Husqvarna 500XC in South Africa

[subarumy98]

This one is for Crabman, my nemesis from Team Maico / Beast from the East.

It arrived in crates, I assembled and ran it for 1 day.
The snag list ran to a few pages, so back to the drawing board. It has been apart form some 3 months now, and eventually things are starting to come together.

Here are a few sneak peaks:










I am secretly hoping this will be running in Feb still.

[subarumy98]

and she is, at 80%

2 ebay packages still outstanding but very close now..

[Wombat]

Lookin' good ; what year model?

[subarumy98]

1983 500XC Desert-how-long-are-these-damn-gears Racer

[subarumy98]

SO, with a few hours to kill after months and months over garage toil, we finally got it right.

I have been buttering up a local Dirt Bike magasine here for as long as I can remember, and we it all came together this week.

This is what we had:



















After a few laps, the youngest test rider ripped this one off:

http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/subarumy98/VMX%20-%20Wild%20Things/?action=view&current=MOV02509.flv


and then a few laps later showed us this:

http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/subarumy98/VMX%20-%20Wild%20Things/?action=view&current=VMXEnduroWorldshootoutvid9.flv

The full magasine article will come out next month but suffice to say they were impressed. Top of the list of improvements has got to be brakes, but suspension is #2.
They also commented that power delivery, not quantity was a big factor for them.


All I need to do now is go practise, as I have offically run out of excuses

[crabman]

Nice going Trevor well done, proud to say I know you, very good job.