Comments on: Husqvarna automatics

By: Kirk C,

Kirk C, — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:57:45 +0000

Im getting a Husky 420 auto,(Blue Tank),
but there has to be a part’s, or way to rectify that little glitch in the clutch plate’s and mechinism?

By: Jonno Roberts

Jonno Roberts — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:20:47 +0000

I hope your family is OK, mate. Love this site, and respect the man behind it.

By: BERTRAND

BERTRAND — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:16:49 +0000

I have already built two bike with a real automatic trans, find the link below :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_MHc03wkYE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KLhyXEo414

By: Al

Al — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:10:57 +0000

I am riding a bike with a centrifugal clutch at the moment and it surely is something different all together…
but it has some good points…
my old BMW use to lock the back wheel up when backing off the throttle riding off-road downhill (especially in the wet…) and I use to have to ride with the clutch pulled (or in neutral…) for that reason.

By: Jag

Jag — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:25:32 +0000

I would NOT want to go down too many steep inclines with free wheel thanks!!

By: PeteP

PeteP — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:55:09 +0000

The downfall of the Husy Auto was the fragile nature of the transmission. There is one part that consistently fails, and the top riders campaigning them used to replace it at almost every reset.

If you find one of these, it’s probably parked for that reason.

Otherwise, it was the fastest way through the woods in those days.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:48:55 +0000

My bro had a 400 in NZ in the 1980s. Apart from needing the knack of starting Huskys in those days it was a freaky bike to ride. Going into corners or down steep hills was “interesting”. The trans went into neutral as soon as you button off which made for some hair raising moments. My first ride on the thing involved a steep 300 metre descent of a very rocky track—in neutral! I’m glad it had decent brakes for the time.

Overall my bro loved it he said nobody ever won a drag race against him out of a corner on a forest road.