Frame restored and back from painters.

2015 update...

I've not been well recently and bikes have not been my priority, but a bit of progress has been ticking over in the background. I have got the correct tank decals now, from :-

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With some help from my Harley riding Swedish colleague at work ... Thanks Andreas !

The silver paint is now back from my preferred painter Tony at Cycle Sprays of Cranleigh.

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So, just waiting for the rest of the paint now and it'll be on with the restoration....

More Husqvarna 1966 pics

Some pictures from Husqvarna's race mechanic Tommy Malm. The above letter was their entry for the Japanese GP..

The bikes paintwork has finally been taken in for new paint, exhaust is in for chrome plating and the seat has been taken for upholstery.

Husqvarna Race Results

1966 Results – Kent Andersson

1st Skarpnack, Sweden 24/4/64 

   5th Spanish GP, Barcelona  8/5/66 

                1st Mouscron International, Belgium 22/5/66

                    8th Mettet, Belgium  (engine overheat) 29/5/66 

           1st Karlskoga National, Sweden 12/6/66

  DNF Knutstorp National, Sweden

6th Finnish GP, Imatra 7/8/66       

            6th Japanese GP, Suzuka 250cc 16/10/66

            6th Japanese GP, Suzuka 350cc 16/10/66

       1st Swedish National Championship     

1967 Results – Percy Tait

Sponsor - Husqvarna UK – Brian Leask

          1st Heat, Mallory Park National, 5th March

         8th Final, Mallory Park National, 5th March

Latest Picture of Restoration

Rear mudguard fitted. Almost ready for painting !

More period pictures from the day....

The Husqvarna "HUSKAMA" Team of 1966

Kent Andersson, Bror Jauren, Anders Bengston and Ruben Helmin

Mechanic Tommy Malm is missing (maybe he was taking the photo !)

Percy Tait on the bike in 1967. He was riding for Brian Leask, Husqvarna UK. 

How I acquired the bike

I just came across some old pictures of when I acquired the Husqvarna... It was in quite a mess !

It reminded me of how I acquired it....  

You can see in the picture below that the frame was hacked about by the time I had got it, the picture below shows it pretty well 100% original. The picture above shows added reinforcement and several of the features had been hacked off. All of these had to be put back to original. 

The owner before Ron Philips at Fahron (whom I had got the bike from), had adapted it to take a Triumph engine... What sacrilege ! 

I had shared a pit (and stayed at the same hotel) with Kent Andersson at Spa Francorchamps, and had met him several times whilst riding with Ferry Brouwers Yamaha Classic Racing Team. At the 1st Assen Centennial (several years ago now !) my TA125 Yamaha was Kent's reserve bike, so it was kind of a no brainer when I was offered his old Husqvarna. Ron had known I knew Kent and knew that I was pretty good at bringing unusual bikes back from the dead, to their former glory, and wanted me to have it.