Pickin this up tomorrow

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » June 19th, 2011, 11:46 am

Found a 1985 CR500.
Here's a couple of picks he sent to me.
Dang, it's got a white shock spring

he he he
It's got an Ohlins shock.

I know Bob, the chain is too tight

freeride588 · Post by **freeride588** » June 19th, 2011, 12:07 pm

Looks like its pretty clean you should have tons of fun.

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » June 19th, 2011, 1:02 pm

Man, I hate getting rid of bikes.
I offered to trade my 1991 KDX250 and he's interested.

I don't ride it but I 'm having trouble letting it go.
This guy will ride it with his boy so I guess it's a good swap.

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » June 20th, 2011, 5:01 pm

Well, I got it.
I really hated the thought of letting my KDX250 go so I went to the bank and withdrew some cash.
I sat around here all day looking at it.
30 minutes before I was supposed to leave to meet the guy, I loaded it up.
I figured it was not gonna get ridden much if at all since I got the 2001 CR250.
I'm gonna go by Niguyvers house tomorrow and see about sandblasting and painting the frame.
I spent $2 at the carwash when I got home.
It looks pretty good.

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » June 20th, 2011, 7:50 pm

i would of traded that pile of kawasaki without a second thought

freeride588 · Post by **freeride588** » June 20th, 2011, 8:01 pm

Man that is even cleaner then it looked in the photos that he sent you. Nice find sir.

beekums · Post by **beekums** » June 21st, 2011, 2:20 am

Very SWEET

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » June 21st, 2011, 2:25 am

Yeah, it's a pretty solid start for a rebuild.
It needs a few things right off the bat.
Tires, fork boots, chain slider and rollers, the shifter is real loose on the shaft
This is my newest AHRMA racer.
It's got some funky bars and a funny pipe that are gonna get replaced.
As with my 1992 500, someone carved their initials in the cylinder.
Also, it DOES have an Ohlins shock.
He pulled it out of a shed and it started on the 3rd kick.
This is gonna be a fun build.

Post by **AlisoBob** » June 21st, 2011, 8:03 am

Tharrell wrote:I know Bob, the chain is too tight

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » June 21st, 2011, 8:42 am

Spoke to Niguyver and he's gonna blast it and paint it for me.
I'm gonna get it stripped down asap and take it to get the paint matched up.
Friggin heat is 95 and humidity is off the chart.
It might be a slow go for a day or two.

Just wanted to say, I perused the steelie rebuild section and SO MANY of the threads just stop abruptly.
Like people drop off the planet or something.
I'm gonna finish this one with as many pertinent pics as possible.

I think I read about every post in that section and even back in 2008 people were trying to beat Bob to the punch on chains!

That's why I posted it.

kelroy_leon · Post by **kelroy_leon** » June 22nd, 2011, 6:49 pm

looks good!

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » June 23rd, 2011, 3:12 am

I started taking it down and was hoping I could get a color match from this area of the bike but, it looks like it's faded too much.
Dogger says he has the proper color in powder so I may powdercoat it.

kelroy_leon · Post by **kelroy_leon** » June 23rd, 2011, 10:46 am

do you need any parts for your build?

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » June 23rd, 2011, 3:43 pm

Whatta ya got?

btw-TODAY, there's an 86 for sale on c'list 20 miles from the one I got.
I'm trying to talk my buddy into gettin it.
I briefly considered it myself but I already have too many projects.

kelroy_leon · Post by **kelroy_leon** » June 23rd, 2011, 5:45 pm

how much are they asking ?

redrocket190 · Post by **redrocket190** » June 23rd, 2011, 8:32 pm

Let me know if you need the Dupont recipe for the color which I believe is Flash Red.

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » June 24th, 2011, 2:54 am

He's asking $1350.
The same as mine.
I only had $700 in my KDX250 that I traded.
http://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/mcy/2457188651.html
If his posting runs out and he posts it again, I may reconsider it.
That's what I did with the one I got.

Redrocket PM sent

btw-Here's 2 sites I use to look for bikes.
Anybody that has any other ones please post them up.

http://www.jaxed.com/cgi-bin/home.cgi
http://www.bikefinds.com/

Post by **AlisoBob** » June 24th, 2011, 7:02 am

Tharrell wrote:Anybody that has any other ones please post them up.

Search Tempest rocks.....

http://www.searchtempest.com/results.ph ... maxAsk=max

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » June 24th, 2011, 8:32 am

AlisoBob wrote:
Tharrell wrote:Anybody that has any other ones please post them up.

Search Tempest rocks.....

http://www.searchtempest.com/results.ph ... maxAsk=max

Added to the list

Thanks

mr500 · Post by **mr500** » July 1st, 2011, 7:06 am

Makes me sick how cheap you can pick up a good bike in the states for.
The local bike shop here has a nice orignal/well worn'86 and they want au$4,990.

http://www.tradingpost.com.au/Automotiv ... 7?AdOnTop=

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » July 1st, 2011, 9:31 am

Sorry for ya bud.
Hey, move your ass to the states!

If the shit (politics, regulations) gets any worse here, I'm coming down there.

BannedCR500Riders.com

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