Motard

matt_NC · Post by **matt_NC** » July 14th, 2010, 5:11 pm

I'm building a CR500AF motard.

I've been doing homework and collecting parts for almost a year now.

I've been getting a bunch of work done lately.

Frame cut and fabbed ala AlisoBob

Welded

Rolling chassis!!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » July 14th, 2010, 5:15 pm

bitchin

sabreguy · Post by **sabreguy** » July 14th, 2010, 5:57 pm

Roostius_Maximus wrote:bitchin

X2

gregrobo · Post by **gregrobo** » July 14th, 2010, 6:01 pm

love the mirror for effect

asteroid500 · Post by **asteroid500** » July 15th, 2010, 6:06 am

Suprisingly very few motards give up there time & build info...pity,
should open a tread dedicated to the class.
Looks tuff mate.

torque monster · Post by **torque monster** » July 15th, 2010, 7:16 am

Did one last year, not much to it IMO. Slap some wheels on there and sliders/catch can and go ride. Just a few $$, nothing tricky about it.

If you really want to do it right send the suspension off for revalve, get some different triple clamps, get the big rotor w/ adapter, and get GSS to breath on the motor as even with tall gearing they fine on kart tracks(on and off the throttle) but a big track(lots of wide open throttle) and you'd be buzzing(vibration) like mad.

matt_NC · Post by **matt_NC** » September 2nd, 2010, 6:18 pm

Ok, so I've been crazy busy.

I made some progress:

Last I posted, it was mocked up in my apartment. I rolled it down the stairs and brought to my buddy's bike shop. I had a whole day to work on it.

I got the motor in. Cleaned, greased and torqued where necessary.

Got the brakes all set up front and rear. I was really impressed with the caliper relocation bracket. What an quality piece of machining!

Mocked up the exhaust. Did as many other odds and ends as I could. Now I really have a rolling bike.

It's starting to look pretty mean. I still have a ton of small things to fabricate. Radiators/cooling system, airbox, ignition/charging system, headstay, gastank, exhaust mounts, whatever else I'm forgetting.

I worked on it once since these pics where taken, got the aftermarket lighting coil installed and the stator/flywheel on.

I ordered a bunch of stuff from Parts Unlimited today

Hopefully I'll be posting more progress soon!!

Thank for all the interest.

Post by **AlisoBob** » September 2nd, 2010, 10:23 pm

Love it!!!

matt_NC · Post by **matt_NC** » September 25th, 2010, 4:56 pm

So last Saturday I worked on my bike all day. It was one of those days where you get a ton of stuff done but none of it shows. I did manage to get all the metal fab done so I could drop it of at my buddy's welding shop.

Today I picked it up.

I went with a CRF450 outlet elbow:

The radiators are from eBay. Chiggity China. They are double row (much larger volume than stock) so they needed to be modifed to clear the pipe. Also the outlet needed to be moved.

Clears nicely:

Mounted the coil to the frame and the CDI to the headtube:

The exhaust is mounted solid too:

So I brought it back to the bikeshop and I spent a few hours on it today.

I torqued the head down and got all the electrics sorted. Lengthened a few wires and mounted everything nicey nice.

I still need to run the cooling lines and get some water into those fortune cookie radiators.

I cleaned the carb out and hooked it to a test tank.

It started right up and idled perfectly. :bannana::bannana::bannana:

I was so pumped!!!! I shut it down before it got hot, but those thirty seconds or so were awesome!! It sounds so tight.

Hopefully I'll get over there to work on it again soon. I should be test riding it ASAP:D

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · September 25th, 2010, 5:23 pm

lewisclan · Post by **lewisclan** » September 25th, 2010, 8:04 pm

Jeff4510 · Post by **Jeff4510** » September 29th, 2010, 12:46 pm

So you didn't have to mod the left side rad at all?

matt_NC · Post by **matt_NC** » September 29th, 2010, 3:01 pm

Thanks for the edit, Jeff

So far the left side seems to need no modification.

I'm heading out of town for the weekend, when I get back I can measure the Chinky radiators to compare them to stock.

By the naked eye they are larger in every dimension.

Post by **AlisoBob** » September 29th, 2010, 4:58 pm

Welding looks very nice.

matt_NC · Post by **matt_NC** » October 14th, 2010, 4:28 pm

AlisoBob wrote:Welding looks very nice.

Thank you.

My buddy Pete takes great pride in his tig welding.

matt_NC · Post by **matt_NC** » October 14th, 2010, 4:57 pm

Well I finally got the radiators hooked up and flowing

I didn't like the way my exhaust was sitting so I relocated the mount on the back of the pipe and rehung it. The outlet is about 2" lower now, kinda like a Service Honda pipe. I've taken that sucker on and off at least a hundred times in the past few weeks. It was nice to mount it "for good!"

CDI mount:

I made a template for the airbox adapter plate. I'm going to make the plate from aluminum for bling factor.

With the help of two friends, we heated and popped in the bottom of the tank. I threw the seat on too:

It starts right up and runs great!! I took it for a quick ride down the driveway. It has a huuuuge flat spot off the bottom with no airboot/box, but hauls ass once it spools up!!!

I love this bike!!!!

I need to get the airbox all done then I can put the plastics on and start the electrical system.

Thanks to everyone on this board for posting all their experiences and thoughts.

It made this crazy ass Motard possible!!

matt_NC · Post by **matt_NC** » October 16th, 2010, 5:46 pm

So I got the airbox plate done:

Mounted up on the bike with a freshly oiled UNI

Got my silencer mounted up:

I spent a good half hour ripping around in an huge industrial park down the street. What a fun ride this thing is!!

I just need to get the electrical done now and I'll be legal. I ordered another load of goodies from parts unlimited so hopefully next weekend I'll be putting a dent in that.

Got my plastics on too. I ordered an all black seat cover, black fork guards and the headlight I ordered is black too. It should look pretty sweet.

dubious01 · Post by **dubious01** » October 16th, 2010, 7:39 pm

matt_NC · Post by **matt_NC** » November 20th, 2010, 2:53 pm

I took a couple of pics today before I worked on it.

I got the electrical all done today.
It works really well.

I've ripping around town on this thing and it is awesome!!!!!

Smokes my buddy's Husky 510.

I'm really happy with how it looks.

DesertCR · Post by **DesertCR** » November 20th, 2010, 5:32 pm

Bitchen! What state do you live in? Thats nearly impossible to register in CA.

Post by **AlisoBob** » November 20th, 2010, 5:52 pm

matt_NC · Post by **matt_NC** » November 20th, 2010, 7:27 pm

DesertCR wrote:Bitchen! What state do you live in? Thats nearly impossible to register in CA.

I'm in North Carolina.
I built it with a frame that had a streetable title from another state.

qkenuf4u · Post by **qkenuf4u** » November 26th, 2010, 9:03 pm

looks sweet... makes me wanna go buy brits gen 1 frame and get it on the road like my steelie is now...

only thing i would change is the headlight.. move it up to it actually looks like a bikini fairing.... but whatever floats your boat..

kdizzle · Post by **kdizzle** » November 27th, 2010, 8:33 am

props dude, bet that thing is a hoot. I would be arrested in minutes for 5th gear power wheelies down main street.

Post by **AlisoBob** » November 27th, 2010, 8:37 am

kdizzle wrote:props dude, bet that thing is a hoot. I would be arrested in minutes for 5th gear power wheelies down main street.

Can you start out in 5th?

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