Penton- Husqvarna 250??????

[mau10]

Penton with Husqvarna 250motor, frame number 1177.[:0][:0][:0][:0][:0][:0]
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Penton six days 125 1970

[sixdazed]

Fake or not,imho it's cool!Where did this turn up?How about any details you have about it? Neat bike,
                                       Ric

ric emmal

[mau10]

The bike is for sale in Italy (Turin).
I don't know the price.
A friend of mine takes interest in it but he's afraid of a fake.

Penton six days 125 1970

[sixdazed]

Who built it is probably what your friend wants to know.Anyone know of an experimental,ohio built pentavarna?Looks like a pretty nice job.Got any pics of the left side?

ric emmal

[mau10]

I don't have a pic of the left side  but I know the muffler is husqvarna.
All the parts are like a Penton, only the motor and the exhaust-pipe/muffler are husqvarna.

Penton six days 125 1970

[TGTech]

I don't remember anything like that built in Amherst, Ohio, but I'll bet JP would love it.

Dane

[paul]

Hey, Very cool bike. Maybe its a proto type or factory one off for racing. Regardless, I would not waste time and get over there before someone else did. Fake? what would be fake about it? I just wonder why it says Penton instead of KTM being in Europe. How many Euros are they asking? Someone may have assembled it but it appears to be a period oval case 250 Husky. Really neat and JP sure could shed some light on this as I doubt its an only child. Thanks for the pic, TTPaul

[t20sl]

I have seen steel tank frames with a Triumph cub engine in it, and also with a Honda SL100 engine it it.  Both homemade here in the USA.  I would guess the Husky engine is same thing possibly.  Personally I would say you could always put the Sachs back in it, but looking carefully at the frame the tubing where it welds to sterring head it has been changed extensively.  There is a closer photo in Speedy's post about the Italy show.  In my opinion, as much as Husky's vibrated, I would say stress cracking would be a concern.  Ted

[Bryson Williams]

Very interesting.  In close review the head is consistant with a 360 "sloped fin head", like on my 1967 360 Bolt-Together Husky.

It's possible it could be a very very early 250 with the Magnesium cases.  I have one on the shelf, with a sloped back fin style head aswell.  But that motor is out of a 1965 or a 1966 250 Husqvarna.

 Never the less very cool bike.  If I had a frame I'd build one to race in the Classic class.

Dirk Williams

[mau10]

The other side:




Penton six days 125 1970

[taxman]

as i recall john cobb put together a penton/husky. this was in the day about 72-73. am i remembering correctly??  Dane??

Jim