Husky Mag 250

[Fatfatboy]

My neighbor next to my shop is an industrial spring company. The other night I was locking up and I saw a Husky in the back of the only truck left in their lot. I had to take a look.












I was hoping he would see me poking around and come out but that didn't happen. I checked the door, it was unlocked, so I went in and found him at work at his desk.
Real nice guy and didn't mind me interrupting his work to tell me about his Husky.

It's a 1974 Husky Mag 250 Heikki Mikkola Replica. A real special bike with magnesium cases, chrome moly frame, reed valving, 1" forward mounted rear shocks, and other special aspects of the bike. It weighs 40 pounds less than a regular 250 and coming in at 214 pounds.
He is a member of the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Assoc. and getting the Husky ready for the next event at Barber coming up Oct. 10-13.

He recently purchased this one because it needs less work than the one he currently has. I was looking through Marketplace last night and found it for sale for $2,250.00.
A complete running Mag 250 sold recently for $11,000.00. on Bring a trailer and Hemmings has one listed for $13k.

Old Husky's are a want I've had since I first saw one at around 7 years old while I was riding my little 60cc Benneli in a field. I am considering talking to him again about the one he has for sale.
It's not the perfect timing. I'm currently in the process of rebuilding the motor and tranny in my old 55 F100 that started out with just a valve job and is turning into a complete rebuild with a 60 over-bore so new pistons and cam are a must.
 
 

CW had a write-up on these.
https://issues.cycleworld.com/article/1974/4/1/husqvarna-250-cr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki_Mikkola

[oldironnow]

Well, I just have to say, this is often how the Great Magnet works.




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[oldironnow]

“the latest version is a fire-breathing slingshot.”

[motogrady]

Fatfatboy wrote

My neighbor next to my shop is an industrial spring company. The other night I was locking up and I saw a Husky in the back of the only truck left in their lot. I had to take a look.












I was hoping he would see me poking around and come out but that didn't happen. I checked the door, it was unlocked, so I went in and found him at work at his desk.
Real nice guy and didn't mind me interrupting his work to tell me about his Husky.

It's a 1974 Husky Mag 250 Heikki Mikkola Replica. A real special bike with magnesium cases, chrome moly frame, reed valving, 1" forward mounted rear shocks, and other special aspects of the bike. It weighs 40 pounds less than a regular 250 and coming in at 214 pounds.
He is a member of the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Assoc. and getting the Husky ready for the next event at Barber coming up Oct. 10-13.

He recently purchased this one because it needs less work than the one he currently has. I was looking through Marketplace last night and found it for sale for $2,250.00.
A complete running Mag 250 sold recently for $11,000.00. on Bring a trailer and Hemmings has one listed for $13k.

Old Husky's are a want I've had since I first saw one at around 7 years old while I was riding my little 60cc Benneli in a field. I am considering talking to him again about the one he has for sale.
It's not the perfect timing. I'm currently in the process of rebuilding the motor and tranny in my old 55 F100 that started out with just a valve job and is turning into a complete rebuild with a 60 over-bore so new pistons and cam are a must.
 
 

CW had a write-up on these.
https://issues.cycleworld.com/article/1974/4/1/husqvarna-250-cr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki_Mikkola

Be careful with that thing.

[oldironnow]

Indeed.
The entire article delivers an idea of a daunting machine.

Wide, tall, long-throw shift, pushes in the corner unless one is somewhere near the powerband or gonzo enough to surf right on its breaking wave….

Maybe modern tires, fork cartridges, and modern shocks could tame the beast.

It’s soaking in trick.
A custom-made pipe bomb from long ago.

[hacksaw]

its a shame you didnt mention this when
a few  huskies were up for grabs in the Springfield auction last week. i would have went and got anything you won.

keep in
mind that a replica is just that. not the original.
and why would you care about magnesium trick stuff unless you are going to race? these are race bikes. not for novice class either, i dont think.
you almost killed yourself on a mini , certainly one of these could finish the job.

trail bikes are cool. wish i had one myself. old huskies are cool. but so is feeding my family. lol.
get rid of that dumb ass benelli and get a trailbke for sure. scratch the itch. but i am sure there are more reasonably priced and more  suitable dirt bikes out there for u.

