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Welcome.

Great action shots, you definitely have some photography skills!

Hey ya Tim,welcome to the forum.
Old mate britincali will no doubt be disgusted by another Aussie joining up. Mores the merrier. :D
Hows the weather up that way?

Cheers lads,

Weather up here is pefect, if you like drinking beer. Hot, humid but a shitload of area/land to ride on so I can't ...

Goddamn - wish I was down your way Bear so I could bring some beer over, oggle at your fab work and learn off you!

Sounds fantastic and the welding looks spot on so far! Keep it up, and don't be afraid to keep us up to date

Haha too true mate.

Been lurking a fair bit

I'm hanging up in Darwin, look me up if you're around this way!

Also on the completely fucking remote chance someone wants to swap a 00 cr500r for a cr500e with cash adjustment let me know ;)

All the boys suddenly decided they were getting rego bike to ride to trails and I'm the only gimp left ...

Howdy guys,

Figured I should stop being a rude bastard and introduce myself properly.

Tim fron Darwin, NT, Aus.

Got myself a 2000 CR500, as well as an xr250l, klx110, triumph speed triple and a few other odds and ends ;)

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I've got mine on the Trading Post for a ridiculous price with my old mis-matched plastics in the hopes I don't have to sell it and I can tell the wife it won't sell so I need to do an AFC ;)

Although mine also comes kitted out for SM racing as well as the dirt gear.

Most annoying thing was 3 ...

Thanks M.F.D.B. that's really useful stuff!

Cheers,

Tim

Thanks for the suggestion Brit. I'll check those seals/gaskets out.

I took it out for a good ride today. I had the float set VERY wrong because I'm a knob, but once I got that sorted things weren't too bad.

The pilot is a 55, but I'm going to put in a 50, and change the main from a 180 to 175 (got ...

Thanks all. Got it started this morning.

Looks like the engine was well and truly flooded. Cleaned the spark plug again, and she fired just try.

Still running like crap, looks like it's running massively rich and clogged the plug up after a few minutes.

I'll redo the carby and play with the A/F ...

Thanks for the suggestions CR500R7.

New plug
Got a nice fat spark
Fuel turned on
Wires plugged and checked.

I've got a massive run in the morning so going to bed, but I think you're right it's something simple, I'm just too excited and tired to think straight.

Cheers,

Tim

So I feel like an idiot, my 00 cr500 arrived today (shipped from interstate).

I flushed the radiator and put new coolant in, cleaned the carby, checked the airfilter and checked the jets, put some fresh fuel in and I can't start the fucker.

I'm a big guy with a strong kick, have tried the lean it ...

Hi CR500R7,

I've just purchased a 00 model, having it shipped to Darwin shortly. I might well need to buy some items off you, depending on the condition of the bike.