My picks for the ten loveliest Husqvarnas MX'ers of all time

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These are my picks for the ten best-looking stock Husqvarna motocross models of all time. The first link is my written version where Steve Matthes, myself and the Bro Show, Andy Jefferson bench race about my picks and the second is a video version of my list.


Classic Steel: Top Ten Husqvarnas



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The Silver Bullet was the crescendo of All-Things "shiny" tank Husky.
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I saw Matthes post this on twitter. Such a cool write up, I think you nailed the top 5, all such awesome bikes. Glad none of the mid 00’s and early 10’s made it in😂
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78 390 CR


first production bike with Ohlins
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The 1974 Mag250 is the best looking moto of all-time, not just Huskys (and I am a lifelong Bultaco rider).


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and Blenzall? Holy crap that takes me back - the smell of a starting line full of old two strokes running Blenzall is amazing
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Giraffe579 wrote:
The 1974 Mag250 is the best looking moto of all-time, not just Huskys (and I am a lifelong Bultaco rider). [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/03/19/411390/s1200_HuskyMag250.jpg[/img]
The 1974 Mag250 is the best looking moto of all-time, not just Huskys (and I am a lifelong Bultaco rider).


Concur 100%

That bike is a work of art.
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Giraffe579 wrote:
The 1974 Mag250 is the best looking moto of all-time, not just Huskys (and I am a lifelong Bultaco rider). [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/03/19/411390/s1200_HuskyMag250.jpg[/img]
The 1974 Mag250 is the best looking moto of all-time, not just Huskys (and I am a lifelong Bultaco rider).


My first Dirtbike was a 250cr, that had the red tank like this, but a 1976 model. I bought it in 1980 for 700.00
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another old guy voting for red tankers from the 60's and early 70's, followed by the black tank 78 and the red tankers with laydown shocks, before any of the white ones. And before anyone says it, get off my lawn!
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linker48x wrote:
another old guy voting for red tankers from the 60's and early 70's, followed by the black tank 78 and the red tankers with laydown shocks...
another old guy voting for red tankers from the 60's and early 70's, followed by the black tank 78 and the red tankers with laydown shocks, before any of the white ones. And before anyone says it, get off my lawn!
Exactly. A guy who posts a vid saying he thinks of Huskys as having started in the 80s is like a guy talking about Porsches who says he thinks it all started once they got past those silly air-cooled engines. It's heresy, I say!

I own a minty 1976 CR125, and all the youngsters who see it just shake their heads in awe at it. They've never seen a motorcycle where the obvious nature of it's intent is so basic and true. PURE form follows function.
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A lot of folks today, may have never seen a real Husqvarna
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endurox wrote:
78 390 CR [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/03/19/411389/s1200_maxresdefault.jpg[/img] first production bike with Ohlins
78 390 CR


first production bike with Ohlins
There it is ... late 70's Huskys,
Most aesthetically appealing MX machines ever produced ( with apologies to same era CR Hondas )

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endurox wrote:
78 390 CR [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/03/19/411389/s1200_maxresdefault.jpg[/img] first production bike with Ohlins
78 390 CR


first production bike with Ohlins
number six wrote:
There it is ... late 70's Huskys,
Most aesthetically appealing MX machines ever produced ( with apologies to same era CR Hondas )

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As an owner of the Hondas you mentioned, I concur...

The Huskies of that era are the best looking bikes...

Ever.
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The later BMW bikes were the best looking Huskys ever made, KTM certainly thinks so since they copied the look.
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I don't know about that hog, but I always thought the BMW-era CR125 just looked right.

Also looks like you can damn near do a top end without even taking the shrouds off (did they use a 450 frame?)


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Ebs wrote:
I don't know about that hog, but I always thought the BMW-era CR125 just looked right. Also looks like you can damn near do a top...
I don't know about that hog, but I always thought the BMW-era CR125 just looked right.

