I have a friend who was an engineer contracted to design some of the parts they sold for those bikes. It was my original motivation to build a 'super-single' of my own, but lighter and two stroke.

Those are surely fun, light, reliable bikes but I really wanted something more wild... :)

Mike, its pretty straightforward to stick a CR500 motor into a CRF450 chassis. You could do something like this pretty easily.

Finish the engine, wire the bike, make brake arm...broad strokes but, that's what's left! I may change the headlight holders, I think I'd like to pull the light back a little and probably drop the clip ons to under the top fork plate.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1455050780.jpg
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NRD

Love the Gulf livery!

nikita those clipons are also flipped from what they normally are supposed to be. It is far more common to have the bars on the front side of the forks, not the back. If you have them like that you won't have room for your hands between the bars and the tank when turning.

Putting them between the triples will make it look a tad sportier as well.

Thanks guys!

Thank you Mike! that makes sense...much appreciated!!

NRD

Looking great! Good eye on the clipons, Mike.

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this followed me home saturday. i am becoming the crazy cat lady of motorcycles.

Sweet little bike for only $1700 for those of you in the southeast. Can't go wrong.

https://charlotte.craigslist.org/mcy/5447482077.html

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Just picked up this beauty. 1974 CB550, completely rebuilt. Gonna be a great summer.

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Here's my modified 79 xs750se, frame detabbed and hooped, air box removed, 850cc triple swapped in and a 2001 zx6 front end. Just finished my 3 year long one season build lol this year I get to enjoy it on the road instead of in the garage.

I have a factory cafe bike: 1982 Yamaha XJ550R Seca

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I've never been a Yamaha guy, but I always liked these. A big part of why I like the new XSR900 is that it reminds me of the Seca.

How geeky am I if I actually know what that means. :(

How many more geeks like me are there actually out there in the world:confused:

Why do we know these things???:)

CR500 anyone??

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