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AlisoBob wrote:Why would you want to? Honda "Zig-Zags" them for a reason....

Honda didn't zig-zag it on my 87' CR500 (for a reason) which is why I asked. Like I said in the previous post, I don't know how the headstay is shaped on a later CR500.

Their shaped like this...

Curious mins want to know...............

Why does Honda zig-zag the HS brackets ?

To make them stiffer.

They didnt go from straight to zig-zag just to be difficult...

No doubt, the ones in the pic look really beefy.

Hey Bob, any clue when Honda started zig-zagging the headstay on the CR500?

1989?

New downtubes fitted to "Y"



Engine paint almost complete. It's all the same color, I just obviously suck at taking pictures.

I own two CR500's, the 96 which I converted and a 94 steelie, and the stock stays look nothing like the ones Bob pictured. Honda didn't zig-zag either of mine for a reason. In fact, they didn't zig-zag them at all. Both of mine came with perfectly straight, flat roughly 2-3 inch triangles with little rubber thingys built in to cover the bolt/nut near the head to cushion the tank. Just sayin'. And that red engine kicks ass, 87.

sweet . is that red supposed to be like the newer bikes or the older ones ?

100hp honda wrote:sweet . is that red supposed to be like the newer bikes or the older ones ?

Neither really. I picked a shade of red I liked and went with it. The color you see in the pics isn't really what you see when in person. I'm not skilled enough with a camera to know how to fix it.

Did you place the engine in the oven and bake it for a while? Red engine certainly is different. Hasn't been around since what late 70's/early 80's?

Curious - what kind of truck do you have the Y leaning up against? Lights look like a Datsun to me.

hoofarted wrote:Did you place the engine in the oven and bake it for a while? Red engine certainly is different. Hasn't been around since what late 70's/early 80's?

Curious - what kind of truck do you have the Y leaning up against? Lights look like a Datsun to me.

No oven, just primed, painted and set to the side while it cures. That's the tail end of my 14' Isuzu NPR.

ridin4fun wrote:I own two CR500's, the 96 which I converted and a 94 steelie, and the stock stays look nothing like the ones Bob pictured. Honda didn't zig-zag either of mine for a reason. In fact, they didn't zig-zag them at all. Both of mine came with perfectly straight, flat roughly 2-3 inch triangles with little rubber thingys built in to cover the bolt/nut near the head to cushion the tank. Just sayin'. And that red engine kicks ass, 87.

94' was the latest year I helped work on and I thought I remembered the headstay being straight on it but it's been years. I looked up the part numbers for the 94', 96' and 01'. Same headstay, straight. Thanks for the info and the compliment!

I edited my post to read '97 CR250, I think I hit the back button or something.

All the Steelies have the little triangle plates as noted.

Their very short, and stiff.

When the A/F frames came about, the stays became much longer, and needed the Zig-Zag to retain their stiffness.