicest VMX bike I have ridden. The 430 was a 6 speed where the 500 was a 4 speed. 83 model has a different frame.
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Mine's an'82 in '83 colors, CR500 NOS 4 speed trans, TC510 (4T) clutch, Mikuni flaslide, HVA factory pipe & muffler, new wheels, Works piggy back shocks, YZ465 43mm front end. Not your average CR430.
K
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Mine's an'82 in '83 colors, CR500 NOS 4 speed trans, TC510 (4T) clutch, Mikuni flaslide, HVA factory pipe & muffler, new wheels, Works piggy back shocks, YZ465 43mm front end. Not your average CR430.
K
Wow it sounds great, would a 430 pull the 4 speed ok? Would I need the extra power of the 500? Hmmm I've got a couple to choose from, this one sounds the goods.
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The bike has plenty of go, don't worry about that. HL400 has an '83 CR500 which is a good thing as well. He did want to sell it recently, might be worth contacting him.
K
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The bike has plenty of go, don't worry about that. HL400 has an '83 CR500 which is a good thing as well. He did want to sell it recently, might be worth contacting him.
K
Thanks, HL500 has an 82 CR430 6 speed for sale for $3500, it sounds like a good bike also, I had decided I wanted an 83 500 but I haven't ruled-out the 430 yet.
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Budget for a hip replacement trying to start them.
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The 430 is a better race bike than the 500.
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Loads of information here http://www.cafehusky.com/forums/vintage-left-kickers.63/ (http://www.cafehusky.com/forums/vintage-left-kickers.63/)
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Some of us, who have both types like the XC500 and they are good value too. Expect to pay decent coin for a CR.
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X2 for cracks on the rims. I found the aluminium in the Nordisk rims can be easily TIG welded. I picked up an 86 WR400 yesterday and same deal, cracked on the join.
Alot of parts are available and are interchangable between other model Huskies. Parts are no more expensive than some of the Jap stuff and alot of the reproduction parts are of good quality.
Check around the front sprocket area, as the rear sprocket cover mount is usually broken after a derailment and they crack on the left case at the top just infront of the kick start shaft but so far I have only seen this on the watercooled models.
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500 power wars..
Husky always had the smaller engines for their open class, initially the 390 which then became the 430 after pressure from customers watching the japs go 400 - 465 and 500.
Husky responded with the "beast", the 82.5 500 which was a monster. 40 - 50 HP straight off idle, 160Km's flat out straight out of the crate. After receiving different feedback than expected, lots of work went on 83 84 taming the big beast and trying to make it usable.
Unless your 6'4, built like a brick sh*t house and love an epileptic motorbike underneath you, go the 430. You can crack the throttle hard and maintain some vestige of control!
The bikes are dead simple and as a kawasaki dealer said to me years ago when i had the wr 240 in the back of the ute. "f#ck, only a handful of nuts and bolt hold the damn thing together!"
Bearings are std SKF sizes and can be bought anywhere. lots of factory info on Cafe husky website and lots of husky nuts that can help.
Mick at Bendigo Dirt Bikes has husky stuff coming out his ears so a great source of info and bits.
Want a big Husky, get an early xc 510 4 banger, they were unreal.....
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No need for hip replacement due to starting a 500 Husky if you fit a decomp device. Makes it easier than kicking a 125 over. Just make sure you keep an eye on how tight they are screwed in as I had one vibrate out of my 500 mid race. It made a hell of a bang and the bike stopped dead. Thought I had blown the engine, busted a rod or some other horrible fate. An eagle eyed flaggie saw where it landed in the grass and after screwing it back into the head I was back in business in time for the next moto ::) ::). Lesson learned was buy a long reach socket so you can tighten them up properly. The multigrips didn't do the job very well!
I prefer my 500 to my 430 but then again it is a 500 auto and I am getting old ;D ;D
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Decompressors are practical agreed, but could not imagine factory works bike being fitted with them due to potential loss of performance problems be it by valve leakage or unscrewing. There is enormous pressure on the valve when a big bore is being used in extreme anger in my view.
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Somehow loss of performance from a 500 2 stroke doesn't strike me as much of a problem for the average VMXer ;D ;D Definitely another thing on the bike to look after but if you have ever arrived at the start line absolutely knackered or missed the start because your big bore was hard to start then you won't care about anything else other than making that big girl easier to kick over. 125 and 250 riders have it easy :D