1993 Husqvarna CR125 - Semi-build

Last weekend I picked up, to what I thought would be a pretty straight bike. And it is... for the most part.
The trip entailed a 1200km roundtrip, including two nights in Holland.

What you're looking at here is a Husqvarna CR125 1993, with an aftermarket Öhlins shock. I think they used Showa originally.

I got wind of the bike through a fellow Italian Husqvarna enthusiast and it so happened that I was parting out a 1991 CR125 Husqvarna. With the income from that breakage, I funded this bike.

On the pictures the bike looked very well maintained and a general low hour bike. Note the almost new looking Öhlins.

The following pictures are from a few days after we got back home.





Now before going there, he had told me that the engine needed work and that his mechanic told him it only needed a new piston. Heard that story before?

Well, I took the engine out, and this is how it looks so far:





I'm crossing my fingers that the nicasil will be saved, as its quite expensive over here. Besides that, it will get new seals, bearings, a piston and a new conrod. Stay tuned.