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[madcr500]

fastandyc, on Mar 7 2008, 01:28 PM, said:

aye no panic on wheeels hopefully some of the guys over here wil ahve a set lying around,as for the seatcover someone owes me a favour and just happens to be a pro upholsterer,so might have to call in the favour lol,cause i aint makin a B*****ks of it

Your seat cover might not be so bad. My problem was that my bike had a supercross seat fitted which has a taller foam on it and my seat cover was a motorcross one. I had a mate do it too, I know he really struggled.

What year is your CR? do you know? If you give me a frame number i can tell you if you like.

You should ditch the standard expansion chamber, They really slow it down. I have a FMF gnarley which is good for mid range power. I know that Dep do some good pipes if you want it really peaky and all your power at the top BUT they are a bit fragile and the one i had kept cracking just from vibrations after a while.

[fastandyc]

dep on mine!
and the seatfoam looks a bit tall too?
well ill have to give it to this guy and hopefully hell do it without any hassle
wel year bike originaly 99!
engine is a mish mash of 99/93 lol

[madcr500]

Hi,

How are you going on with your CR? Got your wheels and seat sorted?

I'd love to see some more pictures. (email: madcr500@aol.com )

If you need any help i'm here. I'm no honda expert but i have had my cr for 7 years now and have done a lot to it.

Marcus

[fastandyc]

well had it out this weekend for its first run!
everything worked perfectly,easy started ran like a dream,jetting seems dead on.
still no luck with my seatcover yet though,but wil get all done very soon

[madcr500]

Looking good.

You wont really know about the jetting until you ride it with WOT for a while. With these bikes there is so much power there that most of the time your just riding on part throttle using the needle.

My jetting was fine until i altered the gearing to give 130mph. Then the first time i tried it out on WOT i put a hole in the piston big enough to get your finger through at 129.8mph! Scary moment.

[on_one_wheel]

Boner, on Dec 21 2007, 10:43 AM, said:

Anyone out there ever owned / riden a Honda CR500?
Thinking of buying an early one to restore and have some fun on.
Any tips, stories etc. that might prove helpful?
Cheers - Matt.

I have a 1999 cr 500, Love it, consider swap for lamborghini.