Newbie with a FC 470

Start here:


http://www.husaberg.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

hello greggy

i recently rebuilt the motor. you got it off a bloke with the wonderful ebay nik of "justoutajail" or similar right! hertfordshire....

after a lovely rebuild he pulled a wheelie and felt 'something'. so he pulled it down himself the second time.

last i heard, next time it was on ebay and i guess you bought it. i thought it was a well kept beauty. the huge battery means that she starts on the button everytime.

my advice to you is to absolutely make sure you have tall gearing. the boys here will tell you better than me but 15/48 is what you need. you don't want to be revving out in 6th unless you are flat on the tank in leathers.

the 470 is fragile with new kit in it. it runs a very, very high compression and is a MX on the street.

answer this simple question: which other manufacturers put their MX'ers on the road as well? and which continent are they NOT from?

run it in and you can only do that with sensible gearing. the previous owner was pulling wheelies everywhere and i think this is part of the situation. gera it right so you only pull them in first and then get on with yer ferkin riding.....

you won't know how fragile till you find out.... the hard way. i think i geared it up once for him but the rear sprocket was still too big and up to the customer. i wasn't his dad...

regards

Taffy

Must be an FX470.......FC no estart or lights.
Looks nice.

well i'd look for smoke for a start and i might even leave the money as a deposit whilst i rode it. i'm not answering a question like how do i run it in. it's beneath you to ask it.

look for smoke on the overrun. ken (berger) is right about the model. my very strong advice is not to take the bike on the dirt. it just doesn't work in the Uk to take a minter on the dirt. it works better when a knarled up beaten dirt bike has the bonus of a pair of roadwheels but wreck it and learn. best way to learn anything in life is to learn it the hard way.

we have manuals here in our downloads section or go to husaberg.se which is the factory web site and do it there. we have permission here to hold them as well.

BTW, the last owner wasn't "unabvle to control the wheelies" he phones me at 2.30pm to say "do you sell yokes?".
"Why?"
"well i was doing a stoppie infront of my mate towards a wall and....."

2 hours later he was asking advice on stripping an engine.

i think you get the picture.

regards

Taffy

justr had a chat with scoot. some of you will remember him? from cambridge in the Uk. he owned this bike for a few years but sold it 2 years ago. that means i rebuilt the engine on a bike without knowing that i had put the keihin on it 4 years previously myself!

BTW, that's a 39 bored to 41mm by me.

regards

Taffy

Yep it was mine. Sold to a guy in Suffolk so i could buy a van a couple of years ago. It is a FC, the lighting etc was done by the dealer i believe and the big battery conv was done by another berg shop in yorks by the previous owner to me. My gallery still has the photo's of it .
Enjoy the Berg....