Calling Odd Job
 

O.J.U.
Since you are the vintage dirt bike king. Where to get parts for a 91 Husky WXE 260? I haven't ridden mine for a while and the sun's out(this is Ct not Arizona so it's not as common) so I got the urge but need some misc parts
TIA

Dan,

Probably in OJJ's garage! Was at his house last week and loads of bikes there, Husky's among them.

Joe A

Cafe Husky
Mike

well thats easy..................GEORGE EARL UPTITE HUSKY in calif. has a website also.

just to set the record straight...................im NOT the vintage dirty bike king...............


im the vintage dirty bike LOVE SLAVE!


typical example: notice pesky leaky petcock on 1982 concours husky 250XC. so i order from amigo craig comontovski(sp) at husky club .com a $35 petcock for UNOBTAINIUM malcom smith dezert tank.


this kiddies 99.9999999% of the time is mere childs play to install. in my case...........threads are FREEKING STRIPPED on piece coming from dezert tank, so the lil pesky leak has now turned into a full blown
yer screwed leak.

sooooooooooo.................as i write i am pondering how to solve this in the least most aggravating manner that doesnt lead to my mental meltdown and a trip to the looney bin. my evil plan(hold my beer and watch this poo) is to pull petcock after draining REFILLED TANK, is to drain fuel,pull new spendy petcock, clean threads, then measure OD and then joyfully buy some goofy ass metric DIE that i will never use again in my life, and hopefully rethread tank nozzle. then place back together and pray for the best,whilst pouring fuel back in.


now when it leaks again(of course it will) i will then have (2) choices.


1) remove seat and tank. remove tank nozzle and start a search for a part that will be a giant PITA to find and source. if i find part or something similar from grainger or somewhere. pull nozzle out of tank, reinstall nozzle with long 4 fingered bend-o gripper thingy tool, and start all over,whilst consuming insane amounts of beer.


2) roll the damn thing out of outbuilding, kick it over on its side, and THROW A MATCH!




yep vintage bikes just like vintage anything.....................PITA!

hey since im an early rizer(riser), and i have already ventured out in the dark at great PERIL to life and limb now that the weathers nice for rattlesnakes, after sleeping on my dilemma of the obstinate freeking fuel petcock abortion.............


i came back in and started surfing net for my parts.


aside from george earl at uptite husky on the west coast a lil closer is HALLS HUSQVARNA and if im not mistaken FAST BY FERRACI on the east coast sells husky parts for later models.

Will be sure to remind your future wife of this! :)

joe yer spot on w/soon to be wifey and dirty bikes. her outlook on dirty bikes is WTF??????????????????/ WHY?


and i keep explaining their worth a LOT OF MONEY! but as we all know..............they aint worth SPIT if they dont run. and therefore you go roundy roundy down the wicked steps of hell to get them up and running. butttttttttt...........


as with anythang ya work yer ass off on, they soon get TOO PURDY to go ride cuz ya dont wanna chip paint/powdercoat/break any of the UNOBTANIUM parts and of course avoid the MAYO TRIAGE CENTER at all costs when ya face plant yer overage ass into:

1) a cow

2) a bull

3) a java-leaner

4) anything oncoming(quad/truck/buggy etc)

5) barbed wire

6) an arroyo(wash)

7) immoveable parts connected to the core/mantel of the earth(ROCKS).


now another interesting LEGALITY facing me is i have some "runner" bikes that i dont care for as much as the others. ie. its not gonna kill me to crash them.


butttt..............with the az state legislatures infinite wiz-dumb............all OHV(off highway vehicles) must now be LICENSED and REGISTERED anywhere in the state. and with the number that i own,well that just aint happening due to costs and how much if at all i ride them.


now with this new law and the hiring of (5) new az game and fish ossifers specifically for this and BLM hiring a whole slew of OHV specific cops...................it is a GIVEN, as the sun comes up in the east that YOU or I will be pulled over AUTOMATICALLY on yer OHV upon observance by the LAW.


and ya better have:

1) a USFS approved spark arrestor

2) an OHV plate

3) an OHV registration



or its gonna be yer ASS BIG TIME!



now yer alternative...............is to DITCH THEM!


at my age they would make an example and with my luck the HELO crew would be in the general area and they would bust me royally. actually the last time we went out riding and we were pulled over, the cop even asked me "arent you kind of old for doing this?"


so yeah........i have a conundrum of which bike to plate and register. now if ya dont have a legal bill of sale when ya bought the damn thing, yer really in it for the roundy roundy at azmvd when ya try and register them.


the upside is LOTS of stolen OHV's have surfaced and they have been confiscated and if possible returned to their owners(where the hells my stolen yamaha IT-175?????). if ya dont have a bill of sale ya need to get one from the original owner. or they run VIN number and if its clear they re-issue a new registration for something like a $150 bucks or so. yeah real fun for some.