My 1990 CR 500

Slugboy · Post by **Slugboy** » February 14th, 2010, 9:02 am

I just finished it. Thanks to JB weld. Good stuff.

Joshwfl · Post by **Joshwfl** » February 14th, 2010, 10:47 am

Sweet looking ride!!
Here ya go:

Slugboy · Post by **Slugboy** » February 14th, 2010, 7:26 pm

Thank you sooooo much. I'm ashamed to admit how much time I spent tryin' to correct that. Luckily Im better at building bikes.

CR500R7 · Post by **CR500R7** » February 14th, 2010, 8:51 pm

Slugboy wrote: I'm ashamed to admit how much time I spent tryin' to correct that.

Don't sweat it, I don't even know how to do that.

Really nice ride though.

kball1313 · Post by **kball1313** » February 20th, 2010, 12:57 am

Cool bike. 89 and 90 are my favorites. 87 is up there too.

Slugboy · Post by **Slugboy** » March 14th, 2010, 8:50 pm

I got the suspension back from Precision Concepts a couple days ago and rode it today...

FARKIN' A!!!

Just like I remember 'em, and nothing gets out of the Arizona Level Nine Pea Gravel like a Five-O. I love it. It will flat smoke my 450X in a sand wash, and when I let off, it doesn't dive.

Oh yea... 1990 was back when a dirtbike came with a seat. It was so comfy, I thought about kickin' off the Gearne's and reaching for the remote.

I'm half tempted to race it.

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » March 16th, 2010, 10:35 pm

brit swears by jb weld. used it for 3 years in the waterpump

thestuz · Post by **thestuz** » March 18th, 2010, 2:36 am

thats a fkn awesome build man. looks similar to mine too

mine was a 01 but i went with the 90 plastics. love em.
did you paint your tank and shrouds or are they just new?

asteroid500 · Post by **asteroid500** » March 18th, 2010, 5:29 am

You dont pull them sorta bikes down to make AF's.....top shelf work in that 1

thestuz · Post by **thestuz** » March 27th, 2010, 1:51 pm

just noticed, wtf is that no plate on the back wheel all about?

Rosco-Peeko · Post by **Rosco-Peeko** » March 27th, 2010, 4:03 pm

Sweet ride! Did you powder coat the cases?

Slugboy · Post by **Slugboy** » March 30th, 2010, 8:56 pm

Here in Arizona we must display a license plate on the rear of our bike if it is ridden on public land. I will not drill holes in the fender on any of my vintage bikes, so I mount them to the spokes.

I painted the cases.

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » April 6th, 2010, 8:51 am

What brand is that skid plate? I'm looking to get one that protects the cases.

Slugboy · Post by **Slugboy** » April 6th, 2010, 8:23 pm

I think it was a Ricochet from Utah Sportcycle, but It's been a while.

Slugboy2 · Post by **Slugboy2** » March 3rd, 2013, 5:41 pm

RACED IT!!! Had a blast racing the old five-o at Glen Helen this weekend. District 37 Big Six GP, "Revo" class. I battled two CR480's for as long as I could, then they walked me. Major fun though!
I paid the price an hour later (jello arms) in my regular moto, but what a great challenge. I'll certainly do it again.

Post by **AlisoBob** » March 3rd, 2013, 7:49 pm

Nice !!!!!!

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » March 4th, 2013, 4:19 am

From what I've seen, Glen Helen is the place to race.
I look forward to the REM reports on MXA.
A vid of you and 2 480's would have been so sweet.

Slugboy2 · Post by **Slugboy2** » April 6th, 2013, 9:08 pm

Things got a little hairy at 29 palms!!! (hairy palm joke)
Talk about a place to let the big dog eat! The big lung breathe! A place to send your competition some 500cc ballistic igneous mail!!! FuckinA that was a bitchen day! No 480's walked me today. Nope. No way. I saw some real nice 86-87's at the start, but I had to wave bye bye in the second turn. Nothin'.... and I mean NOTHING gets up and outa the sand like a pinned 500 NOTHING!!!! Ya can't slap this smile off my face with a two by four!!! BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

After the Revo race I told the ol' lady there was no way my 450X would ever go that fast in this sand. I was threatening to ride the 500 in my regular moto. Then I came to my senses. What a great day.

lewisclan · Post by **lewisclan** » April 7th, 2013, 1:22 pm

Do you live around 29?

Slugboy2 · Post by **Slugboy2** » April 7th, 2013, 9:16 pm

No sir. Three hours north/east. AZ side.

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My 1990 CR 500

My 1990 CR 500