1982 1/2 500 Paint Color ??

Restoring my 82 430 today I got to thinking that I have never seen a 500. So when it came out did it use the Black Tank of the 430 XC- WR and the Maroon Tank of the CR or did they have a Tank Color of there own. Was the 500 avalable in CR-XC-WR configurations?

Sounds like there are a number of Good Pipes avalable for the 81-82 430's. But what about the 250's I havn't herd of one here of surfing the net. Anybody know any diffrent? I have both a 430 and a 250. I'd like to run my 250 in the Washington State Dessert 100 and its a Pipe Killer. Just as soon not crush a Stock Pipe.

It was silver w/red stripes, production run was less than 6 mos. it was the last of the chrome-sided tanks as the '83 bikes (released in late fall '82 were all white). If you can find an original (like I did) it's worth a lot.

So searching for a Tank I bought one off e-bay. Its an Aluminum Tank that was in Primer so I thought it was an 83. I had the intensions of polishing the sides and Painting it for my 82. However it turned out to have some Bondo in the wrong spots. Anyway this Tank is Larger than my 250-430 tanks. Was the 500 a larger size? This would make a great Dessert Tank.

83 500XC tank is larger than all 81-82 tanks, 83 CR's had the same size tank as the 81-82's. I just took my 83-500XC tank that had some very minor dents in the "right places", polished the sides like 81-82 and painted it base/clear maroon Imron. I put a smaller 81-82 tank on my 500 and my leg was always on the pipe, larger tank covered it up.

My 83 250 WR has the larger tank, too, so that's another listing to look for if you're trying to find one.

I got lucky and found an 82.5 500 "rebuilder" last year. Correct numbers and silver tank. There are a few dents to work out but I do think they'll come out. It's got its own special spot in the garage. Gonna be a slow build. Right now I'm just doing some "whenever they show up" parts collecting and planning.