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My 1990 CR 500
Posted: February 14th, 2010, 9:02 am
by Slugboy
Posted: February 14th, 2010, 10:47 am
by Joshwfl
Sweet looking ride!!
Here ya go:
Posted: February 14th, 2010, 7:26 pm
by Slugboy
Thank you sooooo much. I'm ashamed to admit how much time I spent tryin' to correct that. Luckily Im better at building bikes.
Posted: February 14th, 2010, 8:51 pm
by CR500R7
Slugboy wrote: I'm ashamed to admit how much time I spent tryin' to correct that.
Don't sweat it, I don't even know how to do that.
Really nice ride though.
Posted: February 20th, 2010, 12:57 am
by kball1313
Cool bike. 89 and 90 are my favorites. 87 is up there too.
Posted: March 14th, 2010, 8:50 pm
by Slugboy
I got the suspension back from Precision Concepts a couple days ago and rode it today...
FARKIN' A!!!
Just like I remember 'em, and nothing gets out of the Arizona Level Nine Pea Gravel like a Five-O. I love it. It will flat smoke my 450X in a sand wash, and when I let off, it doesn't dive.
Oh yea... 1990 was back when a dirtbike came with a seat. It was so comfy, I thought about kickin' off the Gearne's and reaching for the remote.
I'm half tempted to race it.
Posted: March 16th, 2010, 10:35 pm
by 100hp honda
brit swears by jb weld. used it for 3 years in the waterpump
Posted: March 18th, 2010, 2:36 am
by thestuz
thats a fkn awesome build man. looks similar to mine too
mine was a 01 but i went with the 90 plastics. love em.
did you paint your tank and shrouds or are they just new?
Posted: March 18th, 2010, 5:29 am
by asteroid500
You dont pull them sorta bikes down to make AF's.....top shelf work in that 1
Posted: March 27th, 2010, 1:51 pm
by thestuz
just noticed, wtf is that no plate on the back wheel all about?
Posted: March 27th, 2010, 4:03 pm
by Rosco-Peeko
Sweet ride! Did you powder coat the cases?
Posted: March 30th, 2010, 8:56 pm
by Slugboy
Here in Arizona we must display a license plate on the rear of our bike if it is ridden on public land. I will not drill holes in the fender on any of my vintage bikes, so I mount them to the spokes.
I painted the cases.
Posted: April 6th, 2010, 8:51 am
by Tharrell
What brand is that skid plate? I'm looking to get one that protects the cases.
Posted: April 6th, 2010, 8:23 pm
by Slugboy
I think it was a Ricochet from Utah Sportcycle, but It's been a while.
Posted: March 3rd, 2013, 5:41 pm
by Slugboy2
RACED IT!!! Had a blast racing the old five-o at Glen Helen this weekend. District 37 Big Six GP, "Revo" class. I battled two CR480's for as long as I could, then they walked me. Major fun though!
I paid the price an hour later (jello arms) in my regular moto, but what a great challenge. I'll certainly do it again.
Posted: March 3rd, 2013, 7:49 pm
by AlisoBob
Nice !!!!!!
Posted: March 4th, 2013, 4:19 am
by Tharrell
From what I've seen, Glen Helen is the place to race.
I look forward to the REM reports on MXA.
A vid of you and 2 480's would have been so sweet.
Posted: April 6th, 2013, 9:08 pm
by Slugboy2
Things got a little hairy at 29 palms!!! (hairy palm joke)
Talk about a place to let the big dog eat! The big lung breathe! A place to send your competition some 500cc ballistic igneous mail!!! FuckinA that was a bitchen day! No 480's walked me today. Nope. No way. I saw some real nice 86-87's at the start, but I had to wave bye bye in the second turn. Nothin'.... and I mean NOTHING gets up and outa the sand like a pinned 500 NOTHING!!!! Ya can't slap this smile off my face with a two by four!!! BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
After the Revo race I told the ol' lady there was no way my 450X would ever go that fast in this sand. I was threatening to ride the 500 in my regular moto. Then I came to my senses. What a great day.
Posted: April 7th, 2013, 1:22 pm
by lewisclan
Do you live around 29?
Posted: April 7th, 2013, 9:16 pm
by Slugboy2
No sir. Three hours north/east. AZ side.