Also looks like you can damn near do a top end without even taking the shrouds off (did they use a 450 frame?)


The only thing wrong with your post is that you didn’t show the other side! Amazingly clean and simplistic as motocross bikes were meant to be.


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endurox wrote:
78 390 CR [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/03/19/411389/s1200_maxresdefault.jpg[/img] first production bike with Ohlins
78 390 CR


first production bike with Ohlins
number six wrote:
There it is ... late 70's Huskys,
Most aesthetically appealing MX machines ever produced ( with apologies to same era CR Hondas )

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TeamGreen wrote:
As an owner of the Hondas you mentioned, I concur...

The Huskies of that era are the best looking bikes...

Ever.
They look great in pictures, but they looked far better in person. Loved them.
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RandyS wrote:
The later BMW bikes were the best looking Huskys ever made, KTM certainly thinks so since they copied the look. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/03/19/411457/s1200_I6RZS25WIFEFLCI4PUPWZJW25I.jpg[/img]
The later BMW bikes were the best looking Huskys ever made, KTM certainly thinks so since they copied the look.
What an utterly absurd comment. Surely you jest. So, did this bike come stock with the telephone pole carrying case, or was it an option?
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2016-2018 were the best looking dirtbikes ever built. They went backwards in ‘19 and will be lucky to ever surpass the appealing looks of the earlier model.
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I bought one of these in early 1981 as a left over. 1980 OR 250. Still was i believe $2600. When we ran the Big Bear 100 it started and finished on an old horse track. They stipulated in riders meeting...left side of horse track is Husky ONLY!!! These things would easily run 85MPH. The Jap bikes would strain to get to 70. Plus the Husky has straight cut primary gears so had a whine like a jet. My first race on it made 4 laps, which was right at 80 miles. Should have had a top 5 (B class) at that race but made a judgement error. The good old days. 12 inches of damper rod fork travel. LOVED IT!
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Giraffe579 wrote:
The 1974 Mag250 is the best looking moto of all-time, not just Huskys (and I am a lifelong Bultaco rider). [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/03/19/411390/s1200_HuskyMag250.jpg[/img]
The 1974 Mag250 is the best looking moto of all-time, not just Huskys (and I am a lifelong Bultaco rider).


By far...the most beautiful bike I’ve ever owned. It was my second “real MX bike”.
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And...this was my first “real MX bike”. Actually mine was a ‘73 & this is a ‘74...but the looked identical aside from the white plastic fenders on the ‘74. It was gorgeous...but super slow. I had mine ported to the hilt, and it was lots faster...when it didn’t break.
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I grew up in the Michigan woods at the Jackpine Enduro pits every year as a young man and Terry Cunningham was a god to me and my brother. That 1989-90 Husky on the start line with TC kicking it with his right leg standing next to the bike is a great memory for me.
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RandyS wrote:
The later BMW bikes were the best looking Huskys ever made, KTM certainly thinks so since they copied the look. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/03/19/411457/s1200_I6RZS25WIFEFLCI4PUPWZJW25I.jpg[/img]
The later BMW bikes were the best looking Huskys ever made, KTM certainly thinks so since they copied the look.
Silas444 wrote:
What an utterly absurd comment. Surely you jest. So, did this bike come stock with the telephone pole carrying case, or was it an option?

Same year KTM, not a hell of a lot of difference in telephone pole carrying technology.
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My dad was a DIEHARD Husky fan, he even had the epic 390 Automatic! This is how i got my start, riding on the front of his Husky:


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ocscottie wrote:
My dad was a DIEHARD Husky fan, he even had the epic 390 Automatic! This is how i got my start, riding on the front of...
My dad was a DIEHARD Husky fan, he even had the epic 390 Automatic! This is how i got my start, riding on the front of his Husky:


Best picture up in here
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Thanks Manny, you can probably easily tell where that is. Where i got my start, and unfortunately where it all ended. Pinch

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