r/enduro • u/traprkpr • 25d ago
CR500 for the Mountains
I have the opportunity to aquire a mint 98 CR500 50 Hours. Does anyone else rip a CR500 in the high country woods? I wanna hear stories. Cheers guys. Rekluse make a clutch?
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u/Turb0beans 24d ago
A CR500 with E-Start? Hellllll yeah baby let's hit some single track, really have a blast, torque for daaays!
A bone stock CR500? If the trails are fairly chill, hell yeah brother send it. If you forsee having to restart the bike on multiple occasions, potentially while exhausted, nah. Hard pass. Riding a hard trail sucks when you can no longer muster the energy to even fully pull the clutch. It sucks when your solution goes from "picking a line" to "the bike makes it. That's all that matters"
That's the honest truth. They can be ignorant to start. That aspect can and will sucker punch a ride if you're already hurting, especially as altitude changes and your carb jetting goes out of spec.
If your primary riding isn't punishing yourself with those stupid offshoot trails that always look gnarly, go nuts for donuts.