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Hi everyone,

I have a 31 year old Husky dirt bike, 175cc! I plan on *attempting* to restore it. Does anyone have any information that'll help me? Any books, or any recommendations of how to go about doing this?

The only known literature I'm finding right now is the books on this site. http://www.huskyclub.com/book.htm

The people I bought it from say they used to have a book called "Vintage Motorcycles" or something that was basically like a Haynes manual for the bike. I'd like to find something like that.

Any help is appreciated!

In '82 a friend of mine rebuilt his Husky 175. I can't remember the exact year if the bike, but it was mid-70's and 75 sure feels right... anyways....

He had a very hard time finding parts in 82, waited weeks for a piston, rings and gaskets, but the killer was the tranny gears he needed. They were very, very hard to get and crazy expensive. I busted his chops about it at the time, because the bike was worth 1/4 of the money he spent in parts, never mind his time finding them and doing the work himself.

Now that the bike is an antique, it might have some (limited) value, and there may be a circle of devotees to the bikes out there, with connections to parts stashes.... but I don't know. The best way to find out is to burn up a search engine surfing for something along those lines.

Slim possibility.... my buddy found his parts at Steen Hansen Motorcycles in Edmonton Alberta. Steen is still in business but his business has changed alot over the years. He doesn't have a Husky franchise anymore for one thing......

Good Luck, eh.

Your sig doesn't say where you are, but if you're in a large city, head for the local public library. They may very well have a Haynes, Clymer or other manual that's specific for that bike. The beauty of public libraries is that they never throw anything away. A repair manual that may have been quite popular in the 70s, will still be sitting there on the shelf.

Whenever I visit the motorcycle section at the library here in Phoenix, I find all sorts of manuals for obsolete makes. Lots of old Husky, Hodaka, Bultaco and Maico manuals, and they're free!