ATC500R "Build Thread"

[MojaveRider]

Awesome looking forks, can't wait to see this done.

[Fungo Wizard]

More importantly.........what is the competition schedule? LOL I'm gonna have to swing by and see this when I'm in St.Louis for baseball in June.

[El Camexican]

Novice class? What does the expert class look like? You know what, I don’t even care! Everybody’s a winner on that stage! God bless you Jason B, you made my day!

[JasonB]

You crack me up!

Ok semi intoxicated update. Pics, trying to get stuff done etc etc
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Installed the rekluse . It took me FOUR TRIES to get it happy and right. Smart carb install now . So much to do, so little time

[Outlaw #24]

I am in the same boat ! At least you have a runner! stuck another in Oh yea Jason B good luck shoe horning the air box horn on the carb

[JasonB]

lol thanks man! going to be fun trying to finish everything this weekend! BUSY WEEKEND with all this, but the plan is to make it run and ride this weekend so i can heat cycle the motor in. went to install the Flexx Fasst bars last night and the bar mounts I bought DONT FIT! The studs dont go through the top tripple all the way, so Im waiting until the local atv shops open so i can start making panicked phone calls to find a set. I do plan to run an airbox on this set up, but I wont be sticking it on until after I get the motor running so i have less in the way of trouble shooting.

man that Rekluse had me freaking out last night! everything loctited in place and bolt the clutch cover on and the motor wont spin over by hand. pull it back apart and figure out it wasnt in all the way and yank everything back down. got it finally though, shot 2 more hours of trikefest documentary build footage too. Finished bolting up the water pump and seals last night too. Inverts are on and i love them, excited to ride again! need to deal with the coolant lines tonight, and finish cleaning up/grinding down the top motor mounts to look pretty. Then its gap the plug fill the tranny with oil and fire it up!


meeting BKM at 630 tonight to get my powdercoated wheels and new front axle. tomorrow go by the No-Mar place here that i take my wheels to for tire installs.

[JasonB]

Clamps. The Pro Taper ones that came with my Flexx bars didnt work, so i grabbed these. Below is my lunch bread progress Bars are in place, going to get balls deep at 430 after work before I meet up with Bryan for my wheels. plan is to hear her run TONIGHT










Starting to resemble a rocket powered 3 wheeled atv.

[yaegerb]

In the words of Peter Griffin......Freakin Sweet!

[ironchop]

that thing is gonna be STOOPID FAST!!!

[JasonB]

Lots of work today. Took my paddles and powdercoated wheels up to the local No-Mar tire place and had them put on. Got most ways though front brakes and front wheel mounting only to find I'm missing a threaded sleeve/spacer. Halls a champ he's next day air shipping it to me!

Filled tranny and coolant system and gas tank. Kicked the crap out of it and managed to get her fired up. The smartcarb is giving me trouble, calling the head honcho at APT about it in the morning to see about getting one of the special bulbs that another local Missouri cr500 guy had to resort to in order to the carb to work on his 500 without issue. It's just starting it that I had problems with so far. Hopefully I can try riding this thing soon lol


Keep in mind it's far from done. Pretty much just got it far enough to run it before I do all cosmetics and pegs etc. it runs now just to make it run right and fire up when I try to start it!

[El Camexican]

Ok Jason, it’s time for a little dose of tough love from a friend who cares.

I can no longer stand silently by and watch those sexy shiny parts get bolted to that spray bombed frame. Unless that thing is bent or cracked I implore you to carefully remove all those pretty parts and take it to the nearest sandblaster get that “Radar Evading Stealth Black” by Krylon off of it and get it powder coated in your favorite American flag color. Either of the three will satisfy me, but I can’t handle looking at another photo of your sweet parts bolted to that abomination. To continue down this path would be akin to making your fiancé wear the garments pictured below at her next competition. If at some point in time you decide you wish to upgrade your chassis I’m sure someone on here would buy your frame and perhaps even pay extra knowing it’s history.

Sincerely,

El Camexican

[JasonB]

Paddles. Pics of them on the bike when we get to Little Sahara.



Also, before anyone says it the front tire is backwards. Mix up at the shop I plan to have it flipped Monday. Other wise it's getting close, real excited to finish the little time consuming stuff

[JasonB]

Lmao at the garments! Ok man I was trying not to dig into the issue but the frame is tweaked in the back and I have been on the fence about swapping to the aluminum frame or over to a steel stock cr500 frame and mimick that sweet machine Louis built the Orange Crush into. The frame was tweaked to hell in the back before billy even did the frame conversion to accept a 500 motor. The frame has hindered the pipe selection as well, I want to get a new fmf fatty or one of the CPI PIPES and I don't have options besides a custom pipe being made for me since there's no off the shelf options. I want the build to be as nice as some of the others floating around here and the frame has been the one thing I wanted to fix or replace. It's not even tweaked that bad and could be easily straightened, I just fear that trying to jump this that I will break it. I feel like the frame conversions are best suited for trail riding and dunes. anyways, I would have done the frame in powdercoat but I'm just not set on keeping it too much longer and didn't have the time to find someone to bend it back and gusset it. Sooooooooooopooo for the summer while I get some more 500 experience under my belt this will do lol. Thanks again for following the build man, your advice and input is awesome!

Ok Jason, it’s time for a little dose of tough love from a friend who cares.

I can no longer stand silently by and watch those sexy shiny parts get bolted to that spray bombed frame. Unless that thing is bent or cracked I implore you to carefully remove all those pretty parts and take it to the nearest sandblaster get that “Radar Evading Stealth Black” by Krylon off of it and get it powder coated in your favorite American flag color. Either of the three will satisfy me, but I can’t handle looking at another photo of your sweet parts bolted to that abomination. To continue down this path would be akin to making your fiancé wear the garments pictured below at her next competition. If at some point in time you decide you wish to upgrade your chassis I’m sure someone on here would buy your frame and perhaps even pay extra knowing it’s history.

Sincerely,

El Camexican

[El Camexican]

I'm just messing with you. I'm sure your GF would look fine in one of those suits

Seriously, there is no shame in what you are doing, it looks GREAT. Its just that I usually try to start my projects with the finished frame in my head and build around them, so it frustrates me to see all that “precious” against a spray bombed back drop. I’ll get over it!

[JasonB]

Ladies and gentleman, I present a mechanically semi functional 500R.










So heres where things stand. The front tire as I stated earlier is on backwards. The front rotor is backwards as well, what i get for working too late and not thinking straight. The rotor hub adapter plate is about 1mm too thick so Hall is bringning me an appropriately spaced one to little sahara unless I chance taking it to oriely's and having them turn the face down as if it was a brake rotor from a car....... might be a horrible idea. anyways, need to secure the brake line to the forks somehow. Headed out on my lunch break today to drop off my rear brake lever to have it cut and flipped upside down so I can kick the motor over with less stuff in the way. Headed over to steal the Master Cylinder of my brother in laws bike while on break since the kx400 one i bought is frozen up and wont function at all. Installed the air box last night, got the exhaust and silencer secured. Front fender bolted on. Handlebars need to be moved and tightened down as well. At this point I need to bolt the tank on with shrouds and it should be ready for a few trips around the neighborhood to make sure parts are all secured.