You meet the nicest people on a Honda CR500AF

[Disturbed]

Tired of always peddling? Here's an option but it's not really a "starter" bike though.



05 CRF 450 conversion done by a small home shop in CT.

Bars on bike in Pic are Pro Taper on a high riser. Bike will need different bar perches to use those bars or I'll supply a set of 7/8" bars.

All motor work/suspension work has been done by Greg link of Lynks Racing [Lynk's Racing/... Gregg's resume boasts work with American Suzuki and American Honda Factory Arenacross teams as well as championship winning riders Buddy Antunez http://www.lynksracing.com/index.html]

98 motor: lower rebuilt [3 hours on lower] ago w/new Hinson basket/plates.

CR250 flywheel/ignition

Keihin Carb

Ironman rear sprocket

New ft/rear/ pads/rotors

FX seat cover w/step

MSR clutch lever

FMF Gnarly pipe

Fastway footpegs

DID V MX-ring chain

Tires:

Rear Dunlop MX 51 120x19" [1/2 hour on that tire]

Ft. Perelli MT 480 excellent condition

Suspension is set up for 250 lb. MX rider but I have original springs.

The bike had been built up with a variety of parts which I up graded to all 2005 parts and have about 3 hours on bike since that build. Lynks Racing also did the reassembly with upgraded parts.

Bike is located in west/central VT and will ship at only actual cost and is in same condition shown in pic.


Motivated seller asking $4400

8o2 349 0417

alec@sover.net

[jscottyk]

...it's not really a "starter" bike though.

Understatement of the month!

A 500 two-smoke! A wet-dream and nightmare all rolled in to one.

Sweet bike!

[soBRIquet]

I had the 05 CRF, and the chassis was great.
I've also ridden a CR500, and it was powerful yet tractable - not stupid like a KX500 with the powervalve.
This is a great bike to be two-stroking it on! Very cool ride.

[Linnaeus]

Honda used to de-tune the CR500 factory race bikes for less power but a more usable torque curve!

[72gmc]

not a buyer, but a former motocross geek. Very cool bike, Disturbed. How's the power band? My brother had one of the early CR480s way back when. Riding that thing was awesome and violent.

[Disturbed]

It has a CR250 ignition and flywheel, that totally changes the bike. With the smaller diameter/lighter flywheel it spools down much faster when you get out of the throttle, lays over much easier and then doesn't want to stand up on the exit. You can toss it around much more like a two stroke 250 then a 500 now. That said if you aren't careful it loop through 4th gear if you hook up and aren't paying attention. On grass in 4th it'll spin, swap then spit you off highside if you chop the throttle. Awesome fun but not if it's your first rodeo. It's a very bad bike to be behind on a rocky track too. ;-)

I was going to race NESC MX this summer but with my wife away at grad school for a couple years and me holding the fort single handed, that ain't happening so it's on the chopping block.