I want to make my street legal 04 crf450r a cr500r. Help
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I want to make my street legal 04 crf450r a cr500r. Help
The only thing cooler than a street legal crf540r is a street legal cr500af. I just want to find out what the conversion process entails. I have a ton of questions too. If you can answer any of them, or you live in the San Francisco Bay area and can help, please write me back.
1) Am I better off trying to locate just a good motor and trans with electricals, or should I be looking for an entire donor bike instead?
2) What are the differences in the 500 motors by year? What should I be looking for?
3) Does anyone sell a kit to avoid all of the fab work?
4) Is there anyone that I can have do the conversion for me? What would it cost?
5) How difficult is my particular bike to convert?
6) What generation is the 04crf?
7) I know this is a dumb one, but what kind of gas mileage do you guys get out of your bikes. I am curious about what my range will be with a 4 gallon tank.
Thanks a lot. Any help will be appreciated.
1) Am I better off trying to locate just a good motor and trans with electricals, or should I be looking for an entire donor bike instead?
2) What are the differences in the 500 motors by year? What should I be looking for?
3) Does anyone sell a kit to avoid all of the fab work?
4) Is there anyone that I can have do the conversion for me? What would it cost?
5) How difficult is my particular bike to convert?
6) What generation is the 04crf?
7) I know this is a dumb one, but what kind of gas mileage do you guys get out of your bikes. I am curious about what my range will be with a 4 gallon tank.
Thanks a lot. Any help will be appreciated.
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No, no recall notice on the plate. I paid a guy to do it. It was expensive, but it beats the fuck out of riding a drz. I have looked around the site and have gotten a much clearer idea of what the whole process entails. I think that the best thing for me to do is going to be to find a clean enough cr500 and just hire someone to it. If that someone is you then send me a message. I need a street legal 2stroke. All of these yuppie creeps around here ride these 16,000 dollar ducati hyper-motards on the street here and I cant wait to smoke one of them.
Re: I want to make my street legal 04 crf450r a cr500r. Hel
mikeinsanfran wrote: 1) Am I better off trying to locate just a good motor and trans with electricals, or should I be looking for an entire donor bike instead?
Loose motors sell for 65% of a whole bike. When buying a whole bike you can really test out the motor first, and sell what you dont need...recouping some of your $$$.. Its the only way to go. A 1994 should be about $1700 or so.
2) What are the differences in the 500 motors by year? What should I be looking for?
90' and newer have a better clutch
3) Does anyone sell a kit to avoid all of the fab work?
No, but there are many home conversions. Do you have any fab skills?
4) Is there anyone that I can have do the conversion for me? What would it cost?
Teem Trubble. Mike cant spell for shit, but builds a hell of a good bike. Blows Service honda away..
5) How difficult is my particular bike to convert?
Not hard, but it is time consuming if you want a professional looking product
6) What generation is the 04crf?
Gen 4
7) I know this is a dumb one, but what kind of gas mileage do you guys get out of your bikes. I am curious about what my range will be with a 4 gallon tank.
( 4 x 30 mpg = roughly 120 miles) This is riding it like a Johnny Law is on your 6. Riding like you stole it will lower the mileage.
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Hit me back trubble
Hey trubble, give me a ring man, 415 235 8154, my name is mike too(my mom didn't like me either). A little bird told me that you were the man to help me out on the fab work. I saw the bike that you did too, so I really don't give a shite if you can spell. Just a guy who needs a hand, and what I lack in alum fabrication skills I recoup in pizza and beer buying.
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Re: I want to make my street legal 04 crf450r a cr500r. Hel
mikeinsanfran wrote:The only thing cooler than a street legal crf540r is a street legal cr500af. I just want to find out what the conversion process entails. I have a ton of questions too. If you can answer any of them, or you live in the San Francisco Bay area and can help, please write me back.
1) Am I better off trying to locate just a good motor and trans with electricals, or should I be looking for an entire donor bike instead?
2) What are the differences in the 500 motors by year? What should I be looking for?
3) Does anyone sell a kit to avoid all of the fab work?
4) Is there anyone that I can have do the conversion for me? What would it cost?
5) How difficult is my particular bike to convert?
6) What generation is the 04crf?
7) I know this is a dumb one, but what kind of gas mileage do you guys get out of your bikes. I am curious about what my range will be with a 4 gallon tank.
Thanks a lot. Any help will be appreciated.