[hacksaw]

oldironnow wrote

Well, I just have to say, this is often how the Great Magnet works.




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the Earth?
that makes no sense. and never did. gravity , sure. but crossing gravity cant happen.
Besides its almost time for the Great Pumpkin!

[Fatfatboy]

hacksaw wrote

keep in
mind that a replica is just that. not the original.
and why would you care about magnesium trick stuff unless you are going to race? these are race bikes. not for novice class either, i dont think.
you almost killed yourself on a mini , certainly one of these could finish the job.

trail bikes are cool. wish i had one myself. old huskies are cool. but so is feeding my family. lol.
get rid of that dumb ass benelli and get a trailbke for sure. scratch the itch. but i am sure there are more reasonably priced and more  suitable dirt bikes out there for u.

There you are, talking all sensible and schtuff. Truth be told I just like owning oddities. Something the average Joe doesn’t have. I always have. It started as a kid when I’d strip my bicycles down and paint them. Moved up to cars with a hippie bug with peace signs, and Jesus freak graffiti on it when hippie wasn’t cool anymore.

I like the little z125. Great for running up to the auto parts store and zipping around on the curve back roads at full throttle and not worrying about getting a performance slip by ol Jonnie law. It will be a great winter bike once the salt hits the streets.

Maybe a 250 husky is not right for me but it could be fun finding out. Maybe an old KZ or RM 125 would suite me best but I don’t see to many of them on Marketplace.

I did see this ‘68 Greeves 125 show up I found interesting.
I don’t know squat about them but is an oddity




 

[hacksaw]

Be that as it may.

[grado]

Fatfatboy wrote

hacksaw wrote

keep in
mind that a replica is just that. not the original.
and why would you care about magnesium trick stuff unless you are going to race? these are race bikes. not for novice class either, i dont think.
you almost killed yourself on a mini , certainly one of these could finish the job.

trail bikes are cool. wish i had one myself. old huskies are cool. but so is feeding my family. lol.
get rid of that dumb ass benelli and get a trailbke for sure. scratch the itch. but i am sure there are more reasonably priced and more  suitable dirt bikes out there for u.

There you are, talking all sensible and schtuff. Truth be told I just like owning oddities. Something the average Joe doesn’t have. I always have. It started as a kid when I’d strip my bicycles down and paint them. Moved up to cars with a hippie bug with peace signs, and Jesus freak graffiti on it when hippie wasn’t cool anymore.

I like the little z125. Great for running up to the auto parts store and zipping around on the curve back roads at full throttle and not worrying about getting a performance slip by ol Jonnie law. It will be a great winter bike once the salt hits the streets.

Maybe a 250 husky is not right for me but it could be fun finding out. Maybe an old KZ or RM 125 would suite me best but I don’t see to many of them on Marketplace.

I did see this ‘68 Greeves 125 show up I found interesting.
I don’t know squat about them but is an oddity

Greeves  made some kick ass motocrossers.
Only ones I know that ever had leading link front ends like the one above.  I believe that’s a Villers engine. The Briggs and Stratton of Europe. They were used in a few manufacturers bikes back then. 50s, 60s, era. A lot of them had a kind of cast iron frame.
Fat2 wants something different, a Greeves is a good candidate.

[grado]

Kinda in the end, they dumped the leading link front end for standard forks.  This was right before the Japanese showed up at the track.  
Believe it or not, as a young kid maybe 16 I lined up against a few of them.  Not the leading link ones, but they still had the cast frames.  The final ones were kind of like Huskies.  Low reving stump pullers.  They came, at that point, in 2 colors, green was the 250 and gold metal flake was the big bike.  A 360 maybe.
Ya. Even back then they were rare.  And different.

[grado]

[grado]

World Champion Dave Bickers, running the piss out of a Greeves back in the day.

When men were men.

[m143]

This an awesome thread, Thanx

[hacksaw]

I know next to nothing about Greeves.
Since idt they ever had a street bike I just was never exposed to greeves. I have seen them at meets. I know they are beloved by old time motocross types.
I will have to chase down a Greeves expert and see what’s up .