New pic of 500R, got the seat, need info please read.....

[Louis Mielke]

HRC85250R, you definatly are onto what I'm going to do, the rear fenders are going to sit lower than whats in the picture. The top fender lines will match up almost level to the lines of the bottom of the tank. If I make any drastic supsension changes I'm goign to lose my ground clearance. What is the stock ground clearance of a 250r anyway?

Oh and by the way. I have a domain now for my website.
just type www.atc500r.com and you'll go to my website. Obviously its a redirect but its still easier to remember.

[cr500=3wheeler]

opinions vary!!!!!! good luck ,it looks nice

[OZQUAD44]

Looks good mate, I think your on the right track. You really need to lower that rear sub frame in order to get that seat in a more useable position. This may require that tail end of the exhaust pipe is bent to sit horisontal so its low enough to clear the plasics when the seat is in its lower position. The bike subframe is designed to clear a rear tyre whereas a trike seat height has to be low for cornering whislt still allowing for a good seat to foot peg distance

[Huffa]

Your 3 wheeler and my motox bike would look great side by side!

[Louis Mielke]

Too bad that bike won't run side by side with my trike when its done

CRF450F right?

[Mr. Sandman]

What is the stock ground clearance of a 250r?

4.7 inches.

[hrc85250r]

sandman, i think he means skidplate height....not swingarm-carrier clearance....

[Mr. Sandman]

4.7 inches is distance from the bottom of the stock swing arm skid plate to the ground, which is straight out of the 85 250R sales brochure.

[hrc85250r]

i meant engine skidplate..sorry....

[Louis Mielke]

Thanks. That helps alot. I'll adjust my shock as soon as I have someone to sit on it for me while I change the sag.

[3Razors]

For the cr500 conversion the best seat fender combo to run is the 83/84 250r. I have seen many and it the best fitting.

[Louis Mielke]

Thanks for the info. I already have my fenders. Using 400ex fenders and seat. I'll make em fit right. No prob.

[Orangecnty250r]

To bad these wouldn't fit on your shroud/ tank combo It would give it that factory look.

[Louis Mielke]

Dude. Those stickers are awsome. Yeah I'm not sure what I'm going to do for gaphics. I think I want 500r down the rear fenders like the 200x/350X, and then I'd like atc500R and wings on the gas tank but they would have to be totally custom. Maybe I can make a patern off my tank in paper and send it to someone so they can make custom tank graphics for me. I dunno. I'll play with it. I'm still waiting on my 400ex subframe to show up. Hopefully it will be here before the weekend and I'll get some major work done on saturday & sunday and I'll be able to post some pics of the fenders in the correct location/the rear suspension adjusted. I can't beleive the stock 250R only has 4.7 inch of ground clearance. My 500r has I think over 10 haven't really measured. You can see a set of 200x tripples by the rear tire for compairison. I' going to adjust the rear shock and hopefully find different year CR forks that will allow me to drop the front end a couple inchs. The forks I'm using now have recesses in the top tubes so I can only slide the tripples down so far. I'm hoping that I can find some inverted forks that will fit in my bored out tripples. That would be really cool and would make my front brake setup go together so much easier. Anyone know of any inverted forks that are about 36mm in diameter at the top tubes?

[OZQUAD44]

4.7 inches is distance from the bottom of the stock swing arm skid plate to the ground, which is straight out of the 85 250R sales brochure.

I'm sorry if this sounds like I'm flaming a bit, but everytime I check this thread that particular quote annoys me. The swing arm skidplate (sprocket and rotor gard) to ground distance is determined almost exclusivley by the tyre/rim size. Swingarm angle may change this distance by an inch or so at the very most.

The seat height, suspension settings, seat position, frame height, center of gravity, front fork settings, etc, etc. Have little or nothing to do with that particular measurement. So everytime I look at that quote It makes me cringe. I'm probably just clutching on too tight eh!

Having gotten that off my chest. I see that someone actually addressed this issue within two relpies so don't get too wound up about my rantings. The measurement from the bashplate underneath the engine is indeed the more appropriate measurement for what Louis Mielke was getting at. Mr Sandman I hope you don't take this personally as I don't profess to be perfect and I'm not trying to disrespect you, it was just bugging me thats all.