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Scored this low hrs. 87 CR500, all original, with it being winter, I just couldn't keep my hands off of it. As with most of my builds I like to add some modern and keep a lot of old school, will be keeping the original plastics, the tank will get restored as this build moves along.
Sorry for not having the photos in proper sequence
Sorry for not having the photos in proper sequence
If you want to spend ( a Lot of) money, check out: http://www.bormiparts.com/
Among a hell of a lot of other bike parts, they've made Aluminium Tanks, Subframes, Subframe / Airbox combos, and 'Coke Bottle' Swingarms for the 87s.
The Shop
You may have just pushed me to take the project on.
Thx
Cr500 tank is just to bulky, specially the fact that in moto your lucky to run 5+ laps now a days
Would love to find a spacer plate for the cylinder base, allowing me to have the cylinder flush with the deck and allowing the transfer ports to align properly, any input would be appreciated
But , if you've got a garage, with a vice, a drill, a bandsaw - heck, just a hacksaw, and some files, it's not hard to make your own with some aluminium sheet / plate.
PS : one of the things I liked about some of the earlier Pro Links was the nylon upper chain guide / plate, so when I made my PDS set up for my 500, I set it up for that. I just got sick and tired of the airbox shock guard getting chewed up by the chain (on so many of my bikes) on 'transport' sections, when the chain would set up a resonance at various revs, and under little load.
By the way - did you see last years Hawkstone Park International, where the Only Honda in the 'Open Class' (must have been that sort of thing to allow a 500 against 450s) was a privateer, Barry Turnbull, on an '87 CR500?
Pictures of reactions by the MXGP Husky Team Mechanics - well, many of those there - at him pushing it past in the waiting zone, were quite the chuckle. Here's a couple:
Greg
How do you like riding open bikes? I know that you are comfortable on 250 and 125. I never really could ride 500s. I don't even like starting them
Thanks, AV mechanic, try to do builds on a working mans budget, keeping in mind these builds will be raced
I find it hard to believe that you find any challenge to makes one of your bikes into a trick functional race machine too much work.
Pit Row
If that's the original seat, that's amazing.
Thanks for sharing, droooool
The hot ticket in Europe for races that weren’t the full 40 minutes was to fit the stock US 500 tank.
I've done this before, I attached a link, this was a 79 RM250 I put a 125 tank on. We use to also put 125 tanks on the 84/85 RM250's this was a factory deal all Suzuki race team bikes we're setup with 125 tanks, 125 radiators lowered about two inches and special race pipe to clear the radiators. I have a photo of mine somewhere, was actually the #2 bike Barnett raced back in the day
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