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Hey guys, can anyone enlighten me on the correct pulse trigger air gap for the stock CR 500 ignition. I have heard opinions vary from .003" to .030" . . . I have '90, '93, and '96 engines.
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Can anyone help with a full set of gearbox components, or a bottom end, or even a complete motor. I seem to have lost all the hardening off my gearcogs, and they are as rare as rocking-horse shit in Australia. I'd prefer the 93+ with the higher ratio 4th and 5th, but frankly, will take whatever I ...

Any update on this ? . . . . . . . I know a couple of people in Australia who might be interested.

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That made me laugh Matt, I admit. I ride with a guy here who is the polar opposite. He considers smoke to be one of the major food groups, and so he's pretty much cross-eyed most of the time . . . . but he rips on his old steel framed KX500. However, I rode with him one day when he couldn't get any ...

I haven't been on Banned for a while (but still riding and loving my Gen4 500AF), and I was blown away to see 'Rhino's AF rides' as a topic heading . . . . weren't you always the dude telling us AFers that we were "wasting our time, can't improve on a steelie, rode one once but ya coudn't even give ...

Yep, I recommend you ditch the Sudco 'recommended' jetting before you even try to run the bike ! It will come with a 60 pilot and 160 main. It blubs like a bitch off the bottom, and will seize as soon as you pass half revs under load, it's EVIL lean !
170 main (172 in soft dune sand)
55 pilot (can ...

Yep, I'd be interested as well, assuming price remains around the stated figure, and it's not an adapted Kato system. I actually started fabricating an ES system based on the 510TE Husqvarna model, (starter acting on the clutch drive gear, not ignition side) figuring that this gave strength and ...

The simplest solution I have found is the Ricky Stator 25W charge coil, running through a regulator/rectifier, and charging a battery. All feeds are then taken from the battery . . . . . My AF is based on a CRF450X, so I have used the standard size battery (5AH, I think) and the stock CRF/X lights ...

Thanks man, that's awesome. PM sent.

Hey fellas, I need a little help . . . . I wanna buy something on fleabay, and the seller, who's in Bunkerville Nevada won't post internationally. Is anyone willing to post it on to Australia for me if I buy it, and have it sent to your address in the USA ? If you have any concerns about what you ...

Gold . . . . I'm SO glad this didn't just die. It deserves better. Thanks Adam. and thanks Bob. Hoons need this place !

JB wrote: Done exactly what you said and it runs like a dream, thanks for your help. Have not fouled a plug since, and revs out nice too. Running 15/45 gearing and can pull 7000rpms doing 145kph which is not bad for a stock motor.

Good news, glad it worked for you too.

In regards to the Gen 4 tanks,
Has anybody tried removing the petcock assembly from the middle of the tank (above the sparkplug) and plastic welding the holes over, and moving it to the left hand side of the tank like on most other tanks?

would this method prove a winner for saving the trouble of ...

Update. She Didn't Seize ! Its as rich and doughy as hell, and blows black smoke out the tailpipe, but it didn't seize. It's a bit lean feeling on WFO, and plug-fouling rich everywhere else, but its now gone over 100Km without replacing the damn piston ! Hoo-bloody-ray !

Cheers 2stF. We ran it on a chassis dyno earlier this week, to check what was going on. Nothing conclusive to be learned tho. It read a little lean off the bottom, ( but Lamda's are notoriously inaccurate in 2 strokes at low revs,) so we richened up to a 55 pilot. Still a little lean, but better, so ...

Not sure of the ratio, i've not actually done the maths, but compression pressure is 175 psi, cold engine, wide open throttle, which seems about right . . . (again, very similar to my own bike at 165 psi) All leaks were totally eliminated, and I even undertook a VERY dangerous test, to ensure this ...

Just sticking a toe in the water here, see if anyone has heard of problems boring the CR over the 1.0 oversize Honda recommend. My mates AF has a 96 engine, bored to 90.5 (1.5 oversize). The f@#king thing detonates and seizes constantly (so far, 4 times, but saved the bore with a light hone each ...

Don't suppose you're in Australia, by any chance ? ? ?

There is a thread on Thumpertalk by motojase, he purchased a "complete bike" from MPS and it turned into a nightmare, including having to redo most of the motor mounts just to get the motor to bolt into the frame.

I suspect that the subject of that thread now belongs to a friend of mine here in ...

a parts list of what you done with some photos i am a believer mate so a bit of a build thread I am also looking into if the crfx style of starter will work on the back of the clutch drive

Yep, that was what I had in mind too Greg, but I have a Husqvarna 510 starter motor and starter clutch I was ...

Sorry man, missed this post. . . . Yes I replaced one, but no, it wasn't displaying the same symptoms as yours. Yours is clearly an issue with the assembled length of the push rod. Mine worked perfectly, but as I was rebuilding it anyway, and the item was showing some wear, I just replaced it as a ...

I'm with Gregrobo on this . . . . I love the idea of an ES CR500AF, and was going to do something with it myself, but got sidetracked with fuel-injection . . . As much as I love my AF, and have no problem starting it under ideal conditions. there are SO many occasions I have wished for the electric ...

They're $153 in from a dealer in Australia. . . . $40 is a bloody bargain !

Yep, I still have one of those P.O.S Service Honda units sitting in a box here. Turned my 2-kicks-from-cold CR500 into a 25-kicks-from-hot-or-cold CR500. When the bike finally sparked up, it ran pretty good, but I didn't like the heavy flywheel all that much. Took all the snap out of the power ...

Ricky Stator 25 Watt charge coil. (Actually measures nearly 30 W output at high revs ! ) With the battery fully charged, and the stock Honda headlight on full bore, it takes over 6 hours solid riding for the demand to flatten the battery, and the light starts to dim a bit (keeps on working though ...