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Marque Remarks => Honda => Topic started by: James Lee on March 23, 2012, 06:05:34 pm

Title: CR500 plastics
Post by: James Lee on March 23, 2012, 06:05:34 pm
Just bought a CR500 88,Can someone lead me in the right directions for the correct coloured plastics please.Im not having much luck on ebay.Im after shrouds,side and front number plates and front and rear guards.
Title: Re: CR500 plastics
Post by: JohnnyO on March 23, 2012, 06:53:15 pm
UFO make plastics for them, i got a set for my '87 250 and '89 250. Try your local bike shop, '88 is the dark red.
Title: Re: CR500 plastics
Post by: Nathan S on March 23, 2012, 08:12:33 pm
Had no dramas getting genuine for my '87 - can't imagine '88 being a problem.
Dearer that UFO, but not by a whole lot.
Title: Re: CR500 plastics
Post by: James Lee on March 24, 2012, 01:28:31 pm
Are these 250 ones the same?they look it in the pics,no one seems to sell a full set like these for the 500.I dont have a bike shop near by so just like to buy online.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Honda-CR250-87-PLASTIC-KIT-2-Motocross-90-ORANGE-UFO-/180761866283?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item2a163f302b
Title: Re: CR500 plastics
Post by: JohnnyO on March 24, 2012, 01:42:49 pm
Quote from: James Lee on March 24, 2012, 01:28:31 pm
Are these 250 ones the same?they look it in the pics,no one seems to sell a full set like these for the 500.I dont have a bike shop near by so just like to buy online.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Honda-CR250-87-PLASTIC-KIT-2-Motocross-90-ORANGE-UFO-/180761866283?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item2a163f302b
The 500 radiator shrouds are bigger than the 250 ones. They say these are '90 model red, is that different again to '88/'89?
Title: Re: CR500 plastics
Post by: James Lee on March 24, 2012, 01:46:39 pm
Ok so they are no good,from what I have read the shrouds should be fighting red,the same shape as 86 and 87 but different colour.Not having much luck ???
Title: Re: CR500 plastics
Post by: JohnnyO on March 24, 2012, 01:51:14 pm
Yeah that sounds right. I went through the UFO catalog and picked out the right plastics for my 250's but i think the 500 shrouds might be a problem.
Title: Re: CR500 plastics
Post by: Nathan S on March 24, 2012, 02:01:10 pm
'90 red is different to '88/89 red.
Title: Re: CR500 plastics
Post by: James Lee on March 24, 2012, 02:08:17 pm
Yes the 90 red looks allot more orange. Looks like the shrouds changed colour in 88, they are the same as 86 and 87 but different colour, 89 is totally different shape.I can get all the other plastics in the right colour but not the shrouds.
Title: Re: CR500 plastics
Post by: James Lee on March 24, 2012, 05:22:40 pm
Found the shrouds and front and rear guards,does anyone know if the front number plate and sides are the same as the 250?
Title: Re: CR500 plastics
Post by: Hoony on March 24, 2012, 05:33:18 pm
front plate shoud be the same, if you order one from Honda it will now come in white only as the red is superceeded.

as for side plates not sure, but i would ASSUME muffler side will be different and possibly the other side MAY fit. ( as that is the case with my 1985 CR500 if that is anything to go by)

Title: Re: CR500 plastics
Post by: Hoony on March 24, 2012, 05:40:42 pm
getting original shrouds and sidecovers for the 500's is getting hard now. i have been chasing one side NOS radiator for 4 years now, every time one comes up i miss out, they get snapped up real quick.
Title: Re: CR500 plastics
Post by: JohnnyO on March 24, 2012, 06:33:43 pm
The '88 500 plastics are the same as the '87 250 except for the radiator shrouds and the colour. You're going to struggle getting the '88 500 shrouds as they're a 1 year only item.