So anybody have a TZ or RS250 rolling chassis laying around?

[Walter Walker]

i always thought a cr500 motor would be sweet stuffed in a 250 frame. prob not legal for anything though

I agree a CR500 would be cool but the a 450 fourstroke single would fit in everything and much more user friendly.

[Christopher Corder]

WW,

I have talked to 4 different people that have one but they all seem to think they are made of diamonds and unicorn tears. Way too much money for a rolling chassis. Like $4000.

[Walter Walker]

WW,

I have talked to 4 different people that have one but they all seem to think they are made of diamonds and unicorn tears. Way too much money for a rolling chassis. Like $4000.

Thanks Christopher,

That's actually cheaper than what I've found do far. One guy had a frame, swing arm, and rear wheel and was asking more than that. I'm going to look at one other option then punt for now. Looks like Trey will likely be on a EX300 or CBR500 next season.

[John Black]

i always thought a cr500 motor would be sweet stuffed in a 250 frame. prob not legal for anything though

there is not enough locktite or jb weld in the world to keep that paint shaker motor from tearing apart anything it is bolted into...

[Eric Falt]

John is right... friend of mine stuffed a CR500 motor in a race frame and it Vibrated so much, it was unrideable!

[John Black]

John is right...

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[Linz Leard]

i always thought a cr500 motor would be sweet stuffed in a 250 frame. prob not legal for anything though

I had a CR500 motard a few years back. Lots of power and big fun, but it had low limits, mostly due to a very sub-par chassis. Any decent 450 4-stroke is a much better engine for roadracing. They are more forgiving, make more torque, have more bottom end grunt, have far less finicky jetting, and provide a much smaller risk of it sticking and tossing you down the road if the piston decides to become one with the cylinder wall. The 500 is far easier to rebuild, though because there are, of course, more parts in the 4-stroke to maintain. As a guy who was raised on 2-strokes and had several TZs back in the day, that's not easy for me to admit, but it's true. Now, in terms of sheer fun, a 500 powered TZ would make me smile. It would have, at the very least, a chassis worthy of handling the light switch power, which, with just a few mild mods, could get 60 reliable ponies.

Oddly enough, John and Eric, my CR was nicknamed "The Paint Shaker".

[Jesse Davis]

FYI i paid $5500 for my 1995 TZ250 whole, perfect and in running condition in 2006.

shifter kart guy gave me $3000 for the motor and electronics.

[Linz Leard]

FYI i paid $5500 for my 1995 TZ250 whole, perfect and in running condition in 2006.

shifter kart guy gave me $3000 for the motor and electronics.

I parted out my CR500 in, I think, 2009. I sold the motor to a guy in NZ for close to 2K. They use them in karts down there and they are hard to come by, hence the big price.

[Steve Haesemeyer]

Tell me more.

I'm sure Dean sold Jessie's 450 to Greg Williams. I believe it is at Cafe Racer in Kansas City Mo. 816-221-0711