84 CR 500 Resto

[Honda Hoarder]

Hey Guys

Got this from the states awhile ago.
Powder coated frame,hubs and cases and top triple.

[Boyracer]

Hope you got it cheep, theres a few in Australia.  Great model though

[mic]

according to this it isnt.....


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In 1984, Honda took a major gamble redesigning its award winning CR480R. It was a bike loved by the public and press alike, in spite of its flawed suspension and lack of top-end rev. For ’84, Honda started from scratch, and ended up with a hard-to-ride, confused mess. The all-new CR500R was too powerful, too softly suspended and too scary for mere mortals to manage. To be competitive, it needed major cubic dollars of motor and suspension work to bring it up to snuff. It was a big, scary, nasty, beast, which summed up everything that people disliked about 500-class machines. Sometimes, even the best fail to measure up, and in 1984, Honda shot for the moon, but fell well short of the mark.

http://www.pulpmx.com/stories/look-back-old-moto-mags/gps-classic-steel/gps-classic-steel-74-1984-cr500r

[John Orchard]

according to this it isnt.....


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In 1984, Honda took a major gamble redesigning its award winning CR480R. It was a bike loved by the public and press alike, in spite of its flawed suspension and lack of top-end rev. For ’84, Honda started from scratch, and ended up with a hard-to-ride, confused mess. The all-new CR500R was too powerful, too softly suspended and too scary for mere mortals to manage. To be competitive, it needed major cubic dollars of motor and suspension work to bring it up to snuff. It was a big, scary, nasty, beast, which summed up everything that people disliked about 500-class machines. Sometimes, even the best fail to measure up, and in 1984, Honda shot for the moon, but fell well short of the mark.

http://www.pulpmx.com/stories/look-back-old-moto-mags/gps-classic-steel/gps-classic-steel-74-1984-cr500r

Can't believe what the press say :-) stock they are a bit of a pig, but a few mods turn it into an awesome bike, love mine, will never sell it.

[Honda Hoarder]

Still plodding along with this one.

[80-85 husky]

looking the goods allright

[Honda Hoarder]

Well a mates 88 CR 500 and a 88 YZ 250 jumped the queue.

 Still a bit to go but at least I can hear it run. Going to do the squish on the head after a bit of ride time.
 Suspension is then off to get reworked and a decomp fitted to the head also recondition the front brakes.

[Hoony]

looking great, love the unpainted head/cylinder combo.

[Honda Hoarder]

Thanks.

So not happy went to the shed today at lunch time and the fuel tank has split.
It has split in several places and was leaking fuel. The fuel cap was loose and the breather wasn't blocked

[enzo906]

where are you getting the parts from or was it all there to begin with?
I have one that is in need of fixing but cant seem to find all the missing bits

[Momus]

I obtained various bits for mine from US ebay- helps to have a forwarder. What are you needing- ex side plastic probably among the list? You could try the local Facebook group as well.

[enzo906]

needing lots of stuff have been getting some from ebay but last piece came from VMX Unlimted in Holland and it went straight to the rubbish, was a cheap nasty slider for the swingarm without indents for the washers and not wide enough wrote back to them but they didnt care they had the cash.
So am looking for more reputable ways and yes a forwarder would be nice but I dont have one
Finally too old to have a facebook account, probably should though as a few people have told me that
thanks anyway