Snow Patrol: An ex-military Husqvarna 256 with skis
Mention vintage Husqvarna dirt bikes, and the legendary Cross 400 immediately springs to mind. But Johan Nordin of 6/5/4 Motors has managed to get his hands on something even more rare and quirky.
He’s managed to score a Husqvarna 256?a bike that was developed in 1968 specifically for the Swedish defence force. Only a thousand were ever produced, and all of them were sold by the early 80s.
Johan’s named the bike ?Thage,? after his father. ?I built this bike because my dad had one when he did his compulsory military service in the early 1970s,? says Johan. ?And I’ve heard a lot of great stories of his winter adventures on the little bike with skis. Now I want to experience the same adventures.?
The 256’s two-stroke engine punches out an earth-shattering 15.4 horses, reined in by a four-speed box. But that’s not the best part: it actually comes with skis. And the operating procedure for the skis is the sketchiest we’ve ever come across…
?The skis automatically spring up if they are not pushed down,? explains Johan. ?You push them down using your feet.? That makes changing gear difficult?so when the skis are down, you have to shift with a hand-lever that is attached to the gear lever.
?The gear lever is on the righthand side and the rear brake is on the left,? says Johan. ?This is so that you can use the clutch with your left hand, and shift with your right.? Got that"
?When using the skis you can also disconnect the front b...
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