XR500 (and similar) legends and lies thread

[10bikekid]

Love the XT500 side cover ! . .

You got it, took off the XR stuff as didn't want to wreck it all racing but admit to liking the XT look just as much and will be tempted to replicate it when my new XR arrives

[fridayflash]

you posted a pic of your yellow xl350 in another thread, check out this specail one, s&w shocks laid down, poweroll cam and hot exhaust
pic shows bike in action at a 1977 enduro..even the chicks look impressed

[400sm]

I was thinking it looked purty good, even compared to stock . .

[400sm]

you posted a pic of your yellow xl350 in another thread, check out this specail one, s&w shocks laid down, poweroll cam and hot exhaust
pic shows bike in action at a 1977 enduro..even the chicks look impressed

NAH b. I nose dem girls and they was saying dat tank styling was urghhhh . .

[10bikekid]

Nice, Learnt to wheelie on my one (though as you can see it didn't have much weight to pull around in those days)
Maintain that the Urgh thing was purelly a colour issue and that the Y&B was beautiful

[400sm]

Nice, Learnt to wheelie on my one (though as you can see it didn't have much weight to pull around in those days)
Maintain that the Urgh thing was purelly a colour issue and that the Y&B was beautiful

The best. . . . ;-D

[Night Falcon]

NAH b. I nose dem girls and they was saying dat tank styling was urghhhh . .

yeah it almost looks as ugly as a camouflaged DRZ I once sore a former inmate ride

[Muzz67]

yeah it almost looks as ugly as a camouflaged DRZ I once sore a former inmate ride

Err, probably shouldn't have 'sore' and 'inmate' in same sentence......

[fridayflash]

heres a sp370 on tardme, dont see these crop up often at all

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-725434569.htm

[10bikekid]

heres a sp370 on tardme, dont see these crop up often at all

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-725434569.htm

O my gosh I'm so tempted (not by the giant girl marketing ploy), I owned one of these and it could be put back on the road fairly easily

Its cheap and just around the corner from me, please someone do me a favour and buy it before I do, and load my credit card and garage even more

[fridayflash]

it is a good buy at that price, and cool that it comes with roadie bits. like you say it wouldnt take too much to get it back on the road. sp370 was the frst big bike i rode...first thumper actauly, aged 13 i thought it was a big grunter!

[10bikekid]

it is a good buy at that price, and cool that it comes with roadie bits. like you say it wouldnt take too much to get it back on the road. sp370 was the frst big bike i rode...first thumper actauly, aged 13 i thought it was a big grunter!

Please make some negative comments as that's not helping.

I think your impression were correct, though as a 13 year old it probably felt like a dragster, In there day I'd say they where grutty, quite a bit peppyer than the 250's of the time

[fridayflash]

yeah man, it was white with blue decals and seemed heavy, although i did manage to wheelie it (first point of business!) about 12" off the ground lol
must say my bike at the time was a suzuki A50 (trail-ised) so even a landscout 80 woulda seemed more powerful hehe

btw....heres another wee thumper worthy of this page, and a cheap classic adv bike!http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=723147399

[fridayflash]

and another contender, shame about the *cough*cough* hoped for price range though


http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=725481544

[fridayflash]

okey dokey, das xl500s now sits in my shed after a $425.00 trip from nelson. looks as good or even a bit better than the trademe pics indicated. i kicked it in the guts half a dozen times and it started and purred nicely, headlight and horn even went. will start refitting indicators and taillight etc then take it for a hoon down the road..and take sum pics