ou812 wrote:So now with all due respect please tell me what parts I can't get for a 98 that you will get for a 01? please answer this because You apprear to know more on this subject then me.
I don't know jackshit about 500's... that's why the hell I'm on these boards. I didn't know the difference in years when I was looking for one. All I know is that I wanted a late model 500 (originally for a dune bike) that had low hours and was in top condition. I looked at so many clapped out 500's it wasn't even funny. I finally found an '01 that had about 10 hours on it. I paid a pretty penny for it too, but it was exactly what I wanted at the time and I had the money so I didn't give a shit about the price.
ou812 wrote:So if I understand your position correct. You would see no problem with any person logging in as Bob Hannah or Eddie Lawson, regarless of if he really is? is that correct?
Kaptain Kneivel/Kaptain Kangaroo who gives a shit. If he'd of come on saying he was Robbie or Evel Kneivel, then by all means turn the dogs loose, but in this case he was using a moniker. That's how I knew the post was legit, plus by he way he worded his request.
ou812 wrote:The fact is a 01 is still a bike made at least 7 years ago. Unless it is a crate bike . IT is OLD. I see many 01 in the wreckers and the fact is he is looking for used bikes. I.ve seen mint 97's and 98's that most would kill for ,they are clean and low time. Dude Honda built these things as "Race bikes" they were designed around the idea that one would race it for a year them buy a new one next year. Look in your service manual notice the recomended hours of use for a piston. It ain't a trail bike!. Just because most of us use them in a differant way does not change what the bike is.
It may be old, but my bike was as close to new as any used bike I've ever bought. It almost was out of the crate.
Me thinks you need to ride with AP if you don't think the 500 is a trail bike. I've just about got mine fine tuned to where it has the reliabilty of a big bore, and the grunt and smoothness of my XR650. A once a year ring job, or 2 years between bores sounds pretty appealing to me.
And yes... there are some mighty fine '97's and '98's out there that have hardly been touched. Finding them is another story though.