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Brought home another CR500
Posted: March 19th, 2011, 4:55 pm
by Widow Maker
And did I mention it's titled? I will be turning this one into my plated woods bike.
Pretty clean, low hour 1990. Every bearing and seal in the bike has been replaced, the engine is fresh (bottom end and all) and the suspension has been rebuilt, front and rear. All that's left to do is cosmetics. I don't plan on going too crazy with cosmetics, though, as I don't want to end up with another total restoration where the bike is too nice to ride (like my '86). This one is going to get ridden.
Here she is loaded up. More pics hopefully tomorrow.
Posted: March 19th, 2011, 5:28 pm
by sugarshane
I love the Flash Red bikes! Too bad it is so damn hard to find that color plastic in good condition..... I have all Flash Red on my 2000 and I am always nervous I am going to fuck up the plastic and have to hunt forever to find replacements.
Posted: March 19th, 2011, 5:55 pm
by Widow Maker
The rear fender on this bike is from UFO, and the color is pretty much a dead on match. I have Maier plastics on my '86 and the color is also very, very close to the factory color. Isn't actually cheap buying a whole plastic kit, though!
Posted: March 20th, 2011, 10:02 am
by Widow Maker
Posted: March 21st, 2011, 11:59 am
by blownbillybob
sugarshane wrote:
I love the Flash Red bikes! Too bad it is so damn hard to find that color plastic in good condition..... I have all Flash Red on my 2000 and I am always nervous I am going to fuck up the plastic and have to hunt forever to find replacements.
UFO all day long just have to get the wright year and model sometimes cr 250 works for rear fender
Posted: March 21st, 2011, 12:26 pm
by Rhino89523
I know what I would do to that bike......put gas in it and ride the piss out of it! That bike is nice man. I have a steely GPR setup I would let go pretty cheap.
Posted: March 21st, 2011, 7:37 pm
by Rue
Rhino89523 wrote:I know what I would do to that bike......put gas in it and ride the piss out of it! That bike is nice man. I have a steely GPR setup I would let go pretty cheap.
Matt,
PM sent. Let me know bro.
Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 3:28 pm
by 85500r
That was a good buy, great looking bike!
Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 4:56 pm
by Widow Maker
Thanks. Ordered a skidplate, frame guards and new air filter. Should have them next week. Got a new rear tire for it today. Going to freshen up the paint on the frame as soon as it warms up some and have some fun!
Posted: May 5th, 2011, 6:09 pm
by Widow Maker
Got the dual sport kit installed on the bike...
Posted: May 5th, 2011, 11:57 pm
by 100hp honda
should be prison time for degrading a bike like that
. to each their own eh
Posted: May 6th, 2011, 4:32 am
by Widow Maker
The prison sentence is much worse for using a bike other than a CR500 for dual sport use than it is for putting lights on one.
I have two street legal CR500s. I can't be that bad of a guy.
Pretty clean, low hour 1990. Every bearing and seal in the bike has been replaced, the engine is fresh (bottom end and all) and the suspension has been rebuilt, front and rear. All that's left to do is cosmetics. I don't plan on going too crazy with cosmetics, though, as I don't want to end up with another total restoration where the bike is too nice to ride (like my '86). This one is going to get ridden.
