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Title: Honda XR500 desert bike
Post by: redrider1 on February 15, 2011, 09:25:05 pm

Thought you might be interested in looking at a very nice Honda XR500 rebuilt to be a desert bike.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=659561

Enjoy

Title: Re: Honda XR500 desert bike
Post by: 500Fool on February 15, 2011, 09:48:37 pm

Pretty bike

Title: Re: Honda XR500 desert bike
Post by: JohnnyO on February 15, 2011, 09:50:51 pm

Wow that thing is too nice to take out and abuse!

Title: Re: Honda XR500 desert bike
Post by: frostype400 on February 15, 2011, 10:14:24 pm

It is a rarer one too I have an 82 model xr500 but the twinshocks in Australia are pretty rare maybe not so much in the US though it does look good. :)

Title: Re: Honda XR500 desert bike
Post by: JohnnyO on February 15, 2011, 10:20:59 pm

Yeah the twinshock XR's were here in '79/'80 and were fairly rare.

Title: Re: Honda XR500 desert bike
Post by: cyclegod on February 16, 2011, 12:40:31 am

Common as muck in NZ everyones older brother had one, nice bike spoiled only by the fugly black rims  >:(

Title: Re: Honda XR500 desert bike
Post by: crabman on February 16, 2011, 05:54:07 am

Quote from: cyclegod on February 16, 2011, 12:40:31 am

nice bike spoiled only by the fugly black rims  >:(

beuatiful barr black rims