Picked Up A Decaying Barn Find 1986 Honda CR500 With No Spark For $1800! Revived In 30 Minutes!
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2024
- Found a diamond out in the sticks of north Idaho!
The seller said he was trying to make this 1986 Honda CR500 into a snowbike, but said it lost spark before he could make the switch. He installed a 2003 YZ250f front end on it and unfortunately chucked the original front end in the process. After it lost spark, he lost interest and let it sit for a few years in a dilapidated barn behind his house.
I couldn’t get my money out fast enough! Enjoy!
-Jimmy
#dirtbike #honda #cr500 #2stroke #restoration #motocross #mechanic - Авто та транспорт
Good job bringing the CR500 back to life!
I owned a 1986 CR250 and won the 1988 Spring Amateur Championship at Budds' over a 3-weekend series of 6 motos. After an owner remedied the (WAY) too-soft suspension, those CRs were truly badass.
Great find .I'm a little envious and i'll look for some update on it. Thanks for the videos.
Got really lucky on this one! It was in the middle of BFE, seller was weird about me coming to his house. Absolutely wouldn’t let me film with him in the video. He seemed like a dude that likes to live off the grid. Can’t believe he sold it for that cheap to be honest. I just figure he doesn’t really know how to work on these bikes. It was an easy fix.
Surprised it started that easily. Too bad the frame rails are roached.
Prime candidate for a frame up rebuild. Stuff 2500 into it and sell for 6k. It's a money maker.
Right ? Haha. I was like damn why can’t I find one like that.
Hey pal. I just subscribed to your channel. I'm curious about your honesty. The first thing I noticed is that the front wheel looked a little shiny and some spokes too. You plugged a couple wires in that any idiot would have done first. Even if he was stupid. That carburetor looked too clean for sitting any time at all and lastly I think that you made a video that real mechanics like myself would want to watch. It seems all a little bit fishy. If ur straight up then great but if you just want people to subscribe to your channel, I'll go back to watching porn. Make another one. I'll be waiting.
I raced that year of CR for many years, they are beasts,full of fun!
Death ☠️ traps 😂
Good start up, love the older stuff.
*Bought one in 86 new lol $1800 ish badass bike*
panhandle of florida. 1st time ever seeing your channel. have to like a brother that knows how to make stuff run. especially when the spark quit! enjoyed watching thanks.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
Full restoration no expense spared. Very rare Widow Maker CR500. Good score.
Right now I’m up against a cracked drain bolt hole.. I’ve got cylinder, other case half painted and I’ve got a decomp button being installed by Larry Wiechman out of Roscoe Illinois. This case crack is really holding up my progress and it’s only been 5 days
These things are monsters and will pull your arms off!
Great find!
Im super jealous !!!!! great find AND it runs ! 😃👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
The sweet sound of 2Stroke!
Man i remember when I found my 86 Cr500. Motor was in boxes so it was an easy rebuild. Compression was so great that i had to get 27 stitches in my shin from kicking it in shoes like a fool. I loved that bike. Crazy power and scary as hell..
That's a great presentation of that find! You looked like a different man when that classic fired off.👍 I hope to see it get sent!
I like it Man good find there and nice job on bringing back.
I knew you were serious about this when you put a boot on to kick it. Stoked for all your views my guy, it must be such a W for a smaller creator to post something that takes off a little
Thanks man! I really appreciate that! Yeah, it’s crazy to see this video do so well! Something I’m pretty proud of that’s for sure. Thanks for sayin that!
Saw it too. hehe
This bikes ain't fun to kick start. i can't do it, i'v tried.
Just bought a mint 86 CR500. Can't wait to ride it! Great job on fixing yours.
Same, man! Half of the engine is on the way to Adam Millar to get some repairs done right now. I can’t wait to ride mine too! Things an animal!
Damn dude....right place at the right time. Awesome.
Awesome video, lucky man finding this CR! Looking forward to the next video! Greets from the Netherlands
Great find!!
problem for the last guy was knowledge!, great video
Man that is one of my favorite Cr but im a bike and ATV dad my kids been on them since they were born i would ratchet strap the car seat on the racks of our ATV but my daughter can ride circle around her brother lol but i build odd stuff like i put a 1986 Honda rebel 250 twin cylinder street bike motor on My son Yamaha blaster but i lowered it and wide it now I'm putting a 1981 Kawasaki GSR 650 4 cylinder on a blaster lol we have a blast on our toys. Love your videos
Thank you sir! I really appreciate it! Very kind of you. Those builds sound very interesting! Definitely make a video of riding that GSR blaster!!
