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96 cr500, your thoughts on it
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[QUOTE="magneto, post: 958536, member: 26124"] If the 500 has the original bore it will have shallow decompression grooves above the exhaust which make the bike easier to kick over. My 96 CR5 has been bored (by EG) and the grooves were left out (at my request). I'm 5'11', 160 pounds and have no problem cranking my machine. Starting procedure for a cold CR5: Turn gas on, pull out choke knob, lay bike on ground for 3 or 4 seconds and then pick it up. This puts a small amount of gas into the bottom of the motor and makes it much easier to start. A small amount of gas should flow out of the overflow tubes when you pick the bike back up. Slowly push the kickstart lever through several times. Next, find the start of the compression stroke and then let the kickstart lever all the way back up. Take up slack and then kick it through hard while just barely cracking the throttle. Two or three kicks and it should fire right up. Immediately modulate the choke off and on until it runs clean. If you stall it hot, put it in neutral before you try to crank it. It can be started in gear but it is MUCH harder. Mine has the EG Mo Better port job, Jeremy Wilks suspension, a Steahly flywheel weight, brush guards, Boyesen reeds and a skid plate. I run stock gearing. This bike will putt around all day like an XR and never foul a plug. Want to go faster just crack the throttle a little more. I came directly off of an 89 XR250 to my CR5 and will never go back. IMO you simply cannot get more performance coupled with less maintenance than in a CR5. (not counting tire and chain replacement.) CR5: If there is noise coming out of the pipe, its in the powerband. [/QUOTE]
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