"500cc's of Glory" The coolest vid / story i have seen in ages! *Update Ep. 2

mx-fin-fan 10/4/2012 12:53pm
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Hey MBR, where abouts are you in Finland? I planned on going to Tampere to visit some relatives when I am in Germany during November/ December...
Hey MBR, where abouts are you in Finland? I planned on going to Tampere to visit some relatives when I am in Germany during November/ December. Trying to meet up with as many Vitards from Europe as possible in my travels. Lol

Your brother looks dope as hell on that old school steel frmae CR!
Hey, they will have a supercross race in Tampere on 9 and 10 November, you should check it out if you are around at that period! I guess there might be a couple of american racers as well!

Of course it will be nothing like in US, but this is all we get here!

http://www.facebook.com/TampereSx
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lumpy790 10/4/2012 1:58pm
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A FUN project for sure!

Watching the video he was reving it to much .... +2 in the rear sprocket and ... 3rd 4th and 5th gears are all that is needed.

If he had pulled a 3rd gear start Ferry would have been trying to get around him.
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MBR 10/4/2012 2:01pm
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mx-fin-fan wrote:
Hey, they will have a supercross race in Tampere on 9 and 10 November, you should check it out if you are around at that period...
Hey, they will have a supercross race in Tampere on 9 and 10 November, you should check it out if you are around at that period! I guess there might be a couple of american racers as well!

Of course it will be nothing like in US, but this is all we get here!

http://www.facebook.com/TampereSx
Probably no US riders, unless something starts to happen really soon.
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Robgvx wrote:
Cool. Some good intentioned advice: 1. I could never ride with an idle. 500s must make what, 5 or 10hp at idle? You don't need that...
Cool.

Some good intentioned advice:

1. I could never ride with an idle. 500s must make what, 5 or 10hp at idle? You don't need that thing riding itself.

2. Bike sounds too lean.

3. He needs to ride the higher gears a bit more. Use that mid-range.

I did a race myself a few weeks ago on my CR500 against modern bikes. Lots of fun. Won 2 motos then went out on a 1980 twin-shock RM500 and beat them all on that too.
hmmmmmmmmmmm

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CR500Rider 10/4/2012 2:59pm
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ehr400 wrote:
So did scrap your original plans with that '01 chassis then? I would imagine the 4th gen is a million times better.
Yeah I scrapped the 01' idea and ended up building that bike for a project with Two Stroke Motocross. It's an article on a budget racer. I bought an 06' CRF250 chassis, welded it and am about 90% done. In the meantime a buddy finished his Gen 4 and I rode his. I hated it with a passion. I felt like I was riding a unicycle (with crappy suspension) with 60HP. Too short, too tall, too skinny and too much power. I'm sure it's just me cause everyone else loves them.
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burn1986 10/4/2012 5:13pm
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Man, it's just hard to get enough of those videos. Too Cool! I would love to see someone competing on a SH500AF for real.
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ehr400 10/4/2012 5:25pm
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ehr400 wrote:
Hey MBR, where abouts are you in Finland? I planned on going to Tampere to visit some relatives when I am in Germany during November/ December...
Hey MBR, where abouts are you in Finland? I planned on going to Tampere to visit some relatives when I am in Germany during November/ December. Trying to meet up with as many Vitards from Europe as possible in my travels. Lol

Your brother looks dope as hell on that old school steel frmae CR!
mx-fin-fan wrote:
Hey, they will have a supercross race in Tampere on 9 and 10 November, you should check it out if you are around at that period...
Hey, they will have a supercross race in Tampere on 9 and 10 November, you should check it out if you are around at that period! I guess there might be a couple of american racers as well!

