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Oh my God!!!I've just taken it for its first blast.
It is a bit of a handful,it pulls like a train and keeps pulling,the upside down gearshift will take some getting used to(nearly head butted the top yoke twice on the up shift and it went down )

I think i have created Frankensteins monster
Casualty is imminent,start the ambulance!!

Brilliant, that's exactly how it should be
It would have been very disappointing if you had reported back that it was a docile well mannered thing.
Well done for having the balls to do it =D> =D>

Mike

Don't leave us drooling here, please post a video, would love to see it on the move [-o< [-o<

Daz Have you thought about a set of risers and renthals A bit more work for you but I think it would make it easier to ride and improve the chances of serious back wheel action
love it mate.

pablo wrote:Daz Have you thought about a set of risers and renthals

I have gone this way with my naked and it makes it fun to ride in twisties etc, but I have noticed that having bars and risers (with kr1 engine) amplifies the vibes that you feel on the right hand. It never used to bother me with clip ons but 20 minutes with the bars, and my fingers ar numb. Also has made the bike a wheely monster of the line in first, and second, so it could make the 500 too much of a handfull, as theres no weight over the front end to keep it down.

Symtec23 is right,putting renthals on would move weight backwards making it very user un-friendly.I do prefer the clip-on riding position for taming the beast.
To be honest with the gearing i've got (15/38 sprockets),wheelies won't be too much of problem,it's the tallest gearing i could put on with the CR500 low ratio gearbox,it just pulls from idle like nothing else.
It reminded me very much of my old RG500 but with a little bit more torque,that's the closest description i could give of what it's like.

Is there an update to this topic?
How did it run apart front the first trial? Was it taken to trackdays? Etc...

Denmark wants to know

I know R1 Daz and he sold it ages ago

Thanks...
But do you know why? Was vibrating too much? An untamable beast or...?

Hi

Jimmy Deakin bought it, it was back up for sale on here a while back
viewtopic.php?t=7598

Cheers,
Bernie

Mikkel wrote:Thanks...
But do you know why? Was vibrating too much? An untamable beast or...?

I had to sell it to fund other projects.
The vibration wasn't too bad and it was still reasonably rideable (depending on what you're used to).

I've built another bike with an engine swap recently(not a KR ) and i've built a supermoto so i've been very busy

r1-daz wrote:

Mikkel wrote:Thanks...
But do you know why? Was vibrating too much? An untamable beast or...?

I had to sell it to fund other projects.
The vibration wasn't too bad and it was still reasonably rideable (depending on what you're used to).

I've built another bike with an engine swap recently(not a KR ) and i've built a supermoto so i've been very busy

What about Freddy

The Freddie Spencer replica will be my next priority,it will be back from the welders next month which gives me 5 months to get it ready for the TT =D>

How come your lurking on these pages again Dazza

Thanks for the update

I allways had a crush on the big 1-cylinder 500's