Love this old CR500.
They are a like a wild beast you need to tame befor you can ride.
Tried CR500 in the 90s couple times. Just to get up on a CR500 was scary.
Insane find for $1800. Beautiful bike
Beautiful find man. BEAUTIFUL. Tbh I never even had the chance to lay eyes on one.
Look up motorsports n buggies collection is mint
What a score find congratulations
Hell yeah, that's awesome!
Sounds awesome on idle, bangin' away. Great score bro. I'll be watching the rebuild.
Great find . 👍🏽👍🏽
Awesome man congratulations. You did a great job on that because I’ve been there before and they’re again great job my friend.
love the crf 500, what a great deal
She sounds FANTASTIC 😮real tight and FRESH 😅
Super cool video great find brother
The '85 and '86 CR500 were the most powerful CR 500s made. Glad to see you lean the bike over and flood the carb before kicking it. I could always start my '91 CR500 in one or two kicks using that technique. You got a fast bike on your hands for sure.
Thank you very much! Man you should have seen me try to start my other 500 for the first time 😂 embarrassing to say the least.
What is special with the 1985-1986 CR500?
@@DoNE021 short rod engine. Makes more power. Otherwise, they’re pretty similar. If I could put this motor in an 87 chassis for the rear disc brake, I would do it!
Had the 1984 500. Air cooled and a bear to start.
Great memories of my barn find rebuild on my channel. Mine was a bit worse..still when it kicks over that’s it 😊
Barn finds are nice
Most def!!
Exactly , sometimes you get lucky. Great find. I can't believe what Honda motocrossers are worth. I saw an original 74 Elsinore 125 silver / green in a box , parts for more than yours. Enjoy.
Man I would love to get ahold of one of those though!! Thanks man!
Super good score man! Congrats! Timing is everything when finding something like this.
Absolutely. It’s all luck!
Great job m8 💯👍🏻
Cr 500 awesome machine 😊
You have to go just past top dead center. Let you’re leg weigh sit on the kicker till it start to ease. Then back up kick it threw. The foot peg is a good idea so it doesnt break the case. Also try not to start on the stand. That also tends to break the case. Nice find.
Had a dt175 80s always broke case's with the kicker till I wrapped it with an old hose 😅
I’d have loved to have let you kick start my xs840 twin .oh eee.
Thanks for the tips! I couldn’t kick it all the way through with the foot peg on there, it wasn’t a full stroke. But, I have a better plan! I’m having a decomp button installed on the head right now 😃
Congratulations man!
Awsome 🤘
Great content
Sweeeet bike and video thanks!!
I restored a cr500 couple years ago crazy fast dirtbike
Oh man, how satisfying when you grab a bargain and sort the issue without expense!!
This one’s been my favorite bargain ever!!
Getting it started is the easy part. Now you have to get it running perfect which never seems to end.
Definitely jealous! I’ve had a bike almost break my ankle during a cold start, so I was biting my nails watching you kick over that monster! Keep up the content brother! Subscribed!
Thank you very much!! And yes, I’ve gotten kicked back by a 500 before and wow it hurts. Thought I broke my ankle too. I just sent the head out to Larry Wiechman in Illinois to have him install a decomp button on it. Put one on my 91 and it’s so nice! Kicks like a 125 now, not even kidding.
@@jimmy_dirtbike swap pegs to the other sides
Had an 87 CR500 and this brings back great memories. Congrats on the barn find score and good luck with bringing it back to life.
I forgot what a bitch they were to start (not a problem when you're young and coordinated) and now I'm reminded with my KX500. Looking forward to more content.
Thank you very much! Gonna shoot more video once parts come back! I sent one case to Canada, another to Illinois! Gonna get this bad boy moving soon enough!!
Idaho is beautiful
I agree and I love it!!
I need one of those bad ass orange/red Honda looking kayaks off the wall 🇬🇧 🤟🇺🇸💯🙏
Ohh man I wish I could do a 500 barn find or even a 250...
Awsome video bro
Awesome bike.
damn what a score. so jealous.
