1976 Husqarna 250wr and 1977 250cr

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A couple months ago I Picked up this all original 1977 husqvarna 250cr with the original tires and the title. Then about a month ago I bought the 1976 250wr. I plan to restore both bikes at the same time.



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A couple months ago I Picked up this all original 1977 husqvarna 250cr with the original tires and the title. Then about a month ago I...
A couple months ago I Picked up this all original 1977 husqvarna 250cr with the original tires and the title. Then about a month ago I bought the 1976 250wr. I plan to restore both bikes at the same time.



The 250 wr is pretty beat up but it’s complete and runs! It has a lot of original parts still and most of them work. I hope to find some fox air shocks that will fit the 250cr and some works performance shocks for the 250wr,
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Got both frames stripped along with all of the other painted parts! The engines both need some new crank seals. Other than that the crank on the 250wr seems tight and same with the 250cr! Both engines were stripped and repainted with satin black paint which looks pretty good. I plan to have both frames, swingarms, and gas tanks repainted by next week! All of the hardware is still there and just needs to be zinc plated and same with the spokes.



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Rickyisms 6/24/2021 3:03pm
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Definitely up there as one of my favorite looking dirt bikes ever.
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Rickyisms wrote:
Definitely up there as one of my favorite looking dirt bikes ever.
Yeah I’ve always wanted an old 70s husky! Never thought I would get lucky and have 2 of them! Really cool bikes! Can’t wait to get these two done
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Got more done on the two huskies so far everything is turning out pretty good! Everything has been put in the sand blaster and painted with some nice semi gloss high temp epoxy paint! The wheel bearings all need to be replaced on the wr and the cr bearings need to be cleaned and greased still. The bing carburetors have been rebuilt and look great! Lmk what you guys think about the raw pipe for the cr! The 250wr pipe is almost too long to fit in a picture hahahahahaa






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Planning on doing race tech gold valves in both bikes. The 250wr has some chips on the fork tubes so I’m gonna have to find a way to have that fixed. The forks on the cr came apart easy but I can’t get the wr forks a part which makes me think something is broken in side maybe…
Rickyisms 6/30/2021 9:35am
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Do you mind sharing which type of paint you used?
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Rickyisms wrote:
Do you mind sharing which type of paint you used?
I got it from Eastwood and you will need a spray gun too. The harbor freight guns are under 20 dollars and work great!
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Rickyisms wrote:
Do you mind sharing which type of paint you used?
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I got it from Eastwood and you will need a spray gun too. The harbor freight guns are under 20 dollars and work great!
Here is a picture of the paint comes in a pint
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All of these spoke nipples need to be replaced along with the two spokes. Anyone know where I can get individual spokes and nipples?
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Buccan and Dubya both can make spokes if you need them. They might even have the data on file to make them. I needed rear spokes for my drum brake Cagiva and I had to send them the spokes to make them. Both charge about 110 plus shipping. When I ordered mine from Dubya two months ago the lead time was less than a week but Buccan's was over a week. Worth a call to both companies.

How to disassemble your forks. Put them back together and compress them under the workbench then hit the damper rod bolt with the impact and it should spin free. If it doesn't try to compress the fork even more.

Cool bikes and a few guys race them in our vintage series with success
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Buccan and Dubya both can make spokes if you need them. They might even have the data on file to make them. I needed rear spokes...
Buccan and Dubya both can make spokes if you need them. They might even have the data on file to make them. I needed rear spokes for my drum brake Cagiva and I had to send them the spokes to make them. Both charge about 110 plus shipping. When I ordered mine from Dubya two months ago the lead time was less than a week but Buccan's was over a week. Worth a call to both companies.

How to disassemble your forks. Put them back together and compress them under the workbench then hit the damper rod bolt with the impact and it should spin free. If it doesn't try to compress the fork even more.

Cool bikes and a few guys race them in our vintage series with success
Okay cool! I’ve heard of dubya so I might just have them make an entire new spoke set so I don’t have to send the old ones to be plated again.
Should be a ton of fun to race these bikes especially if I can get some good suspension on them both!

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