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'89 Cr 500
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[QUOTE="woodsy, post: 764593, member: 27856"] Hi Matt: I have owned several of the CR500's through the years and can tell you first hand - there is NO comparison between the 250's and the 5's!! My FAVORITE CR500 was my 89 (never owned one of the aluminum framed from Service Honda though). Here are some points to ponder from my experience with them... 1. They can be VERY finicky to start!! I was goign thru 4 pair of boots per year when riding the big CR's (I ride ALOT though). 2. My 89 like to eat base gaskets - it would back fire while starting and pop the base gasket. 3. The mono liked to break at the bottom - the hole for the rebound adjustment was to cut to close to the edge of the flange. 4. Being a bigbore they do viborate more and things need to be kept tight.. 5. They are NOT a high rev motor - a rider coming from a 250 or even worst a 125 has to learn to short shift to REALLY enjoy the 500. You use your tranny less and higher gears more! 6. The CR500 never came powervalved so by design they lack the smoothness in thier power curve that they could have had (I now ride the big KX and it is totally different - it has powervalves). 7. The close ratio tranny in the CR can be difficult to work with. Gear it up to widen the trans and you have to use your clutch ALOT for real slow stuff, gear it down to stock stuff and you run out of gears real fast!! I understand your comment about the bike being older so there shouldnt be that big of difference between the old 5 and a new 250. I raced/rode (HARD) the early model 30 horse CR250M Honda Elsinores and know that the new 125's have way more ponies then those bikes did. However, ALOT of R $ D has gone into 2 stroke tech during those years (1973 to 2004) and the same HASNT happened from 89 to 04. Now the other side of the coin.. Owning/riding a big bore 2 stroke is something that you simply must do to apprectiate them - the old saying of "there is NO replacement for displacement" definitly appies! Some day people will look back and say "I wish I would have had one of those machines when they were around". I sold my last CR500 3 years ago - it was a 93 - decent scoot - sold for $1300. I would think that $800/$1000 for a rideable 89 would be in the ball park.... Woodsy [/QUOTE]
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