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Offline suzuki447

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dr500 good or bad.!
« on: March 29, 2015, 05:34:38 pm »
just bought dr500 for resto .anyone know much about them good and bad points.thanks don.
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Re: dr500 good or bad.!
« Reply #1 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 .
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Re: dr500 good or bad.!
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2015, 09:00:18 pm »
thanks ,bud .
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Re: dr500 good or bad.!
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2015, 09:35:25 pm »
As Stew said ,never made me push it back to pits.
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Re: dr500 good or bad.!
« Reply #4 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
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Re: dr500 good or bad.!
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2015, 11:57:41 am »
They weren't DR370s they were SP370s
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Re: dr500 good or bad.!
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2015, 12:48:31 pm »
USA had DR370. Maybe Maxpower lives in USA?
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Re: dr500 good or bad.!
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2015, 01:04:32 pm »
also was sp500 available.
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Re: dr500 good or bad.!
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2015, 01:17:44 pm »
Yeah only in USA/Can and it was pretty much the same as AU/Euro DR500S
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« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2015, 01:18:58 pm »
Leith ... Dr  frames are more MX ( less tags etc )  than Sp frames
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Re: dr500 good or bad.!
« Reply #10 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
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Re: dr500 good or bad.!
« Reply #11 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.
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« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2015, 06:38:28 pm »
yes ... I was referring to US models  ;D
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