Rebuilding a1985 cr500... got some questions

Another question. I have new front brake pads for this bike. But have yet to install them. How do you remove the pin? Ive searched around and have found no instructions.

i try to give a two stroke larger doses of throttle sometimes to avoid too much "streetbike" style throttling. being a gear tall will help, or worst case ill pull the clutch in a give it a little rev. usually its very easy to incorporate this into riding. when jetted right its not too big a deal, just try to vary the throttle.

Thats what I was guessing. This isnt my first two stroke and the clutch in and rev and running a gear taller is pretty much what I was already doing. varying throttle is always what ive gone by. Thanks for all the info. Any info on the brake question I asked above though?

cant remember the single piston setup offhand, they are in my bins..let me go check.
looks to me like the pin just pushes back out from the inside out. i dont see a retaining pin that needs removed. i only have one caliper here tho, the rest are at my big garage

Ok. There is only one pin that looks like it needs to be removed. I tried pulling it out with pliers but i dont want to force it until i know its the proper way.

probably have to tap outwards with a punch. sometimes on the later brembo there is a little hairpin that comes out before you tap it out..

Ok so the one long gold retaining pin that goes through the holes in the pads is just pressed in? When I get home I will try and remove it. From what I can tell after that pin coms out there is a little piece on top of the pads and once the pins out that will come out then the pads.

Just a little pic from my last ride. LED bar works great.

Got the front pads changed and bled the caliper accordingly. Brakes work a bit better now. Bout to take er for a ride. Ill let yall know how it goes.

Clutch went out on my ride. Just lost all feeling. It was on its way out anyway. New plates in the mail.

better check it out in there....i really like the ones i got that upgraded to steel plates

I got new gaskets too so I will be tearing into it soon. I couldnt find any aftermarket plates for my bike on husqvarna-parts and didnt want to shop overseas so I settled for a new-used set from ebay just to get me riding again. I did buy new springs and clutch hub c clip and other misc clutch parts from husqvarna-parts. Its funny though, the clutch always felt hoppy and messed up but it worked and I rode the bike probably 50+ short rides right from my house since Ive owned it and its been fine, then when I take it on an actual like 15 mile trail ride it decides to break. But thats the fun of dirtbikes i guess!

I just did a fast desert ride last weekend and then noticed yesterday the chain clip is missing? that could have been a fun dirt bike experience!

or expensive....or painful.....or both

Thats sketchy!

I call that a lucky ride.

where is that?

It is on miller lake road which is the pavement/gnarly dirt road that accesses the rubicon jeep trail in Lake Tahoe California.

are you in Tahoma, only access i recall is McKinney Rubicon

Yes I am in Tahoma. I ride illegally for a block or two on the road before I hit the OHV.