Im lookin to pick up a mint 1985 cr 500 that is completely redone from top to bottom. I will be trading a drag ported 350 motor for it. Do u guys think this is a good deal? Im just lookin for a fun toy for the ice.
Any advice is appreciated,
Thanks Jesse

no cr 500 guys out there?

Sounds like a deal,I have a kx 500 and I love it,these are big motors with lots of power,I've always wondered what my bike would b like with all the know how and tuning done to it like these banshees

Jump on it if its a clean one, those early CR 500's are awesome bikes. I used to ride an 85 when I was younger there a hanful but definitly an awesome ride. Would love to have another myself. The 85 had the most hp out of all the CR 500's produced but was also the mot unpredictable too!! Which makes it my favorite unless you have the money for a service honda 500AF. The AF is the sweetest bike around but you cant go wrong with an old 85-86.

I put one in a streetbike chassis....what a nightmare. Never again. real hard to start, vibrates like a nightmare.... no thanks.

i really enjoy my cr5 trike. is it the fastest thing in the world ? hell no. is it a blast to ride?> hell yea. is it the combo for everyone? hell no..

infact since noone seems to know or want to build me a pipe for it i am working on doing just that as of now. yes i know cpi has a pipe but they dont offer it in a out frame and dont have a silencer for the inframe model. so screw it.

Try Jemco we have full drag cr and kx 500s and they build us oof silenced or stingers and thats a good trade an old mint cr is gettin hard to find

'85 was a decent year. overall i think the newer engines are alittle better imo (1990 onward). '85 had 3 cog trans, newer ones used 4. 85/86 used short rod which was discontinued last i heard, 87+ longer rod can be bought at tons of places. old ones had magnesium covers that rotted from the coolant, newer versions was aluminum. old clutch was 6/7 plate with ball bearing, newer one 7/8 plate with pancake bearing

cpi works well for me with porting. far better than fmf, PC or stock pipe. fmf power core2 muffler fits the pipe on a bike. not sure about a 3wheeler. could probly buy the cones from mike and weld it yourself for oof

it currently has an FTZ out frame pipe on it and i dont know if it is even doing much of anything.

im going to try and build 2-4 pipes for it in differnt configuartions and see what happens.