HUSABERG CONROD

[44 Sebring]

I have recently purchased a race prepared 350 Sebring which has a Husaberg conrod fitted has anybody out there come across this mod before ? Yours 44 Sebring.

[Eldert]

are you from the UK by any chance ?

i think Nigel used husaberg rods for a while

Eldert

[LaceyDucati]

Hi, I fitted loads of these rods from about 1996 up to around 2005, they were affordable and very strong if they were the later ones (early ones snapped off at the smallend!). If you post a picture I can confirm the type. You could use the rod & bearing, but you needed to make a custom pin & fit side shims. The original fitment didn't use side shims & had no oil feed to the bigend, relying on splash. The rod is a little heavy around the small end, but in practice this never presents a problem. We used these rods in narrowcase race engines including many years at the Isle of man in the Manx GP. I used to reckon on replacing them after 5 seasons of short circuit & Manx GP's, which is a lot of race miles. I have never had one of these rods fail, the pin or bearing was always the thing to go first & that was always after a lot of use. One advantage of this rod was it was narrow & fitted between the flywheels without any modification to the crank.
Unfortunately time has moved on & these rods are from old models and no longer cheap, costing more than custom built rods. Trouble is your rod kit will probably date back at least 8 years & if you don't know the history of the bike who knows what it's done. Probably best to strip & inspect it especially if you intend racing the bike. To my knowledge only one other engine builder/supplier of parts used these rods in the UK, but probably others did around the world.
Hope this helps
Nigel Lacey