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My trx500r
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Posted by: trx500r

This one is my baby. All the work was done by me.

Posted by: Crazy lil punk

sweet

Posted by: mineralgrey01gt

nice lookin quad!

Posted by: RichM1983

Ahh thats nice. I have always wanted to build one. I would love to see more pics. More info on what you did to the frame would be great to. Have a good one.

Posted by: garrettagr

That is a cool bike. What did you do with the frame to make it fot and not break in half? Also, what year motor did you use? Reason i ask is that my motor is in need of some extensive engine work so wanting to upgrade and maybe a 500 would work. Does it vibrate very bad or is it not as bad as everyone says? thanks

Posted by: kiesta00

you must feel like you've been working a jackhammer all day after racing with that thing lol.

Posted by: trx500r

The motor is out of a 1997 and yes it vibrates like crazy. I am on my second pipe and it has already broke twice. The steering stem is a lonestar anti-vibe which helps a little bit. I rode it at St. Anthonys for the weekend last summer and once your arms and legs go numb its a blast to ride. I am kidding but it does vibrate. I don't have a lot of hours on it yet so I am still learning what the weak spots are. I have broke the upper motor mount twice and found it is more tolerable to ride without it. I would recommend it if you take a spare bike with you when you go for long weekends. I am planning on riding it this year and thinking of having it ported. The motor swap was pretty easy. Change the lower mounts, fabricate new front mounts, heat and dent in the lower tube where the foot peg bolts too, Build new sleeves to go in the motor, extend the kick starter out to clear the frame, and have a pipe built. Its as simple has that it. It took me a weekend to get the motor in and 4 months to get the pipe built.

Posted by: goldrims04

looks cool,i heard with the 500 motor it messes up the frame some how

Posted by: CorvetteZ06

did you originally have a 250R motor in the frame, and if so, how would you ratwe the power differnece? btw, nice R!