XR500 (and similar) legends and lies thread

[fridayflash]

Can't see the pics,, DOH!

drat! i cant see them now either, damn shame dont know whats gone on there

[10bikekid]

mid life crisis bro, trying to relive your youth

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Been going through that now for about 10 years, will grin and bear and hopefully not recover

[Waipukbiker]

Pics not opening for me either.

[staq50]

Like the fish and chips Idea

I rode my 74 DT250 from Auckland to Matamata in the dead of winter when I was about 16, swaping my hands on the engine fins to keep any feeling in my hands, on arrival it took me half an hour in front of a roaring fire before could even move my fingers again, nowadays have handguards, super winter gloves and heated grips

All those bikes you mentioned are Cool and I cant imagine someone trading a GT750 on a TS250 today

Yea well, I did just that...ya see there was only one XR500 A left in HB, price $2,750 they wouldn't trade the GT so rode back to K.Turners in Hastings and did a straight swap on an brand new 250ER then home for a pic and then straight over to trade on the XR....and they didn;t believe what I had just done either, so after a confirmation phone call to Turners deal was done...I lost on the new ER of course but owned the last XR , after the paperwork, got them to swap the rear knobbly for a conti road and I rode it home, The flip side to this is ...about 8 months later my old GT was back in Turners for sale .......so I brought it back....I think I paid about a grand more than I originally paid for it .......And still own it.... would I do it again......on a brand new XR.....f. yea

[dino3310]

i'll 2nd that f.yeah

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[fridayflash]

hehe, thats a great story steve, and ive seen the pictorial proof btw, i spoke to a bloke at the classic club the other day who's son has a mint xr500A in his collection ...wont sell it tho shame it wont be on display at the bike show this weekend..theyre displaying a custom xr600 instead

[MIXONE]

I traded my honda CBX on a PE400.

[pete-blen]

I traded my honda CBX on a PE400.

I traded a Suzuki RE5 on a KDX175... Then over the following 6 weeks I managed to put the side stand though my foot.
strain an ankle... to cap it all off.. broke an arm .. bones out the side the hole ball of wax type .. couldn't ride for
6 months..still have the plate /screws in my arm..
never did ride that dam KDX again...

[NordieBoy]

Nowadays they don't use balls of wax for brakes. Discs all the way baby!

[10bikekid]

The CBX and the RE5 stories are bad , well at least the GT750 lived happily ever after

RE: XR500 twin shocker, them dogs with the nice one's just don't seem to want to sell them

Had to block out the number plate in case one of you checked the rego and went and nicked it

[fridayflash]

my xl500s is back together after a repaint of tank, guards, decals etc. is running like a swiss watch and will be riding it to the hawkes bay classic clubs
motorcycle show tomorow...plaese excuse the oversized pic!

[fridayflash]

now looking at that pic i must get onto repainting engine sidecovers asap...any ideas of a good paint? steel wheels maybe? i used supercheap silver on the fork legs and it makes for an excellent aluminium/silver, quite stock looking so may try that on engine bits too

[dino3310]

looks awesome bro

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[staq50]

yea man, an why excuse the oversize pic.....looks great

[staq50]

here's the pic with me and the ER before the trade, the XR500 in the background belonged to my brother at the time, it was previously owned by Lance Bravington, another Hawkes Bay XR rider. I also owned that later on.......there's a story behind that bike as well...........in fact when I look at this pic I owned all the vehicles seen here over a period of time, HD wagon...my parents then, and a vauxhall Victor owned at that point by my brother...that car was a special build he did, it had a 2.3 van motor converted to 11.1 comp. 28/36 dcd Weber, and a Datsun SSS gearbox fitted with a specially made adapter plate, I sold it to a young kid who raped it around a lamp post.....unfortunately he didn't hurt himself.....but totalled the car