Man, i remember seeing this bike in person back in the day... I believe it was circa 2005-2007ish at a motorcycle show in Phoenix. Even saw Roland there. This thing sparked my love for supermotos and cafe racers. 8 supermotos and a bunch of races later and the love is still going strong.
Man I drooled over that bike for years. I found every picture I could of it and ended up building my own. Mines got a gsxr front fork and I built a carbon fiber tank. I built the subframe based off all the pictures I could find. It’s fast and scary and I love it!
@@g-man-uz3gx like it wants to pull out from underneath you in any gear. I’m toying around with the idea of putting the 500 back in a steel frame and just make it my dune bike. A 250 would be fine for the street. Mines not legal on the street yet but I’d like to make it legal and ride it around to see how people react.
I remember seeing this at the custom revolution show at the Petersen, then again at a Deus Bike Buildoff in I wanna say 2018 or 2019 (and maybe at the moto beach classic too?). I also wanna say it was one of, If not the very first bike I ever wrote up for RideApart’s Bike of the Week (when they had that weekly column).
I had a 2000 CR500 I used to ride at the California dunes. Paddle tire and flag on the back. It ripped. It also vibrated, and was a bitch to re-start when it was hot. I thought it had the right amount of power for the dunes. Then all the 450 4-strokers started taking over out there.
ok why is he using fireblade suspension? that is totally wrong for the weight of the bike, even a 600 sportbike suspension is too much. let me guess, he used the fireblade suspension just because large diameter forks look cool. dear oh dear, look when he starts it up lol he even bother putting a lighter fork oil in it, so its totally over damped which is dangerous.
Man, i remember seeing this bike in person back in the day... I believe it was circa 2005-2007ish at a motorcycle show in Phoenix. Even saw Roland there. This thing sparked my love for supermotos and cafe racers. 8 supermotos and a bunch of races later and the love is still going strong.
I should have bought this
Yeah I would have enjoyed seeing you rip around on that 🤘
Man I drooled over that bike for years. I found every picture I could of it and ended up building my own. Mines got a gsxr front fork and I built a carbon fiber tank. I built the subframe based off all the pictures I could find. It’s fast and scary and I love it!
How do you like it ? I was thinking about building me one! How does it feel
@@g-man-uz3gx like it wants to pull out from underneath you in any gear. I’m toying around with the idea of putting the 500 back in a steel frame and just make it my dune bike. A 250 would be fine for the street. Mines not legal on the street yet but I’d like to make it legal and ride it around to see how people react.
AWESOME BIKE
I remember seeing this at the custom revolution show at the Petersen, then again at a Deus Bike Buildoff in I wanna say 2018 or 2019 (and maybe at the moto beach classic too?). I also wanna say it was one of, If not the very first bike I ever wrote up for RideApart’s Bike of the Week (when they had that weekly column).
Mantap ❗✌🏻
I had a 2000 CR500 I used to ride at the California dunes. Paddle tire and flag on the back. It ripped. It also vibrated, and was a bitch to re-start when it was hot. I thought it had the right amount of power for the dunes. Then all the 450 4-strokers started taking over out there.
ok why is he using fireblade suspension? that is totally wrong for the weight of the bike, even a 600 sportbike suspension is too much. let me guess, he used the fireblade suspension just because large diameter forks look cool. dear oh dear, look when he starts it up lol he even bother putting a lighter fork oil in it, so its totally over damped which is dangerous.
What year cr500 was this??
How much did it sell for?
"One of the gnarliest CR500's out there" .... How naive you are.