Posted: September 26th, 2008, 7:22 am
Nice one 

Addressing the survival of the legendary CR500!
https://www.bannedcr500riders.com/
dannygraves wrote:ya, I'm all out. I promised shanman we wouldn;t do another run. besides it took way too long to sell off all the kits.
I know, he called me asking about the headstay (which he lost), then asked about starting the 125 and asked if I could do it in 2 daysM.F.D.B. wrote:marshall put the motor in his AF today...
wait, I just read this, you expect the gen-1 kit to work on a 125!?!?Redness wrote:Can anyone tell me how I can get my hands on a Gen 1 set up like shown in this thread. I'm new to the site. Have a 1999 cr125 rolling chass and want to do a conversion on it.
More then willing tohelp the cause as these bikes are monsters, have always wanted one and now I have the chance. Help me out here boys.
The work you guys put in here in the brackets and hanger is outstanding. C;leanliness is next to godliness.
Help me create this monster gentlemen!
Cheers
Jets are cool bro.. I just get a little passionate about projects is all. No worries the info is much appreciated. Being new to a forum sucks because knowbody knows your sarcasim through words yet. Give it time. Looking forward to this one big time. Thanks againdannygraves wrote:settle down dude. first off, it would be real easy to make some front mounts. infact Marshalls gen-4 didn't get the cnc mounts at all, but instead 1" round stock trimmed.
the coil mount isn't needed if you use a 250 coil, washers can be used for spacers, I did my water hoses with a $3 lowes 3/4" T. the headstay is the only tricky part and we have a couple left over.
But beyond all this, shanman still has kits, he is just hard to get ahold of sometimes.
there is no such thing as a gen-2,3,4 kit and we build all of those and most of us are regular guys working with basic tools.
If you have your mind set on a magical kit that takes care of everything, then making an A/F may not be for you. The frame mods are the easiest part. its modding the gas tank and exhaust and radiator and airbox and finding a place for your cables, wires and CDI thats the hard part and the kit doesn't take care of any of that.
dannygraves wrote:wait, I just read this, you expect the gen-1 kit to work on a 125!?!?Redness wrote:Can anyone tell me how I can get my hands on a Gen 1 set up like shown in this thread. I'm new to the site. Have a 1999 cr125 rolling chass and want to do a conversion on it.
More then willing tohelp the cause as these bikes are monsters, have always wanted one and now I have the chance. Help me out here boys.
The work you guys put in here in the brackets and hanger is outstanding. C;leanliness is next to godliness.
Help me create this monster gentlemen!
Cheersfirst off dude, there is a ton of info and step by step conversions here that you can see, but more importantly a gen-1 125 is about the most difficult chassis to convert. most guys buy a gen-1 250 frame and convert that. any 125 needs a whole new craddle.
the gen-1 kit is only for the 250 although you can use the parts from it for a 125, lower mounts and a whole new cradle needs to be made up!
dannygraves wrote:wait, I just read this, you expect the gen-1 kit to work on a 125!?!?Redness wrote:Can anyone tell me how I can get my hands on a Gen 1 set up like shown in this thread. I'm new to the site. Have a 1999 cr125 rolling chass and want to do a conversion on it.
More then willing tohelp the cause as these bikes are monsters, have always wanted one and now I have the chance. Help me out here boys.
The work you guys put in here in the brackets and hanger is outstanding. C;leanliness is next to godliness.
Help me create this monster gentlemen!
Cheersfirst off dude, there is a ton of info and step by step conversions here that you can see, but more importantly a gen-1 125 is about the most difficult chassis to convert. most guys buy a gen-1 250 frame and convert that. any 125 needs a whole new craddle.
the gen-1 kit is only for the 250 although you can use the parts from it for a 125, lower mounts and a whole new cradle needs to be made up!
now your talking to me baby (in Tony montana voice)dannygraves wrote:cool dude!![]()
just so you know, I think you can move all the 125 stuff over to a 250 frame. and a frame shouldn't be more than $200.
Yup thats what I'm doing,Started with a 99 125 roller picked up a 99 250 frame for $50.00 on ebay(It cost me more to ship it here then I paid for it),Now I just need my mounts welded and start working out the rest of the minor mods,From what I understand from Shanman's last post is that he still has lots of front mounts,not sure about the rest of the parts though,I just picked up the mounts,Headstay & swingarm spacers,I figure I should be able to work out the coil mount and coolant lines myselfdannygraves wrote:cool dude!![]()
just so you know, I think you can move all the 125 stuff over to a 250 frame. and a frame shouldn't be more than $200.
The coil bracket shouldn't be an issue more worried about proper placement of motor mounts for alignment purposes. I'm sure the head stay could be made of tigh tencil steal, but in all honesty would like to build something uniform and slick, not chopped like ab utcxher block. Not how I work. Clean lines, tons of nuts and evil sounding is what I build.[/img]kkvslayer wrote:Yup thats what I'm doing,Started with a 99 125 roller picked up a 99 250 frame for $50.00 on ebay(It cost me more to ship it here then I paid for it),Now I just need my mounts welded and start working out the rest of the minor mods,From what I understand from Shanman's last post is that he still has lots of front mounts,not sure about the rest of the parts though,I just picked up the mounts,Headstay & swingarm spacers,I figure I should be able to work out the coil mount and coolant lines myselfdannygraves wrote:cool dude!![]()
just so you know, I think you can move all the 125 stuff over to a 250 frame. and a frame shouldn't be more than $200.
Perfect!dannygraves wrote:like I said, we have a couple extra headstays, so no worries there.
Theres no alignment to take place,cut off the front mounts & smooth out downtubes,place your CR500 engine in the frame,your pivotbolt and bottom mount are already lined up,place new mounts on the front secure in place with front mount bolt and weld,its not that complicated,I forgot to add you may have to use some washers between your engine and the mounts,I need 1 on each side but I think it varys between frames,Once I cut the X brace off the tubes opened up a littleRedness wrote:The coil bracket shouldn't be an issue more worried about proper placement of motor mounts for alignment purposes. I'm sure the head stay could be made of tigh tencil steal, but in all honesty would like to build something uniform and slick, not chopped like ab utcxher block. Not how I work. Clean lines, tons of nuts and evil sounding is what I build.[/img]kkvslayer wrote:Yup thats what I'm doing,Started with a 99 125 roller picked up a 99 250 frame for $50.00 on ebay(It cost me more to ship it here then I paid for it),Now I just need my mounts welded and start working out the rest of the minor mods,From what I understand from Shanman's last post is that he still has lots of front mounts,not sure about the rest of the parts though,I just picked up the mounts,Headstay & swingarm spacers,I figure I should be able to work out the coil mount and coolant lines myselfdannygraves wrote:cool dude!![]()
just so you know, I think you can move all the 125 stuff over to a 250 frame. and a frame shouldn't be more than $200.