Of course it will be nothing like in US, but this is all we get here!

http://www.facebook.com/TampereSx
I will have to stay in touch with you guys! Here is my email address: ehr400@hotmail.com I would be interested in having a beer or 12 with y'all!
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ehr400 10/4/2012 5:27pm
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ehr400 wrote:
So did scrap your original plans with that '01 chassis then? I would imagine the 4th gen is a million times better.
CR500Rider wrote:
Yeah I scrapped the 01' idea and ended up building that bike for a project with Two Stroke Motocross. It's an article on a budget racer...
Yeah I scrapped the 01' idea and ended up building that bike for a project with Two Stroke Motocross. It's an article on a budget racer. I bought an 06' CRF250 chassis, welded it and am about 90% done. In the meantime a buddy finished his Gen 4 and I rode his. I hated it with a passion. I felt like I was riding a unicycle (with crappy suspension) with 60HP. Too short, too tall, too skinny and too much power. I'm sure it's just me cause everyone else loves them.
So you hated the "01 style chassis? I was going to say the Gen 3 and 4's are a ton better. I need to get another 380 ktm together since my last project got scrapped due to my garage burning down. Sad
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CR500Rider 10/4/2012 7:39pm
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ehr400 wrote:
So did scrap your original plans with that '01 chassis then? I would imagine the 4th gen is a million times better.
CR500Rider wrote:
Yeah I scrapped the 01' idea and ended up building that bike for a project with Two Stroke Motocross. It's an article on a budget racer...
Yeah I scrapped the 01' idea and ended up building that bike for a project with Two Stroke Motocross. It's an article on a budget racer. I bought an 06' CRF250 chassis, welded it and am about 90% done. In the meantime a buddy finished his Gen 4 and I rode his. I hated it with a passion. I felt like I was riding a unicycle (with crappy suspension) with 60HP. Too short, too tall, too skinny and too much power. I'm sure it's just me cause everyone else loves them.
ehr400 wrote:
So you hated the "01 style chassis? I was going to say the Gen 3 and 4's are a ton better. I need to get another...
So you hated the "01 style chassis? I was going to say the Gen 3 and 4's are a ton better. I need to get another 380 ktm together since my last project got scrapped due to my garage burning down. Sad
No, I didn't care for the Gen 4 chassis. It felt like I was sitting on top of it, it was too short from front to back and was too thin. I liked the Gen 3 chassis.better.
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Tiki 10/4/2012 9:26pm
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Thanks for sharing that. That was an awesome story. The guy on the bike has some skills. I forgot about that little between the motos ritual. Tighten everything up again. See what Four Strokes have done to me? Allowed me to sit between motos.
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WhipMeister 10/4/2012 11:46pm
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Very awesome. Very.
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Robgvx 10/5/2012 12:10am
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Robgvx wrote:
Cool. Some good intentioned advice: 1. I could never ride with an idle. 500s must make what, 5 or 10hp at idle? You don't need that...
Cool.

Some good intentioned advice:

1. I could never ride with an idle. 500s must make what, 5 or 10hp at idle? You don't need that thing riding itself.

2. Bike sounds too lean.

3. He needs to ride the higher gears a bit more. Use that mid-range.

I did a race myself a few weeks ago on my CR500 against modern bikes. Lots of fun. Won 2 motos then went out on a 1980 twin-shock RM500 and beat them all on that too.
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hmmmmmmmmmmm
1980 RM500:

middleagedloser 10/5/2012 10:40am
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Ian......way to hang on to that beast!!!!! Tyler.......great work as usual.
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ocscottie 10/5/2012 8:22pm
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I have seen this vid has practically went viral and is popping up everywhere, good job guys! Glad i clicked on it in our vid section Cool
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rmpilot 10/6/2012 8:33am
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Robgvx wrote:
Cool. Some good intentioned advice: 1. I could never ride with an idle. 500s must make what, 5 or 10hp at idle? You don't need that...
Cool.

Some good intentioned advice:

1. I could never ride with an idle. 500s must make what, 5 or 10hp at idle? You don't need that thing riding itself.

2. Bike sounds too lean.

3. He needs to ride the higher gears a bit more. Use that mid-range.

I did a race myself a few weeks ago on my CR500 against modern bikes. Lots of fun. Won 2 motos then went out on a 1980 twin-shock RM500 and beat them all on that too.
68 wrote:
hmmmmmmmmmmm
Robgvx wrote:
1980 RM500: [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/10/05/388946_10152142769620691_1838871466_n_385443.jpg[/img]
1980 RM500:

i beg to differ the rm 500 was not built until 83. rm400 was built in 1980.
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Sandberm 10/6/2012 9:08am
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Great low-key video. Really makes me miss going to the races, the prep, getting up early and driving to the races as the sun comes up, the nervousness leading up to practice, just everything.

