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    Strongest year for the honda CR500?

    What was the year that the CR500 had the strongest motor in it? I have heard between 85 and 87? What have you guys heard?
    1986 250R
    1985 200x

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    Not to hijack your thread but Also since we are on this topic...can any of these motors be moded to fit in a 250r frame. I thought only some years were able to? i know someone here makes frames?

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    I always heard 85 was such a beast they tamed them down after that
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    i can honestly say my 92 was way nastie rthan my cousins 85 btu i also had a bills pipand silencer and soem light porting
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    ive heard 87 was the best year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Orangecnty250r View Post
    I always heard 85 was such a beast they tamed them down after that
    I've heard the same thing numerous times. Kinda like the YZ250 from 94, the factory riders were using that cylinder for a couple years. Banshees were the fastest in 87 also, though I believe that had to do with the pipes. As far as putting a CR500 motor in your 250R, it's been done numerous times. Leager's actually used to sell a kit to convert the CR500 into a threewheeler. I think there is an article about that somewhere on this site.
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    I've always heard the same 85-87. With 86 being the power pinacle. I have a test of all the open bikes of 88 and they make mention numerous times how honda put lots of work into making the CR500 rideable. And the 88 bike has been a success in that department. Smooth, yet still very fast. They new the had to take the edge off, just took a few years to actually do.

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    not bout being strong, its if you can handle it
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    They all have the same potential... '85 is said to be the most violent... '86 is considered to be the fastest stock cr500... Any year can be made mean if thats what you want
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    any cr500 motor will be a lot to handle haha. ive heard it after 88 they tamed them down some, buy anythng from 85-88 so yeah.

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    forget trying to tame the power have fun getting it started,i had a 87 but sold it because it was too much to kick over and pop starting it would only drag the tire had to pop start it with my truck
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    yeah i heard they were hard to kick over. 250's use to be hard for me since i weight nothing.

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    I was always told the 85 was the most powerfull. We called it the "Devils Lightswitch". In 86 they started to smooth them out so they were easier to control. I have ridden many different years and they are all crazy.

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    In 86 the works ban came into effect.So all the manufactures dumped all the works technolgy into the production bikes.So i would geuss that was the year for a great motor.

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