This interesting off-roader combines a ’80s EML frame with a Honda XR650R motor – though the frame was originally built for a CR500 motor!
The seller unfortunately does not have much to say about this, though he mentions the original build utilized the bodywork, suspension, and motor from a Honda CR500. As noted above, the motor is now from a Big Red Pig – the XR650R. He calls it “very fast and reliable,” which is presumably a relative term in this context. He also notes that all of the bodywork (except for the tank) is new. I can’t stop staring at the first picture (note how the exhaust is routed!) and the front fork set up.
Find this sidecar racer for sale in Hesperia, California for $4,500 here on Craigslist.
Post Sale Update: this "CR500" sold for $5,049.99 after 21 bids on eBay in Surprise, Arizona. Following the model that made Service Honda famous, this custom combines a 2007 Honda CRF frame with a 1998 Honda CR500 motor to blend modern handling with old-school open class two-stroke madness. In addition…
MPS (Motorsports Products & Services) is the brainchild of George Fanelli, who creates aluminum framed two stroke MX bikes. Want a Kawi KX 500 motor in a modern four stroke frame? A Yamaha 500 two-stroke in a YZ250F frame? MPS has done it before. Here's one of their Honda builds…
There's a cottage industry out there for people who like shoving the legendary two-stroke Honda CR500 motor into other frames - usually I see it done with CR250s or similar but M-Worx Conversions in Illinois has recently done one with a modern CRF450R frame and now it's for sale. Per…
