Vintage Husqvarna thread

Rocket Scientist · 12-11-2012, 06:48 PM

Looking to see if anybody else out there shares the passion of an original Swedish made Husqvarna long gone but not forgotten. I currently have an '82 420 auto project that was "supposedly" used by Terry Cunningham for enduro-cross country racing. Used to have a 390 as well, but the dumb kid in me traded her for a beat up RM 125

. Post up youre stories or memories. My old man got me into them, just keeping the dream alive now. Post em up!

AustinJake · 12-11-2012, 06:57 PM

Here I am circa 1973 on a 1972 Heikki Mikkola replica 250CR, you can just see the decal on the air can cover, wish I had kept it, it'd be 40 years old now.

Beezer · 12-11-2012, 07:41 PM

in '72 I had a 360mx with the 2 speed 4 speed. one day it quit on top of the mountain... I still beat my buddies down the trail & back to the truck. crappy Motoplat ignition fried & I didn't have the 100 plus bucks to fix it. it sat a year & I traded it for a Bultaco 350

Rocket Scientist · 12-12-2012, 05:12 PM

Awesome posts. AJ that looks like the exact model my dad & I are in back when I was 3-4 y/o. He had one with the red tank, orange tank, & purple tank. All steel chomes.

redprimo · 12-13-2012, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Beezer

in '72 I had a 360mx with the 2 speed 4 speed. one day it quit on top of the mountain... I still beat my buddies down the trail & back to the truck. crappy Motoplat ignition fried & I didn't have the 100 plus bucks to fix it. it sat a year & I traded it for a Bultaco 350

A few month ago I got my step dad taking about some of the mods they used to do back in the mid sixties on the bikes they raced in the So Cal desert. One of the bikes he had was a 1969 400 cross. he said the hot set up was to ditch the stock ignition, grind away some of the fins on the head and drill and tap it for a second spark plug. then run dual honda ignitions with a toggle switch on the bars so you could switch plugs on the fly when one became fouled. He went on to say that the best he ever rode was on the 400 cross.

kateean2 · 12-14-2012, 12:43 AM

Just what I needed, thanks a lot.

AZ TOM · 12-14-2012, 07:09 AM

1978 250 OR I put together from a basket case about 10 years ago. Sold it & got back into riding with more modern bikes, but miss it for sure.

12-11-2012, 06:48 PM	#1
Rocket Scientist ^OP Adventurer Joined: Jul 2012 Location: Brighton,CO Oddometer: 25	Vintage Husqvarna thread Looking to see if anybody else out there shares the passion of an original Swedish made Husqvarna long gone but not forgotten. I currently have an '82 420 auto project that was "supposedly" used by Terry Cunningham for enduro-cross country racing. Used to have a 390 as well, but the dumb kid in me traded her for a beat up RM 125 . Post up youre stories or memories. My old man got me into them, just keeping the dream alive now. Post em up! Rocket Scientist screwed with this post 12-11-2012 at 07:08 PM

12-11-2012, 06:57 PM	#2
AustinJake TE450-KLE-FXDWG Joined: Aug 2010 Location: Austin, TX Oddometer: 2,744	Here I am circa 1973 on a 1972 Heikki Mikkola replica 250CR, you can just see the decal on the air can cover, wish I had kept it, it'd be 40 years old now. __________________ ____________________________________ Get fit. Stay safe. Enjoy life. Learn something to help someone in need. AustinJake screwed with this post 12-12-2012 at 07:49 PM

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12-11-2012, 07:41 PM	#3
Beezer Beastly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2004 Location: Anchorage, formerly Spenard (hub of the universe) Oddometer: 4,442	in '72 I had a 360mx with the 2 speed 4 speed. one day it quit on top of the mountain... I still beat my buddies down the trail & back to the truck. crappy Motoplat ignition fried & I didn't have the 100 plus bucks to fix it. it sat a year & I traded it for a Bultaco 350

12-12-2012, 05:12 PM	#4
Rocket Scientist ^OP Adventurer Joined: Jul 2012 Location: Brighton,CO Oddometer: 25	Awesome posts. AJ that looks like the exact model my dad & I are in back when I was 3-4 y/o. He had one with the red tank, orange tank, & purple tank. All steel chomes.

12-14-2012, 12:43 AM	#6
kateean2 Adventurer Joined: Nov 2012 Oddometer: 21	Just what I needed, thanks a lot.

12-14-2012, 07:09 AM	#7
AZ TOM Beastly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Prescott AZ Oddometer: 2,360	1978 250 OR I put together from a basket case about 10 years ago. Sold it & got back into riding with more modern bikes, but miss it for sure.