Full tilt Steelie CR500 build - Finally Completed!

swatdoc
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swatdoc 6/2/2017 7:07pm
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Very Cool!!!
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Bearuno 6/3/2017 2:36am
6/3/2017 2:36am
Is the Denton Linkage the same geometry as standard?

All looking Very good.
Chrisb500CR 6/3/2017 6:15am
6/3/2017 6:15am
Bearuno wrote:
Is the Denton Linkage the same geometry as standard?

All looking Very good.
Hi Bearuno. Yes it is. Wink

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Chrisb500CR 11/8/2017 3:53am
11/8/2017 3:53am
Have not done any updates for awhile but bike is finally coming together. All that's left is brakefluid, put tank and seat back on and pour in some fuel..Here's just a few progress pictures until the weekend where I plan to finish it off.

Rear wheel spindle and nut in Titanium and spacers and blocks in billet.



And rear wheel mounted with hardware





And some random pictures.















Will post final pictures over the weekend..

Thanks for looking.

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Sidecar 11/8/2017 10:23am
11/8/2017 10:23am
Very, very nice build.... Vital needs a like button for photos...
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Andy7 11/8/2017 4:17pm
11/8/2017 4:17pm
Absolutely amazing man, great work!
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Bearuno 11/8/2017 8:33pm
11/8/2017 8:33pm
Beautiful.

And, the Vespa (?) in the background is, too.

I like seeing people having 'tastes' in their two wheels, that aren't limited to one or two things.
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Sébastien_Fortier 11/9/2017 2:28am
11/9/2017 2:28am
Chrisb500CR wrote:
And here is a photo of the billet clamp when I got it back from the machinist. The clamp was a lot of fun to have...
And here is a photo of the billet clamp when I got it back from the machinist. The clamp was a lot of fun to have made. I did the autocad drawing and had a mate in Sweden (Thanks Martin) to do the 3D model and then a mate in Italy (Thanks Willy) had it made in a local machineshop.


Hey i need a set of those. Upper and bottom clam. Do yo make others i really need it?
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jbrass715 11/9/2017 6:05am
11/9/2017 6:05am
So much beauty in this steelie, I would hate to get it dirty!
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chuckie108 11/9/2017 6:41pm
11/9/2017 6:41pm
My GOD, This thread delivers! That's an awesome piece of work my friend!
Chrisb500CR 11/11/2017 6:03am
11/11/2017 6:03am
Sidecar wrote:
Very, very nice build.... Vital needs a like button for photos...
Thanks Sidecar.!
Chrisb500CR 11/11/2017 6:03am
11/11/2017 6:03am
Andy7 wrote:
Absolutely amazing man, great work!
Thanks Andy!
Chrisb500CR 11/11/2017 6:05am
11/11/2017 6:05am
Bearuno wrote:
Beautiful. And, the Vespa (?) in the background is, too. I like seeing people having 'tastes' in their two wheels, that aren't limited to one or...
Beautiful.

And, the Vespa (?) in the background is, too.

I like seeing people having 'tastes' in their two wheels, that aren't limited to one or two things.
Thanks again Bearuno. Yeah, the Vespa is cool but old. It's a 63' and actually goes faster than what the stopping power suggests..
Chrisb500CR 11/11/2017 6:08am
11/11/2017 6:08am
Sébastien_Fortier wrote:
Hey i need a set of those. Upper and bottom clam. Do yo make others i really need it?
Sebastien. I do not have any plans for making any more of the clamps and never made a bottom to go with the top. There's simply too much work involved with doing them and too little time in my life...
Chrisb500CR 11/11/2017 6:11am
11/11/2017 6:11am
jbrass715 wrote:
So much beauty in this steelie, I would hate to get it dirty!
Jbrass. Thanks, and no, I got no immediate plans for getting it dirty... :-)
Chrisb500CR 11/11/2017 6:12am
11/11/2017 6:12am
chuckie108 wrote:
My GOD, This thread delivers! That's an awesome piece of work my friend!
Thanks Chuckie!
Chrisb500CR 11/11/2017 6:22am
11/11/2017 6:22am
And here's the final pictures for the bike - now complete.













Thanks for looking!



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Tokyo_Tiddler 11/11/2017 11:48am
11/11/2017 11:48am Edited Date/Time 11/11/2017 11:50am
She is a real beauty, I like the way the 500 looks with the older style plastic and black engine cases. One question, why did you anodize only the top triple clamp black instead of leaving it silver or anodizing the bottom triple clamp also black?

mike
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shuggs 11/11/2017 12:12pm
11/11/2017 12:12pm
Bike is mega, only thing I like more than CF is titanium (pity cant afford much of it)
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acerbis 4/10/2020 4:53pm
4/10/2020 4:53pm
Hows the 500 working out after these years?
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lukeaddicott 9/16/2023 5:38am
9/16/2023 5:38am

Incredible build... enjoyed reading this!!!!!

Who supplied the axle/blocks

 

All the best.

 

Luke

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sebastianbols 10/20/2025 7:42am
10/20/2025 7:42am
acerbis wrote:
Hows the 500 working out after these years?

Unfortunately it has not been out or ridden due to hand surgeries (yet!). It’s been displayed untouched since the last day of build back in 2017!IMG 5221 0

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LOOnatic 10/20/2025 5:56pm
10/20/2025 5:56pm

Very nice bike man and very well done

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Inferno 10/21/2025 6:54am
10/21/2025 6:54am

Beautiful CR and vespa, man ✌️

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