What a find
Killer find dude. Good for you
Thank you friend! Got the motor out of it and parts of it are gonna head to Adam Millar for repair. Drain bolts got a big ol crack through it! Good engine parts are getting repainted in my shop when I can!
So did you reassemble and start it with the scored piston and stuck ring? Curious how it ran with that. Good content I am new to dirt bikes and your channel.
@jimmy_dirtbike
@@jimw6991 i did start it prior to taking the top end off. It looks like it had enough compression to get it going. I’ve read that sometimes 2 strokes are really easy to start right before the top end blows.. I know I had a 2000 CR250 that did that. However, my guess was the previous owner didn’t realize some wires were disconnected and the top end was ready to be replaced and thats why he couldn’t get it to run. Idk but I’ve got a vertex piston sitting on my bench when the case and head come back! Stay tuned! Thanks for watching my channel!
What a score!
Definitely got great bones,the exhaust surviving without major dings is a miracle ,someone probably scavenged the forks way back when,oil looks great 👍 fantastic find 👏
So the guy I bought it from was trying to turn it into a snowbike and he chucked the forks like a dummy 😭
And that silencer is all retro aftermarket. Love that shi
@@jimmy_dirtbike 😆
Had the same bike 80 and 125 tough bikes
Nice !
nice find i had the 84 500 use mx boots when kicking
Well shit you gotta do a full rebuild now. What a beautiful monster. Well done 👍
Bummer! 😆 engine case on the way to Adam Millar for repair right now, heads already getting the Larry Wiechman decomp button installation in Illinois and should be back here next week… And I just got the title for it!
Great find. I remember my friend having one. If you didn't kick start it right. It will kick you back over the handlebars. LOL 😂😂
Lol I’ve got a decomp button being installed on the head right now for that very reason and won’t start one without an mx boot. Boy, I made that mistake once.
@@jimmy_dirtbike keep me informed on how many bones you break on it. LOL 😂😂. Don't worry I broke a few on mine. LOL 😂
I@@dirtriderkx500 haha don’t worry, I will! I actually have 91 in my collection as well, but it’s got literally zero hours on it and the engine. Stock piston and everything! Thinking I might swap the forks on that one for some newer twin chamber cartridge forks off an 08 crf450 and focus on keeping this one as original as I can. I’ve not broken any bones on my CRs thankfully, but I’m not sending it as hard as I should!
@@jimmy_dirtbike I've done the full send. Separated shoulder, broken ribs. Back broke once. Don't give it the full send. Unless you're capable. LOL 😂😂
Back in 2016-2017 when I just turned 18 I got my first bike and it was a 1984 cr125, still to this day I miss it, it was completely restored and everything was brand new, back then I think I picked it up for 1200$
Watched Ricky Johnson race his factory 1986 CR500 against Jeff Ward's KX500 at Budd's Creek. EPIC is the only word that comes to mind.
Their racing ability among their peers was much like Ricky Carmichael and James Stewart's renowned battles in that they ALWAYS left the other competitors in the dust, having EPIC races with each other.
Both the CR500 and the KX500 had MONSTER POWER!!!
Keep making these motocross content please you doing good bro
Thank you a lot! I will!
@@jimmy_dirtbike why don't you buy a KX 100 and make it hi performance bro
@@ashleyprincewashington2130 I’m open to the idea, but I have a cr80 I just finished and am considering making into a big bore 105cc if it’s possible? Right now I’m tearing down this cr500 motor and getting it repainted
@@jimmy_dirtbike yes definitely do the 105 thing after the 500
@@ashleyprincewashington2130 might as well, I’ve got 2 spare engines!
Just for reasons of buying a cheepo bike I ALWAYS have suffuicient cash!
Nice find!
Sick find bro, sitting here green with envy in the UK, you just don't see many of these around here at least not under £5k, let alone any cheaper!
Shoot, I have a friend in Austrialia who's got an absolutely stunning CR collection and he offered quite a bit of cash to send this thing over seas in the condition its in. I'm not selling it. Said the same thing, they just don't come up often in those parts either. I live on the west coast USA and without the humidity here, these old dinosaurs aren't in too bad of shape when you do come across them. Thanks for watching my channel, friend!!
Never owned one myself. Rode my buddies. Those things pull hsrd.
1800 bucks good find
My dads neighbour has the same one ! It still sitting in his garage from way back in the 80s ! Not even riding it ! But he says it not for sale...
