Author Topic: ATC500R build thread (Read 23491 times)

The_Steve_Man · « **Reply #45 on:** March 25, 2014, 05:43:06 PM »

I will there hope to meet some of you trx guys

zcarlson12 · « **Reply #46 on:** March 25, 2014, 08:23:14 PM »

Looks like my idea of a good time. Those trikes are wild, real cool build man.

GO OVRIT · « **Reply #47 on:** March 25, 2014, 09:16:18 PM »

That thing is a beast. I like it. How long did you make the forks? That's about the stance I'm looking for with my 350x.

patman13mia · « **Reply #48 on:** March 25, 2014, 09:52:52 PM »

Awesome build thread man!! Tons of pics and detailed description of the work you did. Bike looks awesome and bet it hauls ass

troybilt · « **Reply #49 on:** March 26, 2014, 09:26:14 AM »

We're camping at Cowboy campground as well, we reserved several spots as well, 622 and 623 I think were the numbers. Cool!

JasonB · « **Reply #50 on:** April 30, 2014, 01:49:38 PM »

updates for this board; made it out to little sahara and had a good time. However we left one thrust washer out of the tranny and it would look the gears up in first randomly so the bike was parked and never made it out into the sand. over the last 4 weeks we pulled the motor down, installed the appropriate thrust washers and put it back together. After that i jumped back over to the 39pwk carb and took her out for a ride. runs amazing, starts first kick every time and pulls like a freight train! heres some shots

New 18" fast Trekkers and 8x8 Wheels.

Assembled and ready to ride at joe last sunday.

JasonB · « **Reply #51 on:** April 30, 2014, 01:54:04 PM »

Loaded and headed for St Joe Park Sunday morning with Kevin Dazey.

Kevin

I had fixed a leaking master cylinder to reservoir line Saturday and didn't think to top off the ressy since it looked like it was still pretty full. End result was I lost brake pressure suddenly on a steep down hill and smoked a tree to avoid hitting Kevin. It was a blur and I was in some serious pain. Pretty horrifying to watch the event. The orthopedic surgeon put a plate and several screws in my ankle to fix the 3 broken places. It freaking hurts, just got back from the hospital. Here's my foot peg it's a 450r foot peg with a Jason Hall adapter plate. The thick plate bent and the peg is trashed. My Flexx bars bent backwards but dont appear to have been Damaged. Clutch perch is toast but otherwise looking it over the bike is ok

JasonB · « **Reply #52 on:** April 30, 2014, 02:00:12 PM »

Heres the video of me wrecking last Sunday. I wrecked hard, my rear brakes lost pressure suddenly and i panicked and grabbed the bars to hang on for deal life and my hand hit the extended throttle lever and i accelerated into the tree. It was a steep hill to begin with and everything happened really quickly. Its hard to tell in the shot from the go pro but there is a pretty significant hill. I was carried 200 feet be paramedics and park rangers down to the lake and removed from the woods by boat since we were one mile back in some rough trails. I was driven by ambulance to St Anthony's up in St Louis but would have been flown by helicopter if the winds hadn't prevented them from flying. I lost a lot of blood immediately since it was a compound fracture where there were 3 broken parts to my ankle. Bones came through the skin and i was in some serious pain. I smashed my knee pretty good as well. My Orthopedic surgeon put a plate and 3 screws in my ankle, im down for 8 weeks. I was not wearing my MX boots, i will never ride again without them. I have been riding 10 years and dont usually strap my helmet, another thing i will never ride again without doing. [video=youtube_share;dDmf0tKw4TY]http://youtu.be/dDmf0tKw4TY[/video]

JasonB · « **Reply #53 on:** April 30, 2014, 02:03:01 PM »

The bike performed amazing sunday. Below is a video of me enjoying it earlier in the day before the wreck. Some observations of mine; the new fresh motor ran amazing. Adam Millar at MRE did amazing port work with his TWIRP Port job. I didnt go flat out WOT for long periods because its still a new motor and this was the first set of rides since heat cycles. The motor has insane low end torque and top end power, im in love with it! The Rekluse auto clutch works amazing, i can come to a compete stop in any gear and not stall the motor. i need to adjust the idle engagement point a little more but overall it works flawless. The Flexx bars are awesome! the felt great and really cut vibrations, i plan to swap out to try the other bushing sets and see if they make it any softer.

EDIT* Forgot to ad, i talk a lot to myself when I'm riding, mostly gibberish lol. Just a disclaimer
[video=youtube_share;om29USuEoKc]http://youtu.be/om29USuEoKc[/video]

beobe99 · « **Reply #54 on:** April 30, 2014, 06:06:35 PM »

Awesome build! Sorry to hear about the wreck, Shizz happens though and at least your not seriously hurt! Boots are key like you mentioned. My old 350x reminded me of that after my foot came off the peg and under the rear tire while also wearing skate shoes (silliest looking way to get hurt on a trike). I also learned to strap my helmet every time after it came off in another wreck and to wear a chest protector after a buddy roosted a decent size rock into my chest..I think I now have everything covered haha!

JasonB · « **Reply #55 on:** April 30, 2014, 08:35:55 PM »

ya way to be! I have a chest protector as well that will be joining me on rides from here out. I have debated on purchasing a kneck brace as well, seems like i should have all the real gear available considering my history of wrecks lol.

mennis1971 · « **Reply #56 on:** April 30, 2014, 09:26:15 PM »

LOL now I see why you could start it with tennis shoes on. Adam is sup to do great work, but I have yet to try any of it myself. Bike looks great!

JasonB · « **Reply #57 on:** May 01, 2014, 12:01:31 AM »

thanks man! Adam sold me on a lot of stuff i initially had no intention of buying until i spoke with him over the phone. called about some port work and ended up with custom reed cage O ring ex mani billet clutch/stator covers TWIRP port job and other stuff i didn't know i needed lol. Guy is awesome, his work is top notch and his port work made this motor a monster! Cant wait to ride it again

c_hustle · « **Reply #58 on:** May 01, 2014, 10:14:03 AM »

Awesome build! Have you ever rode with those snow tires? I read they are good for hard packed but i have seen pics of dudes riding the dunes with them.

JasonB · « **Reply #59 on:** May 03, 2014, 10:07:19 PM »

i had them on in the completed pics before our ride at little sahara because i still had some troubleshooting to do; i wanted to ride around the parking lot and not tear up my paddles while making sure the bike was good to thrash on. Those are my dirt drag racing tires i use for trikefest each year, they are great for dirt track drags. My buddy Gary Crum was however running a set of Pro Wedge's (same basic thing as 4snow's like i have) out at little sahara end of March when we were there. He had them on his atc600X conversion bike and got around great.