Project Polish: CR500AFDS Build

Polished · Post by **Polished** » May 3rd, 2012, 12:49 pm

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:

hoofarted · Post by **hoofarted** » May 3rd, 2012, 3:16 pm

Shit I thought it was about Polish women:

and your FB links dont come across. Host them at Photobucket.

Polished · Post by **Polished** » May 3rd, 2012, 5:38 pm

hoofarted wrote:Shit I thought it was about Polish women:

and your FB links dont come across. Host them at Photobucket.

Im polish lol

Polished · Post by **Polished** » May 3rd, 2012, 6:11 pm

could some one post these ? please

http://s1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii545/CR500AFDS/

sabreguy · Post by **sabreguy** » May 3rd, 2012, 6:16 pm

Polished · Post by **Polished** » May 3rd, 2012, 6:38 pm

Thank you

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » May 3rd, 2012, 7:24 pm

Paint it silver with brake caliper paint

NightBiker07 · Post by **NightBiker07** » May 3rd, 2012, 9:45 pm

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.

Polished · Post by **Polished** » May 4th, 2012, 7:08 am

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.

i am powder coating them when im done but why is polished stuff for dunes ?

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

Rhino89523 · Post by **Rhino89523** » May 4th, 2012, 8:09 am

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.

Post by **AlisoBob** » May 4th, 2012, 9:28 am

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?

Polished · Post by **Polished** » May 4th, 2012, 10:26 am

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 don't but i can powder coat everthing so i don't have to.

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

killtman · Post by **killtman** » May 4th, 2012, 11:05 am

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)

Nodge · Post by **Nodge** » May 4th, 2012, 11:15 am

killtman wrote:(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.

2strokeforever · Post by **2strokeforever** » May 4th, 2012, 3:23 pm

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

Gmbond · Post by **Gmbond** » May 4th, 2012, 8:08 pm

2strokes that is a great idea, like the American Racing wheels that are coated for mud to not stick.... Wonder where you can get that done....

NightBiker07 · Post by **NightBiker07** » May 4th, 2012, 8:29 pm

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....

Polished · Post by **Polished** » May 4th, 2012, 10:27 pm

new pictures and updates tommorw on the frame and engine

im doing a 02 125 frame and im not going to cut the Y but i have an 86 engine witch it shorter anyways it will be intresting.

Polished · Post by **Polished** » May 11th, 2012, 1:54 pm

this what my doner bike

Polished · Post by **Polished** » May 11th, 2012, 2:01 pm

[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

hoofarted · Post by **hoofarted** » May 11th, 2012, 2:13 pm

Fixed:

ooh shiny!

Polished · Post by **Polished** » May 11th, 2012, 3:44 pm

thank you

it hurt to make a abortion of my restored 500 but im sure my af will look 1000x better

gregrobo · Post by **gregrobo** » May 12th, 2012, 6:12 am

Nooooo you parted out that beauty that my friend is a waste of an original

Post by **AlisoBob** » May 12th, 2012, 10:07 am

Yup.....

Kuma · Post by **Kuma** » May 12th, 2012, 1:34 pm

sell that roller to someone that will appriciate it

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Project Polish: CR500AFDS Build

Polished crank cases or black powder coated ?

Project Polish: CR500AFDS Build

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