85 CR500 start up!!

StevieD113
Edited Date/Time 7/22/2018 1:17pm
Fired up this freshly restored 1985 CR500 the other day. She's had a full, ground up rebuild in the 'shop. That first fire up always gives me goosebumps!!
And, no this wasn't the first start up, she'd been run for a good 5mins before hand, so there was no chance of cold seizures. (And, so I could go round and check everything for tightness!) But, it was her first run round the yard and through the gears. Feels dammed good to ride a fresh rebuild!

Sadly she's not mine, the customer will be up to collect her in the next few days.

I'll dig the before pics out tomorrow.

Stevie



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Bultaco
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Bultaco 7/20/2018 7:30pm
7/20/2018 7:30pm
Wow, that sounds good. Tight and new.
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Glen 7/21/2018 6:19pm
7/21/2018 6:19pm
nice! any pics of the build?

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EatMyDust 7/22/2018 8:18am
7/22/2018 8:18am
Looks like rims from an 86 . 85 had silver . Nice bike
StevieD113 7/22/2018 11:53am
7/22/2018 11:53am
Glen wrote:
nice! any pics of the build?
I've got some beforepics, at work i'll get em up tomorrow. I can't remember what progress pics I took. They might be in the same file as the pics I took when it arrived.
Stevie
StevieD113 7/22/2018 12:00pm
7/22/2018 12:00pm
Brett Campbell wrote:
Very nice build! You look like a giant on that bike! How tall are you?
? Yeh, I'm pretty big. 6.3"-6-4" about 200-210lbs. I need to slim down a little, I'm getting a little podgy!
StevieD113 7/22/2018 12:04pm
7/22/2018 12:04pm Edited Date/Time 7/22/2018 1:17pm
EatMyDust wrote:
Looks like rims from an 86 . 85 had silver . Nice bike
That's what the customer wanted. He saw my 86 250 and decided he wanted gold. I know the 85 had silver, but I think she looks sweet! I'm sucker for gold rims!

Stevie

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