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I picked up one of these for my WR400F and the fit / alignment was a bit hokey to say the least....

its crap.....even though i got a new one for free

yeah, i put up a post a while ago.
most people that owned them bagged them for

dodgey allignment
dodgey bolt holes
bend too easily

i really wanted one but after all the negative feedback, i decided not to bother. NOT OEM QUALITY.

If at least it could fit CR 250 Alu rear fenders,etc...

Didn't hear about this, but it's a good idea,well made of course

I had one on my 99 CR500.....the fit was a little off, but it worked until I found a nice used OEM one on Ebay...

well why get a oem if it fit and worked right? and was it much lighter?

I can't get the images to copy over here despite all the tricks I have tried (It worked fine when I posted them to cr500riders.com)

But check these pictures out of the newer CRF rear on a steelie:

LINK: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/i ... ry=&fr=sfp

Well that is different for sure.

IMO I think the crf rear end looks stupid on the steelie, it makes the tank look bigger and uglier than it already is... theres a guy by the name of Davey Johnston that converts the steel frame bikes so that they use a gen-1 250 rear # plates and fender and 450 tank and shrouds, I cant find an exact picture of the 500 but heres one of the open bikes he's made that uses the plastic im talking about...

not a great pic but this is what I was talking about

I have this pics in my PC

that's a fine tune for the steelie CR500 IMO

WHY!

Just buy a CRF450 and convert it to a 500.

Can't be bothered

CR500R7 wrote: WHY!

Just buy a CRF450 and convert it to a 500.

personally I hate the feel of the honda AF the frame feels wide to me and I personally like the steel frame better, I wouldnt take the time to fab up my frame to accept newer plastic becuase Im fine witht he stock ones, its just some peoples personal preference to "looks"

i've seen and posted about the johnston bikes before, the guy can build awesome shit, but dont seem to hold the wick on the hill

Roostius_Maximus wrote:i've seen and posted about the johnston bikes before, the guy can build awesome shit, but dont seem to hold the wick on the hill

yea he may not be the fastest but alot of people that ride the bike he builds can, they are real nimble because he doesnt make the frames super wide

caseyracing222 wrote:
personally I hate the feel of the honda AF the frame feels wide to me and I personally like the steel frame better,

No fukin way in the world an AF feels wider than a steelie.

britincali wrote:

caseyracing222 wrote:
personally I hate the feel of the honda AF the frame feels wide to me and I personally like the steel frame better,

No fukin way in the world an AF feels wider than a steelie.

call me weird but the frame spars on the AF just feel massive between my legs, Ive ridden a gen-1, gen-2 and gen-3 and they all feel awkward, the gen-3 felt the best

caseyracing222 wrote:

britincali wrote:

caseyracing222 wrote:
personally I hate the feel of the honda AF the frame feels wide to me and I personally like the steel frame better,

No fukin way in the world an AF feels wider than a steelie.

call me weird but the frame spars on the AF just feel massive between my legs, Ive ridden a gen-1, gen-2 and gen-3 and they all feel awkward, the gen-3 felt the best

I know what you are saying, some bikes just feel weird to you when you ride them for some reason.

i like the look of the 01' 250 back half on the modded steely. i wonder how much work that would really take ?

This is more than just a cool subframe. I think these were 17-18 lbs lighter than the production cr 250's. Anyone have any info on them ?

Talking about steelies sub-frames....

I posted time ago a pic of this bike,it had a carbono sub-frame