Show Your 500 AF's

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MR. X 9/11/2016 5:32am
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jeffro961 wrote:
[i]my 99 model back in 99[/i][img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151237/s1200_cr500af_99.jpg[/img]
my 99 model back in 99

How bad did that vibrate?
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jeffro961 wrote:
[i]my 99 model back in 99[/i][img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151237/s1200_cr500af_99.jpg[/img]
my 99 model back in 99

MR. X wrote:
How bad did that vibrate?
That is exactly what I was thinking!
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I love the 500's
From mild/ to wild!
I do conversions so, let me know if you'd like one for your stable.
Pat

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MXant15 9/11/2016 7:34am
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PADDY'S LAD wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151254/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151255/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151256/s1200_image[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151259/s1200_image.jpg[/img] I love the 500's From mild/ to wild! I do conversions so, let me know if you'd like one for your stable. Pat






I love the 500's
From mild/ to wild!
I do conversions so, let me know if you'd like one for your stable.
Pat
Good god! Those bikes are bad ass!

Is that a dual exhaust 250 or 500?? Droool

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PADDY'S LAD 9/11/2016 9:12am
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PADDY'S LAD wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151254/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151255/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151256/s1200_image[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151259/s1200_image.jpg[/img] I love the 500's From mild/ to wild! I do conversions so, let me know if you'd like one for your stable. Pat






I love the 500's
From mild/ to wild!
I do conversions so, let me know if you'd like one for your stable.
Pat
MXant15 wrote:
Good god! Those bikes are bad ass!

Is that a dual exhaust 250 or 500?? Droool

Thank you!
Both 500's. we built them for Mammoth 2014. We pulled fuel injected bikes up the hill all three days!
Great fun if you have throttle control. Things go bad real quick if you don't.
Cheers,Pat
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PADDY'S LAD wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151254/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151255/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151256/s1200_image[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151259/s1200_image.jpg[/img] I love the 500's From mild/ to wild! I do conversions so, let me know if you'd like one for your stable. Pat






I love the 500's
From mild/ to wild!
I do conversions so, let me know if you'd like one for your stable.
Pat
Amazing look! Seriously well done
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jeffro961 wrote:
[i]my 99 model back in 99[/i][img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151237/s1200_cr500af_99.jpg[/img]
my 99 model back in 99

MR. X wrote:
How bad did that vibrate?
Travis_Hudson wrote:
That is exactly what I was thinking!
seriously...

if someone could just design and manufacture a counterbalancer kit for this motor, I probably wouldn't ride anything else. I'd have 2 of them at least. One for moto, one for off-road.

I really thought Service Honda would have been a good candidate to developed a kit for the 500 and the 250, especially when they started putting them in quads a few years ago. They certainly had the resources to pull it off. There have been some decent attempts by individuals throughout the years, but so far, nothing has really materialized. I guess I'll keep waiting.
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jeffro961 wrote:
[i]my 99 model back in 99[/i][img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151237/s1200_cr500af_99.jpg[/img]
my 99 model back in 99

MR. X wrote:
How bad did that vibrate?
Half as much as a KX
bentfoxmx94 9/11/2016 10:16am
9/11/2016 10:16am
Katoomey wrote:
seriously... if someone could just design and manufacture a counterbalancer kit for this motor, I probably wouldn't ride anything else. I'd have 2 of them at...
seriously...

if someone could just design and manufacture a counterbalancer kit for this motor, I probably wouldn't ride anything else. I'd have 2 of them at least. One for moto, one for off-road.

I really thought Service Honda would have been a good candidate to developed a kit for the 500 and the 250, especially when they started putting them in quads a few years ago. They certainly had the resources to pull it off. There have been some decent attempts by individuals throughout the years, but so far, nothing has really materialized. I guess I'll keep waiting.
I sent the crank out to get balanced on mine and it made a world of difference. Barely vibrates more than my rm250. Here's mine







racerhansen 9/11/2016 10:27am
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2006 CRF 450 frame, CR 500 engine from the 90s and Sölva suspension.