Ian seems like a cool guy. If Will Hahn had a backwoods half-brother, i would imagine him to be like ian.

Props to Tim Ferry for his contribution. He didnt cool guy them, Tims just a regular dude at the local race.
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ocscottie 10/6/2012 9:25am
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Ian seems like a cool guy. If Will Hahn had a backwoods half-brother, i would imagine him to be like Ian.

Now that is funny! and so true. They both have that laid back "vibe" goin on.

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Robgvx 10/6/2012 10:29am
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68 wrote:
hmmmmmmmmmmm
Robgvx wrote:
1980 RM500: [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/10/05/388946_10152142769620691_1838871466_n_385443.jpg[/img]
1980 RM500:

rmpilot wrote:
i beg to differ the rm 500 was not built until 83. rm400 was built in 1980.
Correct.

Jan Geboers factory replica. 1980 frame with 1984 500 motor.

Very trick.





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wildbill 10/6/2012 8:11pm
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great vids, stories, and photos all around gents. Thanks for sharing.
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rmpilot 10/7/2012 2:19pm
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Robgvx wrote:
1980 RM500: [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/10/05/388946_10152142769620691_1838871466_n_385443.jpg[/img]
1980 RM500:

rmpilot wrote:
i beg to differ the rm 500 was not built until 83. rm400 was built in 1980.
Robgvx wrote:
Correct. Jan Geboers factory replica. 1980 frame with 1984 500 motor. Very trick. [img]http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/304375_10151065569863652_1329141326_n.jpg[/img] [img]http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/548970_10150961478827901_1585361388_n.jpg[/img] [img]http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/76843_413733492019742_1146732106_n.jpg[/img]
Correct.

Jan Geboers factory replica. 1980 frame with 1984 500 motor.

Very trick.





that is one fricking cool bike.
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fatrider 10/8/2012 6:53am
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WOW. We are blown away by the positive response and the stories you all have shared. We have read them all and it is greatly appreciated! Thank you! We plan to shoot another update this weekend at Round 3 of the Gold Cup Series at Dade City Motocross (sand track). Should be great! After that... Well, we're not sure, the 500 is not eligible at Loretta's in the 2 stroke class (Davey Coombs are you reading this??? lol) Much appreciation to OC as well for putting this video up front for people to see!

Again, Thank you!
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J.F.S 10/8/2012 10:58am
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Maybe I am old, but I still think that, that is how a dirt bike should sound. Nice!
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rallendude 10/8/2012 12:35pm
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Pretty sure that the 500 is good for all the vet classes at LL. Do it, but you will need to make sure that thing is TIGHT before tackling a 20 min moto on it. I have the PWK carb on my Service Honda and run a 45 pilot, I think a 175 main, and stock needle position. Idle it down where it will hit about 6 times and die when left alone. Not sure if that will work on the stock carb.

Here's what it looks and sounds like to go slow on one. But revving it much more only makes it vibrate. Shift up......a lot.

https://youtu.be/FYIc-kY6BTA
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Jakes 10/8/2012 5:22pm
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Most defiantly practice the third gear starts. You'll smoke them to the first turn.
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ocscottie 10/17/2012 4:39pm
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Check it out, episode 2 is out!

Redemption: It's what we were looking for at Round 3 of the Florida Gold Cup Series.
After the brakes failed at Gatorback, it was time to give it another shot, this time with a more polished bike on a very sandy and rough Dade City Motocross. Here is how it went.

Watch: 500cc's of Glory Episode 2 (in the sand)
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chrisbuehler 10/17/2012 9:28pm
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Sweet 2nd episode! That guy fucking rips, great style
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ocscottie 10/17/2012 9:31pm
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chrisbuehler wrote:
Sweet 2nd episode! That guy fucking rips, great style
...and # Cool
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jmc2 10/17/2012 9:39pm
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Thanks Scottie, gotta like his positive attitude and willingness to just ride and have fun..

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