Greetings from California,
Low tolerance for bike neglect along with an inability to resist project bikes have resulted in the recent acquisition of a 2001 FE650E basket case. Someone needed to save this bike so I decided to step up and have a go.
A little bit of background...
Been riding since about 1988. Currently own a 2008 CRF450X for the trails and a 2016 KX450F for the track. A few years ago I bought a basket case GasGas 300 and had a blast rebuilding it. So the Husaberg project was tantalizing.
About the bike...
Originally purchased new at Malcolm Smith Motorsports in So Cal. My buddy bought it from the original owner. Eventually the inevitable happened and my friend had to nurse the thing home stuck in third gear. He decided while fixing the shift plate slider, he would tear the whole bike apart and do a bunch of other things to it too. That was many years ago and the bike's been apart since then. It's plated for street use which is nothing to scoff at here in California.
I think I may be in over my head with this thing. The engine doesn't need to be split but the LHS stuff is going to need to be serviced/assembled as will the cylinder head. It's going to be a big project.
I don't have any good pics yet. Here are some of the pieces as they appeared when I picked up the bike last night. I'll have to start a "rebuild thread" in the main forum (or mechanical section?).
In the meantime, if anyone can verify that the newer shift plate mechanisms were improved/hardened, I would appreciate it very much. Seems like a lot of people are de-burring or polishing the old plate but my friend was telling me the newer variant was more robust and less prone to the "stuck in gear" syndrome. If true, what year did this get implemented?
Cheers
Low tolerance for bike neglect along with an inability to resist project bikes have resulted in the recent acquisition of a 2001 FE650E basket case. Someone needed to save this bike so I decided to step up and have a go.
A little bit of background...
Been riding since about 1988. Currently own a 2008 CRF450X for the trails and a 2016 KX450F for the track. A few years ago I bought a basket case GasGas 300 and had a blast rebuilding it. So the Husaberg project was tantalizing.
About the bike...
Originally purchased new at Malcolm Smith Motorsports in So Cal. My buddy bought it from the original owner. Eventually the inevitable happened and my friend had to nurse the thing home stuck in third gear. He decided while fixing the shift plate slider, he would tear the whole bike apart and do a bunch of other things to it too. That was many years ago and the bike's been apart since then. It's plated for street use which is nothing to scoff at here in California.
I think I may be in over my head with this thing. The engine doesn't need to be split but the LHS stuff is going to need to be serviced/assembled as will the cylinder head. It's going to be a big project.
I don't have any good pics yet. Here are some of the pieces as they appeared when I picked up the bike last night. I'll have to start a "rebuild thread" in the main forum (or mechanical section?).
In the meantime, if anyone can verify that the newer shift plate mechanisms were improved/hardened, I would appreciate it very much. Seems like a lot of people are de-burring or polishing the old plate but my friend was telling me the newer variant was more robust and less prone to the "stuck in gear" syndrome. If true, what year did this get implemented?
Cheers
