XR500 (and similar) legends and lies thread

[dino3310]

Awesome photos, keep em coming.
which i still had the photos of my old XL and DR, friggen ex biffed them... rather have had the kick in the nuts instead

[fridayflash]

Hey Friday Flash, I'm glad you are having XR5 urges again, cos so am I!
Great to read the post from MUZZ67, as I am having the XR vs TT debate at the local pub, & the only people who can
truly debate this are the lucky one's who rode them back in the day.
Keep those stories coming.

you musta been drinking down at the royal hotel again john? that drunken fisherman has a collection of tt/xt eh! get your brother down there to bolster the arguement of epic wheelies on xr500A's !

[Sensei]

Talking about DR's mate brougth this one & done it up as a DG racing rep colours . I fabricated a PE swingarm into the back of it & built one of my Exhaust for him & sorted a Geniune 3" supertrapp for him also to give it the real deal sound & look of the 80's ... Not the fastest thing out there but still a Hoot to blast the back twistes on . I'm looking at setting up a big carb onto it & another mate is going to attack the motor for afew more HP soon so may post up some pic's of progress as we go ..

[dino3310]

found a couple of picks of my old 500 the new owner sent after he done her up a little, he carried on and made it even better but cant find those pics

[fridayflash]

i post this for the view of the dr500 (?) at left alongside furniture truck, bike woulda been about a year old i guess (pic is 1982) check out sidi boots and jetstar helmet yeah!

[dino3310]

the original 81 500

[dino3310]

This is what the Blue one i posted up a few post's back looked like when i picked her up

[fridayflash]

fuck they looked good new eh dino..even better when you put the long shocks on em!

[dino3310]

a works mates DR400

[dino3310]

fuck they looked good new eh dino..even better when you put the long shocks on em!

yeah mate not wrong

[MXNUT]

fuck they looked good new eh dino..even better when you put the long shocks on em!

Sorry Guys but you seem to be remembering the early DR`s with rose tinted glasses.

My best mate had one back in 82 at the same time as I had my PE400, and compared to the XR500 and the TT500 they were a SLOW P.O.S.

[Slorider]

all those old four stroke 500's and 600's are slow,they are just cruisers in reality-eat my dust and rocks too signed the zippy RM!-and it aint a new one either!

[dino3310]

Sorry Guys but you seem to be remembering the early DR`s with rose tinted glasses.

My best mate had one back in 82 at the same time as I had my PE400, and compared to the XR500 and the TT500 they were a SLOW P.O.S.

all those old four stroke 500's and 600's are slow,they are just cruisers in reality-eat my dust and rocks too signed the zippy RM!-and it aint a new one either!

Funny that i dont recall them being fast or even saying they were fast, plus the thread title says:
"XR500 (and similar) legends and lies thread" and not a "mines bigger than yours twosmoke choker thread"

and yes Mxnut the DR500 was a slow pos but not all of us can ride your speed so it kept me happy
my first KB ride was on one too

[Slorider]

ha ha looks like the short comings of the inferior 'legends' have upset Dino the defender.......sorry for not adding 'lies' as thread mentions however they are ok for what they are...........jst teasing!

[tri boy]

Only reason XR5hundy riders struggled to pass PE's, was on account of the white/blue fog that covered the landscape and following bikes.
(MXnut is still fecking fast though)