Makes me miss the 88 cr500 i had long ago the sand dune destroyer
I bought one new along with an ATC250R in 86 … both incredible bikes in the sand dunes along the Oregon coast.. it’s probably a good thing they stopped making the ATC’s my farm budget was taking a hit keeping them new..😂
😂😂
Great bike and perfect basis for a restoration. Would love to get my hands on one of these but theyre goddamn rare down here in Germany and if you find one, you can add an „0“ to the price tag of $1800 😂. Congrats!
It’s always good when they run because now it can only get better as you change parts. I would leave the front end alone unless you racing expert. Fix the bike up and ride like the wind.i would ride it as is just for one day and push it hard and anything that might fail will show up so you can fix it.
Im shooting for a 87 front end because they’re amazing forks! New XR650Ls still get those forks even! I’ve done a few modern fork swaps on CRs and Yamaha forks have never been an option without major modifications… so I’m gonna pull the triple and see it it’s okay and once I have the engine back together, I’ll stuff it in the frame and send it all while making a video!!
Nice old bike I have a almost mint 88 CR 500 the power band in the mid to late 80s CRs are radical I love the older bikes. If I was to ever buy a new 2024 or newer I would go electric they are quite and the throttle response is instant they are getting better and better every year and the batteries and getting longer ranges now the prices needs to come down and then I would pull the trigger.
Great bike. Kaplan cycles has about 10 cr500,s and I'm sure he has tons of parts.
Haha I actually send Ken a Christmas card every year. Great guy
EVO Mx would have a OEM replica seat cover and graphics for it. They are in the UK. That’s a great find.
Big bore jimmy back at it! Awesome to see you saving another!
The 86 has a blue seat like the 86 vfr 750f road bike i have been looking for one of those for a long time
I love the red HondaS
Definitely leave that war wound on the tank 🇬🇧 it's a nice Mars Bar ,lets folk know she's been in a few battles 💪
I’d be interested in the stock pipe if you end up going with a PC or FMF
the 85-86 cr's are one of the prettiest bikes out there......1800 non running AND no title? shows how much in demand they are, they need to bring back the 2 strokes!
I know right? It’s they’re going for about $10k all done up in my area, but my guy Mitch Allard sends me pics of cr500 listings in the northeast USA and holy smokes, upwards of $15k! I’ve got a title on the way for this bike using a secret process that works in Idaho for old bikes.
She’s beautiful 2 strokes forever
Looks like somebody should have left that 172 main jet in there instead of the 170.
Front of piston should have vertical holes in it to lube the exhaust bridge right about where it is all scratchy
That was my first thought as well!! Good observation!!
Idaho potato 🥔 lets go Idaho 🇺🇸💯🙏CR500 4 LIFE 🤟
With the price that will bring when cleaned and running its going to have to be really bad for $1500 or the seller just hasnt kept up with prices. Or i dunno I sound jealous haha. Either way, nice work man you are saving a cool bike!
That joker that has the museum would ask 15,000 dollars for that bike!
Nice find if you decide on selling the exhaust let me know looking for one i got a 1985 CR500
u need some fishing rod holders on those kayaks plz
I need some fishing skills in general. My wife can out fish me and that’s a sad fact 😅
Haha great video man that dinasour was coming for you🤌🏾🤌🏾
Oh nice
You found the no spark issue
Sold my 86 CR500 all rebuilt new plastic all bearings etc 3500 canadian
Certainly started pretty easy.... that was about a half a kick. And a XR650L do not have "upside down forks" actually but... yeah.. I mean, triple clamps and forks shouldn't be hard to find, I wouldn't personally worry about the brand of bike they come off really, I mean unless you are trying to make it "all oem" or something... Its more about what is inside the forks, are the springs and valves right for your riding style and weight, are the seals good, do they hold oil, is the right weight oil in them for the way the valves. If someone took old fork tubes and put nice progressive springs and racetech gold valves and new seals and the right weight fork oil, I would stick with those forks, but I would in fact get new risers, triple clamps, bars.. but that is because the technology / metallurgy has changed so much, and you have a lot of options for how you like to ride. Looks like you could probably get a new dogbone for the rear and lower it about 2" or so for your height, makes it easier to kick over too if you have a bike that isn't too tall for you.
That's! Cr 500 i belive pull on.
What issues does the lack of title present?