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Clubroom => Bike Talk => Topic started by: suzuki447 on March 29, 2015, 05:34:38 pm

Title: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: suzuki447 on March 29, 2015, 05:34:38 pm

just bought dr500 for resto .anyone know much about them good and bad points.thanks don.

Title: Re: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: oldfart on March 29, 2015, 06:03:22 pm

Don ....Gday  if your going to mx it.
                   They are a heavy bike to peddle around at speed. Having said that the motors are bloody bullet proof and develop a lot of low down grunt.
Tony on this forum has had one for around 4 years - plus there is a Kiwi in NZ .

Title: Re: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: suzuki447 on March 29, 2015, 09:00:18 pm

thanks ,bud .

Title: Re: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: DR500 on March 29, 2015, 09:35:25 pm

As Stew said ,never made me push it back to pits.

Title: Re: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: MaxPower on March 31, 2015, 12:07:13 am

Good. Although I never thought it could be. I have a good friend that race a DR in Southern California.
Ported head, cam, hi compression piston , Black Ops Moto coi, 37 Keihen pumper,Fox Airs, 43mm RM forks . No problem ripping holeshots and finishing in front or winning. In 1982 I would never think a DR500 would be holeshottimg Maico 490s and yz490s.
I had a 78 DR370 back in the day. Most fun bike I have ever ridden

Title: Re: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: KTM47 on April 09, 2015, 11:57:41 am

They weren't DR370s they were SP370s

Title: Re: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: LWC82PE on April 09, 2015, 12:48:31 pm

USA had DR370. Maybe Maxpower lives in USA?

Title: Re: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: DR500 on April 09, 2015, 01:04:32 pm

also was sp500 available.

Title: Re: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: LWC82PE on April 09, 2015, 01:17:44 pm

Yeah only in USA/Can and it was pretty much the same as AU/Euro DR500S

Title: Re: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: oldfart on April 09, 2015, 01:18:58 pm

Leith ... Dr  frames are more MX ( less tags etc )  than Sp frames

Title: Re: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: Graham on April 09, 2015, 02:27:16 pm

Quote from: KTM47 on April 09, 2015, 11:57:41 am

They weren't DR370s they were SP370s

There were DR 370 available in 1978 as well as SP

Title: Re: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: LWC82PE on April 09, 2015, 05:30:19 pm

Quote from: oldfart on April 09, 2015, 01:18:58 pm

Leith ... Dr  frames are more MX ( less tags etc )  than Sp frames

When i said 'yeah only in USA/Can i was referring to SP500.
I am comparing USA SP500 and Australian/Euro DR500S. The frame on those are the same as the SP500 is just the same as DR500S except for minor things like headlight. We had the TS-ER type headlight but the SP500 had a plain round headlight like on a road bike. I think you thought i ment USA DR500, if so then yes i would agree those are different.

Title: Re: dr500 good or bad.!
Post by: oldfart on April 09, 2015, 06:38:28 pm

yes ... I was referring to US models  ;D