Another Big Bore Guy
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Another Big Bore Guy
Well my wife says I'm a big bore!
Been riding for a little over 4 years after a 25 year layoff. Rode as a kid and loved it and figured I'd get back in again.
The bikes obviously are SSOOooo much better now. I started back up with a 250 KTM and went riding with a few chums with CR500s and knew right then and there I'd have one. I think it was the sound of it that hooked me. Nothing sounds better then a CR500!!
I finally rode one and found I wasn't the least bet scared of all that power in fact to me it was easier to ride then my 250.
I found a cherry 2003 Service Honda two years ago and had a devil of a time setting it up. So much so I was going to sell it and buy a new one. I finally came to terms (suspension and stalling) with it and even more so once I put in a Rekluse. I can't imagine being on anything else now.
I've been riding a local Hare Scramble/Qualifier series and have had some success using the 500 in the 40+A class. So those that say it has too much power to be raced competitively or even trail ridden really have know idea. There is NO other bike I'd rather be on.
The 500 isn't without some weakness (if that word can be used in the same sentence as a 500), it has a tall first gear which is cured with a Rekluse, and it will overheat quicker than some other bikes. I'm working on that issue as we speak.
Anyway glad there is one more site dedicated to the greatest bike ever produced.
Been riding for a little over 4 years after a 25 year layoff. Rode as a kid and loved it and figured I'd get back in again.
The bikes obviously are SSOOooo much better now. I started back up with a 250 KTM and went riding with a few chums with CR500s and knew right then and there I'd have one. I think it was the sound of it that hooked me. Nothing sounds better then a CR500!!
I finally rode one and found I wasn't the least bet scared of all that power in fact to me it was easier to ride then my 250.
I found a cherry 2003 Service Honda two years ago and had a devil of a time setting it up. So much so I was going to sell it and buy a new one. I finally came to terms (suspension and stalling) with it and even more so once I put in a Rekluse. I can't imagine being on anything else now.
I've been riding a local Hare Scramble/Qualifier series and have had some success using the 500 in the 40+A class. So those that say it has too much power to be raced competitively or even trail ridden really have know idea. There is NO other bike I'd rather be on.
The 500 isn't without some weakness (if that word can be used in the same sentence as a 500), it has a tall first gear which is cured with a Rekluse, and it will overheat quicker than some other bikes. I'm working on that issue as we speak.
Anyway glad there is one more site dedicated to the greatest bike ever produced.
Last edited by Twist&SHOUT on December 28th, 2007, 2:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- Steiner 311
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I can picture you sitting in a big chair with a clipboard asking these questions, oh yea, and glasses holding on to the tip of your nose! LOL...AlisoBob wrote:I've ridden with Bob, he's a great guy, and the real deal.
Tell us what you done on the overheating front, and what issues you have left...
Welcome to the board man!
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- britincali
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Kind works thanks and right back atchya!!AlisoBob wrote:I've ridden with Bob, he's a great guy, and the real deal.
Tell us what you done on the overheating front, and what issues you have left...
I fabbed up my own rad guards thinking the Devols I was using was blocking air flow.
My guards worked great for air flow but didn't guard very well I'm back to the Devols and I'm checking into the Moose guards since you can use the stock louvers which I'm of the opinion that they channel the air in better then anything else...at least for now I think that.
Also still thinking about a fan or trying the Evans coolant.
The best way not to overheat is just keep moving so it's incentive for me to be as fast as I can!!!
- iggys-amsoil
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Truth be known its was just the typical stuff that most 500 riders have gone through. Glad the learning curve is over aren't ya.
Welcome man.
Welcome man.
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62 pilot, EGH needle, 172 main
03 Gen III CR250 frame
2013 Dodger Charger 5.7 Hemi
http://www.prisonplanet.com
Your Amsoil Customer # 350882
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