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My '99 cr500 AF with a 2002 motor.
You guys may remember I traded my 2012 GasGas Enduro for it.
And I love it. It doesn't vibrate real bad and it's got more power than anyone could ever need.
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Bearuno 9/11/2016 10:42am
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Katoomey wrote:
seriously... if someone could just design and manufacture a counterbalancer kit for this motor, I probably wouldn't ride anything else. I'd have 2 of them at...
seriously...

if someone could just design and manufacture a counterbalancer kit for this motor, I probably wouldn't ride anything else. I'd have 2 of them at least. One for moto, one for off-road.

I really thought Service Honda would have been a good candidate to developed a kit for the 500 and the 250, especially when they started putting them in quads a few years ago. They certainly had the resources to pull it off. There have been some decent attempts by individuals throughout the years, but so far, nothing has really materialized. I guess I'll keep waiting.
Well, your wish may come true. Panthera Motorsports already do Cases, Cranks and the Electric Starter kit, and they all started with a CG picture like this :https://www.facebook.com/pantheramotorsports/photos/a.180366095640599.1…

I'd say it would necessitate cases made by them to accommodate it.
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C-Rock 9/11/2016 10:54am
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My ride back in '98...


And in '00...


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Katoomey 9/11/2016 11:09am
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Bearuno wrote:
Well, your wish may come true. Panthera Motorsports already do Cases, Cranks and the Electric Starter kit, and they all started with a CG picture like...
Well, your wish may come true. Panthera Motorsports already do Cases, Cranks and the Electric Starter kit, and they all started with a CG picture like this :https://www.facebook.com/pantheramotorsports/photos/a.180366095640599.1…

I'd say it would necessitate cases made by them to accommodate it.
yeah, I'm aware of those cases. It just seems like they would have already considered it, and the fact that they brought those cases to market and didn't engineer a counterbalancer, suggests they are either not interested or incapable for whatever reason.

The quad guys would buy them faster than they could make them.

I agree though, complete billet cases would be the most logical and ideal situation for a counterbalancer.
jeffro961 9/11/2016 2:45pm
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jeffro961 wrote:
[i]my 99 model back in 99[/i][img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/09/11/151237/s1200_cr500af_99.jpg[/img]
my 99 model back in 99

MR. X wrote:
How bad did that vibrate?
kkawboy14 wrote:
Half as much as a KX
Motor had a lot of work and the crank was balanced so vibration was not to bad. The frame was more forgiving with the bigger motor compared to the 250.

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Bearuno 9/12/2016 1:35am
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Katoomey wrote:
yeah, I'm aware of those cases. It just seems like they would have already considered it, and the fact that they brought those cases to market...
yeah, I'm aware of those cases. It just seems like they would have already considered it, and the fact that they brought those cases to market and didn't engineer a counterbalancer, suggests they are either not interested or incapable for whatever reason.

The quad guys would buy them faster than they could make them.

I agree though, complete billet cases would be the most logical and ideal situation for a counterbalancer.
Look at the site / the picture, if you haven't done so - it should bring up the picture / posting straight away.

As I said, their previous products have been shown as CG pictures such as that. Then, done.

They make cases already = they can certainly make cases to take a counter balancer. As their note implies, they obviously have had people asking about counter balancers, and they are putting out that it may be / is in the pipeline. Those cases they already make, are being used on more 'things' than motorcycles.

Won't be cheap, but there are people that will have the money.
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holeshot413 9/12/2016 11:35am
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The vibration is not so bad to me. A little more on the bike stand than you really feel on the track. I would like to at some point try some Flex bars and rubber mounted clamps IF I wanted to spend the $, Right now I like spending the dollars to go race and ride it.
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scooter5002 9/12/2016 1:12pm
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^ Break your lower and front engine mounts loose, leave your swingarm pivot torqued to spec. If there is a gap at any of your mounts, build shims to fit, so they are snug to fit the gap. The vibration will become almost non-existent. Did that on the turd Fanelli built me, and it doesn't vibrate at all. My Steelie was WAY worse.

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