Project Polish: CR500AFDS Build
Project Polish: CR500AFDS Build
Im building a CR500 aluminum frame dual sport, Im using a 2002 cr125 frame and an 86 CR500 engine.
I will keep the this updated:
I will keep the this updated:
Last edited by Polished on May 3rd, 2012, 6:09 pm, edited 3 times in total.
- Roostius_Maximus
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Paint it silver with brake caliper paint
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MRE Components... http://sdrv.ms/1bs2zhd
- NightBiker07
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Looks good. Lots of work to get that shit polished. I would personally Powdercoat clear them to preserve the polish. But even then, polished shit is really only good for a dunes bike.
2000 CR250, pipe, filter, Vforce
1980 XL80s
1969 Broncco TX-6
Natural selection favors Smart people, so nature selects morons to be slow and dumb for tigers and stuff too eat. But in our modern world there just aren't enough tigers.
1980 XL80s
1969 Broncco TX-6
Natural selection favors Smart people, so nature selects morons to be slow and dumb for tigers and stuff too eat. But in our modern world there just aren't enough tigers.
i am powder coating them when im done but why is polished stuff for dunes ?NightBiker07 wrote:Looks good. Lots of work to get that shit polished. I would personally Powdercoat clear them to preserve the polish. But even then, polished shit is really only good for a dunes bike.
this is going to be a 65% on road 35% off road bike but its going to be set up for off road not on road
the frame,swing arm,forks,tripple clamps,rims hubs,levers,kick, start,bars,sprockets.............. and bolts are going to be polished and cleard with eastwood super high gloss clear powder
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Dune bikes stay upright and when they do go down the sand doesn't hurt them much. Full on dirtbikes get pulverized. Mine has dented frame under the skid plate and I am on about my 5th frame or something. I have 7 pipes that get rotated through the bike and all look like a piece of used tin foil you straightened out to wrap your kids lunch up in. I have cracked 4 clutch covers and they all get boot polished which doesn't look good. Basically the bike looks like I drag it behind the truck to the riding spot. My motor has old mud burnt into the finish along with a red dirt coolant paste. They have rock and sand blasting scratches and marks top to bottom. It's just how it is and I am an old man taking it easy compared to our resident Service Honda thrasher 2strokeforever.
I think your polished motor looks great and I vote with all the work you leave it like that but if you plan to ride the thing much off road be prepared to continue polishing daily or have a very disappointing existance.
I think your polished motor looks great and I vote with all the work you leave it like that but if you plan to ride the thing much off road be prepared to continue polishing daily or have a very disappointing existance.
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Rhino89523 wrote:....if you plan to ride the thing AT ALL off be prepared to continue polishing daily or have a very disappointing existance.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqHXgitn ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]
This guy has time to polish every day.... do you?
i don't but i can powder coat everthing so i don't have to.AlisoBob wrote:Rhino89523 wrote:....if you plan to ride the thing AT ALL off be prepared to continue polishing daily or have a very disappointing existance.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqHXgitn ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]
This guy has time to polish every day.... do you?
i have only droped my 500 once and it was on ice with no studds at a dead stop and i held the bike up when i fell
i do not ride hard or do anything to cause the bike to get damaged
its 3rd gear roads putting or 1st gear tight trails and 5th gear open trails and sometimes 5th gear wot on roads when i don't have a plate lol
I voted sandblasted because :
- polished is too bling bling (although the job is amazing)
- Powder Coated makes me think that the dents and scratches could ruin the nice look pretty quickly
- If I was you I'd make it sandblast with glass microballs (sorry for my english, I don't know the exact name other than in french)
- polished is too bling bling (although the job is amazing)
- Powder Coated makes me think that the dents and scratches could ruin the nice look pretty quickly
- If I was you I'd make it sandblast with glass microballs (sorry for my english, I don't know the exact name other than in french)
Your english is better than some of the american hoons.killtman wrote:(sorry for my english, I don't know the exact name other than in french)
Yah, I'm from Saskatchetoon!
MRE 02 250/500 conversion, pulse injector, twirp porting, coolhead, MRE ignition, blah blah blah blah... www.millarengines.com
MRE 02 250/500 conversion, pulse injector, twirp porting, coolhead, MRE ignition, blah blah blah blah... www.millarengines.com
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if i were going to do anything id get some of that teflon non stick coating (i think its grey) so it dosent cost $5 at the car wash everytime i want to clean the engine
the 450 will have less power and will be harder to start, and will be heavier, but to make up for it it will require more maintenance.
4stroke=dead fish
4stroke=dead fish
- NightBiker07
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dirt would stick to a blasted finish really bad.
raw aluminum doesnt react well to dirt. it dulls up fast in a dirty environment, the sand doesnt really stick to the bike like mud/dirt does.
expect the clear to dull the polished look a little, but it shouldnt be too bad.
after all that work, I definitely wouldnt spray it black....
raw aluminum doesnt react well to dirt. it dulls up fast in a dirty environment, the sand doesnt really stick to the bike like mud/dirt does.
expect the clear to dull the polished look a little, but it shouldnt be too bad.
after all that work, I definitely wouldnt spray it black....
2000 CR250, pipe, filter, Vforce
1980 XL80s
1969 Broncco TX-6
Natural selection favors Smart people, so nature selects morons to be slow and dumb for tigers and stuff too eat. But in our modern world there just aren't enough tigers.
1980 XL80s
1969 Broncco TX-6
Natural selection favors Smart people, so nature selects morons to be slow and dumb for tigers and stuff too eat. But in our modern world there just aren't enough tigers.
update and i had to cut
this what my doner bike
Re: update and i had to cut
[quote="Polished"]this what my doner bike
I still can figer out how i posted that one picture
sorry to ask again but could some one post my updated pictures again
sorry
http://s1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii5 ... 1QQtppZZ16
I still can figer out how i posted that one picture
sorry to ask again but could some one post my updated pictures again
sorry
http://s1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii5 ... 1QQtppZZ16
Re: update and i had to cut
Fixed:
ooh shiny!
ooh shiny!
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