EX500 track bike

[exracer]

I bought an EX500 for $300 but no title so I plan to use all the parts on it to get my old race bike on the road again and use the untitled bike for a track bike. This time though I will use an aftermarket exhaust, racetech fork emulators and aftermarket brakes. But I will switch engines as the race bike engine was making more than 60 hp to the rear tire, I will also switch front ends with the home made fork brace, home made clip-ons and home made rearsets. I also plan to get crazy with the hacksaw and make the track bike as light as possible. I just have to figure out how to make an oil catch lower for the track bike. I think that the resulting street bike will be mostly normal, other than the crazy paint job my Brother did on it! I am looking forward to trying the new turn 4 at PIR.

[ThaSick1]

if you need any spare bottom end or cranks ive got it

[ThaSick1]

you can come by, rummage through the parts...ill give ya a helluva deal

[exracer]

I would like that, I am not sure what parts I could use except a flywheel with the magnets still intact. I also am debating about going with the "street fighter" look with the street bike as my Brother had lost the fairing so he only painted the rest of the bodywork. I hope to post some pictures of the paint work, it is from his early days at Monaco Coach.

[ThaSick1]

Ive got a world of skillz about those bikes...know how to lose weight with them and still make em look sweet....hit me up sometime

pm for a number

[ThaSick1]

Ive also got a 45 tooth rear sprocket Id be willing to part with for about $40...I mean to get a 48 on mine soon

[exracer]

I really had not given the sprocket any thought, I guess I could reduce the gearing on the street bike but I need increase the gearing for the track bike. The last time I rode the race bike on the track (9 years ago) it hit the rev limiter about 2/3 the way down the front straight with stock gearing (16/42). So my plan with the track bike is to run 17/42 gearing. Here is another picture of the paint job I hope.

[ThaSick1]

with the 45 rear, and stock front...you'll up your torque due to amount of contact per tooth being increased by 7.1% according to gearingcommander.com

[ThaSick1]

plus, it will take weight off from that clunky steel sprocket...its nice and aluminum, double hardened

[exracer]

That sounds pretty good. Any suggestions about lights and gauges for a "street fighter"? We have more than enough torque with the race engine, with it is a need for higher gearing. A good race launch had the 12,000 rpm rev limiter shutting things down before the clutch was all the way out. But with the street bike I think could use some lower gearing. And aluminum would be nice. I am planning to use aluminum "F1r" mufflers on the street bike, but I still have not desided to use "clip-ons" or "stock" bars.

[ThaSick1]

I picked up a set of aluminum clip ons for my fighter and they work awesome...only 86 bucks too...i can help ya find stuff on ebay thats where I found them

[exracer]

ThaSick1 do you have the first of second generation EX?

[ThaSick1]

its a 1995 EX500D....the sprocket will fit your bike.

[ThaSick1]

if yer talking about the bottom end stuff, it should match up fine as well....just took a look at the pics, and from what i can see, they're exactly identical