XR500 (and similar) legends and lies thread

[fridayflash]

yep, great success this time mate....is that ruapuna?

[10bikekid]

This time??

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Thats real awesome, I'm thinking dirt bike helmet would have been hard work?, cant provide XR pics like that but have these of DR
Mega fun doing this stuff on these kind of bikes

[10bikekid]

Mine had Works Performance shocks with triple springs per shock. Had to pull one of the springs off to give out any sag at all, and then only 5-10mm...

Always wanted to stick a PE swingarm on it...

I'm thinking they arrive on the scene a little later ?

Would love to have a set to just stick on the wall

Swing arm would have looked trick but to be honest I wasn't good enough to notice the XR one was bad, and they wheelied good being nice and short (this being an XR riders number 1 priority in the day)

[NordieBoy]

I'm thinking they arrive on the scene a little later ?

Would love to have a set to just stick on the wall

Swing arm would have looked trick but to be honest I wasn't good enough to notice the XR one was bad, and they wheelied good being nice and short (this being an XR riders number 1 priority in the day)

They only went on the bike in 2007...

[fridayflash]

They only went on the bike in 2007...

fwark!!!! theyre hot looking shocks nordie...how long are those mothers? where from and how much? lol

[NordieBoy]

Got them from somewhere in ChCh. The springs are far too stiff for the little 250. They raise the back end an inch or so and the 21" front lowers the front an inch. Makes for twitchy handling but that's helped by some YSS PD valves in the front and having the top of the fork a few mm below the top of the clamp. Works Performance still make them. Inside it's a normal open bath shock with 170psi or so of air via the valve up top. Does handle well with them though.

Think I paid $600 or so for them.

[Muzz67]

Got them from somewhere in ChCh. The springs are far too stiff for the little 250. They raise the back end an inch or so and the 21" front lowers the front an inch. Makes for twitchy handling but that's helped by some YSS PD valves in the front and having the top of the fork a few mm below the top of the clamp. Works Performance still make them. Inside it's a normal open bath shock with 170psi or so of air via the valve up top. Does handle well with them though.

Think I paid $600 or so for them.

I used to get the shocks gassed with nitrogen instead of air, or they turned to rock when they got hot.
I made my sets by re-building the supposedly non-rebuildable originals,, new shafts 30mm longer, new seals and oil,, worked real good!
Any more than 30mm longer and the chain-slider over the swing-arm gets wrecked too often.

[Sensei]

Only paid $585 for the real deal on my XL500 ... Gotta love Trademe

[10bikekid]

Nice shock stories, another XR pic in original colours with S&W's would have been taken in about 1980 and the bike would have done about 5000ks at the time

[fridayflash]

is that with terry kit fitted? bike looks shit hot!

[400sm]

is that with terry kit fitted? bike looks shit hot!

Chur b
What's a terry kit ?

[fridayflash]

chur
its a super duper forks extending kit...and extra inch over stock according to 10bikedude,

[400sm]

Looks like the Stock XR length is 17.5" 444.5mm, and that rings a bell, expect 420 is close to stock XL length and the S&W Strokers were probably 18" 457mm http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html/?_nkw=xr500%20shock

35 year old pic looking a bit worse for wear but S&W's are in shot

PS, look what I found in my search, phew only in America https://www.facebook.com/theroyalrac...49682285080579

Love the XT500 side cover ! . .

[10bikekid]

is that with terry kit fitted? bike looks shit hot!

I know the Pic with the White plastics is in full race trim including Terry Kit, think the all red is also as pretty sure never ran shocks before doing the forks

The suspension quality was sooo much better for offroad and I liked the extra height even on the road

[400sm]

chur
its a super duper forks extending kit...and extra inch over stock according to 10bikedude,

Awww cher my b.
That wd translate into 7psi in the fork cap valves, on mine ! LOL