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Great Dual Purpose Bike

Great Dual Purpose Bike 
Bill Downer said 2003-01-26 18:40 
 
I waited three years to buy the mono-shock version of the XL500, and it was worth it.
How much power? Never enough but it loved doing block-long second gear wheelies with standard gearing. A K&N filter, Supertrap pipe and proper jetting helped.
It ate rear tires in 3000 miles, and the drum brakes always squealed until hot. The front-end dived too much on hard breaking but I could have bought an air pump and put a few psi in the forks to fix that.
After 600 miles I road her from Fresno, CA to southern Baja and back and she never missed a beat. For that matter, I have never been stranded. She´s sitting in a shed out back with 6 month old gas and will probably start in two kicks.
On twisty paved roads this bike can be leaned over till the handle bars almost drag and hold her own with far stronger bikes. Trying to keep up with the dirt bikers was much harder. The 500R is no trials bike. 
 
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