XR500 (and similar) legends and lies thread

[dino3310]

I know what you mean

you couldnt afford it anyway as you keep spending your bike money on Holidays

[10bikekid]

you couldnt afford it anyway as you keep spending your bike money on Holidays

Tis my cross to bear (twas a bit of a work/ministry holiday anyway)


Looks like the other Mark is trying to take over the Bike collecting reins in my absence

[Slorider]

anyone else here that actually still owns & rides one of the said 'legends'?

[dino3310]

anyone else here that actually still owns & rides one of the said 'legends'?

not me i sold my DR500 about 5 years ago

[10bikekid]

anyone else here that actually still owns & rides one of the said 'legends'?

I gona nominate my (our) DRBIG for an honourable mention

[dino3310]

I gona nominate my (our) DRBIG for an honourable mention

i like the word.... OUR

[Slorider]

in the late eighties their were four mates who cruised around town on their various TT 500's...as I was a lot younger then I thought those bikes were slow pos compared to the looks and rocket like performance of my 85 yz 80.

[10bikekid]

in the late eighties their were four mates who cruised around town on their various TT 500's...as I was a lot younger then I thought those bikes were slow pos compared to the looks and rocket like performance of my 85 yz 80.

Its not right to mention a TT 500 and a Yz 80 in the same post, cool bikes separately but at complete opposites and bear no comparison

PS, 80 would win for 100 metres then peak out and the TT would be gone (remember TT guy weighed 120kg with a pot belly and the Yz guy was a scrawny 50kgs)

Ridden properly the TT would take about 50m to gather in the YZ then disappear (having ridden both bikes)

Love those 80s though

[Muzz67]

Well, I still get the old 79XR500 out for a hoon occasionally. Last time I get her out she hadn't been started since last summer, and still
fired up on the first kick. Stale fuel, whetever, always first kick,, THATs legend! Not sure a BG DRZ qualifies as legend (lol)

[dino3310]

my favorite 500 of that era

[husaberg]

anyone else here that actually still owns & rides one of the said 'legends'?

Couldn't be arsed reading the whole thread, but i still have a 501 berg and a CR500.
love to do the CR500 into a Bailey Rep.

[10bikekid]

Well, I still get the old 79XR500 out for a hoon occasionally. Last time I get her out she hadn't been started since last summer, and still
fired up on the first kick. Stale fuel, whetever, always first kick,, THATs legend! Not sure a BG DRZ qualifies as legend (lol)

Ok then, 89 DR750BIG not good enough, will see if I can find pictures of the 83 YZ265F (GN) I still have

XR500 Does qualify you here though

Loved my ones and am still trying to pry the mint one out of the hands of the guy down the road (will need about 8k as its mint)

[Sensei]

anyone else here that actually still owns & rides one of the said 'legends'?

Yea & enjoy all of them

[10bikekid]

Yea & enjoy all of them

Nice, hows about a comparo between these bikes (mini road test)

[10bikekid]

[QUOTE=husaberg;1130648527]Couldn't be arsed reading the whole thread, but i still have a 501 berg and a CR500.
love to do the CR500 into a Bailey Rep.


Got fond memories of all my CR500 rides, remember once getting onto a metal road easing here up into top gear and gasing it at about 70kph, the thing thought it was in second and threw its front wheel in the air like a crazed animal, by the time we had finished it had near peaked out in top gear and I had to return to base for some new undies