So..... to complete (?lol) my collection, I had been looking for a rare piece. A 1977 Husqvarna Cr125 GP. This bike had a special meaning to me, maybe even more so than the other 14 in my collection,as it was the bike that I got my Pro card on back in 77. A friend of mine sent me a craigslist link at 2:30 on Nov 28 that listed this one, and it was only an hour or two away from me!! The guy was a former Husky dealer and still had the original MSO and shop manuals for it.Crazy stuff. I sent the link to my wife telling her that this was the last piece to my puzzle and really wanted it. Her reply was "please ,no more bikes until they're all done" . She was right, I have 10 totally done and perfect ,but 4 are still in various stages of the restoration process. So, I agreed ,but was highly bummed. That night at home 8:30 ish , i was on my laptop and said "hey hon, Im going to text this guy just for the hell of it." So I looked for the ad, and it was already gone ,DAMMIT !! I had kept the guys number on my desk at the office from when my buddy sent it to me earlier in the afternoon,but couldnt contact him till the next morning. I got to the office early and I text him , he texts back 30min later a one word answer "SOLD". I was pretty bummed. Those dont come around very often, and NEVER with the original MSO. To make a really long story a little shorter, it turns out that my my wife and daughter contacted this guy 10 minutes after I sent her the link, they both left work early that same day,got to his place by 5 and had the bike back home and hidden in my daughter/son-in-laws toyhauler before I got home that night, and kept it in there until she gave it to me on Christmas . I nominate her as "Wife of the Year" lol.
Part 2 of my post-- when I first start racing that bike back in 77 we quickly realized they were really,really slow and underpowered compared to the Japanese 125's. My dealer had a connection with the Husqvarna factory in Sweden and they had a strong GP team in Europe at the time ,so we were able to get some porting specs from them, and made that little Husky scream !!! I may have been the only Husky 125 guy on the east coast pulling holies on one of those. Obviously after 40 years those specs are long gone, Im just wondering if anyone here in Vital Land knows of any Husqvarna gurus that can remember any tricks ??? I already have a set of the leading axle forks and clamps from a 250 coming for it and a set of piggyback Ohlins (2 of the things we did to it back then)..........
