hey my name is jesse, iam 16 years old and i compete in hillclmbs. between me and my dad we have 3 cr500s. my 2000 cr500 set up for hillclimbs, my 1996 trail/practice bike, then my dads 2001 cr500 trail bike. i have been riding since i was 6, been riding a cr500 full time since i was 12 years old, i blew up my cr250 and had enough of it so i got a 500. been competing in pro hillclimbs since i was 13 years old. i ride at carnegie since its only 25 minutes away. here is a picture of my hillclimber, i did all of the polishing in my garage. i will get some pictures of my 2 other bikes soon.
here it is before i put graphics on it( this picture is about 1 year old)
i always wondered what happed to the guys that got banned from cr500riders, i guess this where you guys came lol this site is awsome
whats up man! your climb bike is about as sic looking as they come, whats that rear fender off of? is it just the fender you swapped out or is there more to it?. Im sure Freemers right, your Dads gotta be a proud man, my sons almost 3 and i hope he takes to riding as you have, keep up the good work bro!
thanks for all of the comments guys. yea my dad is proud. since i know you guys probaly like pictures and videos here is a video of me at a local hillclimb a couple months ago.
here is another video of me practicing at carnegie from about 1 month ago when i was having problems with it running crappy, you can hear it at the end of the video.
bigjay, the rear fender is just a crf450 fender that i fabed onto the stock subframe. yea i love the way my bike sounds with the custom shorty silencer i made for it. the place i ride at is a state park and requires a spark arrestor so thats why it sounds different in the second video. the reason it was running bad was one of the carb vent lines melted against the pipe, iam not sure why it made it run bad but when i put a new line on it ran perfect.
Very nice bikes, get a picture of yourself in there.
A pro at your age?
Makes me feel bad to still be a amatuer at 43 but I think Nascars Dick Trickle did not go pro until he was 47 so mabey I still have a shot at the # 1 AMA plate for a few years ?