New tool in my growing off road arsenal

[Ragnorox]

1989 Honda CR500......I am gonna hurt myself

[justin'sbig7]

yes, yes you are . they are scary fast and powerful, sahweet ride though!

[ridgerunner97]

Its on its way to my house tuesday night for a full going over by my bike wizard mechanic/racer younger brother (who is 15 LOL) I can't wait to hear that thing bark to life. Me and Skeebs will never keep up on the straight aways with the kawi's or my RM hahaha

[JLITTY]

cool bike. have fun!

[atvboo]

Memories I had one for yrs loved that bike. Have fun find the trick to start. Itor it will kill your foot

[ridgerunner97]

^ haha my friend's dad has one its like he's dancing with it before he starts it, two leans to the left to get fuel in the carb, two twists of the throttle, get it to TDC with the kicker and then toss all your weight on it and boom! it lights off haha

[gonecheenin]

Yep - your going to the ER!


My buddy had one of those - scared the heck outta me in the woods so I always took it easy when I rode it on the dirt. Then one day I was riding it up & down the paved back road in front of my old house in the country doing 5th gear wheel stands on the half mile long straight stretch down past the house & just plain having a great time!


Then genius me gets the bright idear to pull the front end up in 3rd & shift to 5th like the crotch rocket guys do.








Well - any of you guys realize how quick a bike that can easily loft the front tire in 5th gear will straight flip the heck over when cracking it in 3rd?

Let me inform you - FRICKIN FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!


On the plus side, the engine had so much rotational mass that once I let the throttle snap back to idle it gently placed me down on the pavement & calmly slid off the road out of the way so I could pavement surf by in pc.


Oh - and FYI;
If you think you've finally come to a stop & you put your hands down to get up & they start burning - that's a fairly strong indicator your still catching the asphalt wave into shore there Keaweaheulu.

[john00TJ]

not a bike for a inexperianced woods rider thats for sure ..i had one an loved it best hill climbin bike i ever had ..it had tons of power an was a blast to ride

[toocheaptosmoke]

Nice, gotta love 500cc of single cylinder 2 stroke power. Almost broke my foot one time on a quadzilla when it kicked back on me, was wearing flimsy tennis shoes. Had a limp for two weeks...

[Ragnorox]

Yeah Jon I was told by my neighbors boyfriend about that dance. I got plenty of experience on big bikes, but it has been many many years since I rode. I am sure it will be one hell of a first ride.

[joshs1ofakindxj]

I smell a pgh-offroad dirtbike ride coming up

[JeepSteeler]

Nice! And it matches what appears to be a scooter in the pic. Somehow I don't think the scooter will keep up. I hope you are not going from the scooter to the 500. Bit of a dif in power

I had one in the mid 90's. It had a habit of tearing my hands off the handlebars. Awesome rooster tail machine.

[ridgerunner97]

Got it runnin its violent, best word for it... mark has a video of my 15yr bro warmin it up in the yard

[skeebs]

Where's this vid, I wanna hear the yard pig

As stated before, a 500 is one of the best hill climbing machines out there for a stock machine. Brutal power & snap. Man I wish my neighbors 500 Husky. First 500 I ever rode, when I was 12 years old to boot, lol

[ridgerunner97]

That's my little brother riding it in the video, goes by Hondarider2000 on here I think.

The Bike is a hoss, took it for a 20min blacktop ride the other day because it was too greasy on our trails by the house for me to want to ride it and kill myself. Thing pulled the front wheel in every gear I had room for and I was on the tank and weigh 220lbs LOL

[RalphDogg]

i was hoping for A 125lb rider hammering all the gears??

[ridgerunner97]

Haha he's 150lb and not sure we have enough room even on the back roads around here LOL workin on lining up a nice smooth mown hay field to wind it ALLLLL the way out in. On my little excursion on the road with it I got all the way through 3rd and hit about 1/4 of 4th gear and was doin easily 65mph i'd imagine, still had almost all of 4th and 5th and it was pickin up in every gear...

[gonecheenin]

The sound of that thing gives me a chub!



I NEEEEEEED to put a 500 kit on my Banshee!

[Ragnorox]

The sound of that thing gives me a chub!



I NEEEEEEED to put a 500 kit on my Banshee!

Hmmmm....... why dont you buy this thing off me before I hurt myself! I swear I just walked by it and it growled!

[gonecheenin]

Hmmmm....... why dont you buy this thing off me before I hurt myself! I swear I just walked by it and it growled!

Unfortunately I really couldn't handle that bike - please refer to my story posted above!!!!

That's why I need that kinda power with double the qty of tires!!!!!

[Ragnorox]

LOL...I hear ya, I plan on getting rid of it for the same reason.......BUT as it sits there growling I take it as a double dog dare......well you know how that goes!

[Mykal]

Price?
Ill ride the piss out of that thing if I can afford it. Hell if you just want some video to post of it wfo Ill ride it. What a bunch of bitches.

[Ragnorox]

Price?
Ill ride the piss out of that thing if I can afford it. Hell if you just want some video to post of it wfo Ill ride it. What a bunch of bitches.

I kick the SOB for an hour today....NADA! Jon gets on kicks it 3 times......Boom....offf he goes......I am gonna go drown my sorrow in some rum..! Mykal, you'll kill yourself, but if your interested call me.

[ridgerunner97]

I have a set of legs like a ****ing mule, what can I say...

[gonecheenin]

You can call me a bitch all you want, that still doesn't make me retarded enough to think I could control that machine!!!!!