Spoke with my wallet

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Edited Date/Time 5/31/2018 7:30am
Fuck it. Time for a CR 500














I'd love a new bike but I've got a 2 year old and we just bought a house. My last motocross bike was a 1999 KX 250. Since, had a bunch of different bikes for desert racing and supermoto. My last race was the 2013 8 hours of Glen Helen. Been trolling Craigslist for a cheap 250 but ran across this 500. The 500 joins two XR650Rs (Baja bikes).

Cahuilla Creek here I come!




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mattyhamz2 5/29/2018 9:47pm
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Nice!!! Looks to be in decent shape. How far did you have to go to pick it up?
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KurtJ99 5/29/2018 9:53pm
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Unbelievable condition! Looks original 10 hours outta 1986.
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racer187x 5/29/2018 10:07pm
5/29/2018 10:07pm
mattyhamz2 wrote:
Nice!!! Looks to be in decent shape. How far did you have to go to pick it up?
Down to Covina. 45 minutes stuck in Riverside traffic was worth it!

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racer187x 5/30/2018 8:37am
5/30/2018 8:37am
Haven’t seen this before:



Aftermarket product or home made?
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mattyhamz2 5/30/2018 8:48am
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mattyhamz2 wrote:
Nice!!! Looks to be in decent shape. How far did you have to go to pick it up?
racer187x wrote:
Down to Covina. 45 minutes stuck in Riverside traffic was worth it!
45 minutes isn't too bad actually Laughing

My wife and I went to Tucson back in November and we left our house at 2:30. It took us 4 hours to get to Palm Springs. Normal day is 2 hours... That traffic is no joke down there
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vet 26 5/30/2018 8:49am
5/30/2018 8:49am
I had one of those back in the day, it was one fast dirt cycle!
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KDXGarage 5/30/2018 9:40am
5/30/2018 9:40am
AWESOME BIKE!! Is it not an '87? I thought '86 had gold rims (assuming they are stock). The master cylinder guard used to be in the magazine ads. I remember the ads.
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racer187x 5/30/2018 12:40pm
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KDXGarage wrote:
AWESOME BIKE!! Is it not an '87? I thought '86 had gold rims (assuming they are stock). The master cylinder guard used to be in the...
AWESOME BIKE!! Is it not an '87? I thought '86 had gold rims (assuming they are stock). The master cylinder guard used to be in the magazine ads. I remember the ads.
It's an '85 at least according to the plate on the down tube.

I think the '85 had silver rims stock. I found this ad for the '85 online:



I'll have to find the master cylinder guard ad. That's cool!
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sandman768 5/30/2018 1:05pm
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racer187x wrote:
Haven’t seen this before: [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/05/30/264777/s1200_A48445A7_8E25_4097_8696_45B5D86DA7C8.jpg[/img] Aftermarket product or home made?
Haven’t seen this before:



Aftermarket product or home made?
Nice score! I think that brake guard was sold for 3 wheelers! Looks like PO got their money's worth out of the bottom chain roller & swingarm buffer....
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Falcon 5/30/2018 5:03pm
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Careful! the '85 had a rep as the most brutally-powerful motorcycle ever. They tamed the '86 down to much more manageable levels.
Sweet find.
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plowboy 5/30/2018 5:14pm
5/30/2018 5:14pm
OMG....the fun yer gonna have.
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racer187x 5/30/2018 7:26pm
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rollin64caddy wrote:
nice scoot! ill keep an eye out for it at Cahuilla.
Come say hi if you do. I'll be the 6'8" guy riding the 500 like a squid!
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Doddy 5/30/2018 8:20pm
5/30/2018 8:20pm
Gratz! I have been looking for a 500 for a while. Problem is all the good ones come around when I am broke. Sad

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rollin64caddy 5/30/2018 9:04pm
5/30/2018 9:04pm
rollin64caddy wrote:
nice scoot! ill keep an eye out for it at Cahuilla.
racer187x wrote:
Come say hi if you do. I'll be the 6'8" guy riding the 500 like a squid!
Yeah for sure man!
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mb 5/30/2018 9:47pm
5/30/2018 9:47pm
Looks good in the rear view!
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mx_563 5/31/2018 7:15am
5/31/2018 7:15am
Don't skimp on medical insurance. As Falcon said, the 85' was the most brutal CR500. Although I would put the Suzuki TM400 up there as far as brutality is concerned.
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BR8ES 6/3/2018 9:48pm
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Do yourself a favour and get a comp release head to preserve the cases. Hopefully the water pump doesn't have rot or has been already updated/fix. Nice bike for sure, a true brute.

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