My '84 500AE MX Project

This is exactly what I need, being 192cm and 110Kg.....thanks mate !

The big legs will suit you down to the ground...probably need a respring both ends but once dialled in you will love it! get the nauto working good and you can guarantee 1st place on every start! Up to you to stay there!!

Yeah one thing that has always been an issue for me is the seat height - when in the seated riding position, my legs felt too long
Standing is no problem using bar risers, and this is my default riding position anyways but the taller the bike, the better

If you are as tall as Rupert Hills (Rupsol), I feel for you ! He has spent years looking for a bike tall enough to ride. He makes his HPF Honda look like a mini bike !

I know of a guy that buys 2 seat foam and grafts them together to make a custom height seat!

got my engine back from Rod Spry last weekend......what a masterpiece, worth every penny



and walking into Rods workshop was like candyland for a kid, some the bikes he has worked on which were waiting to be collected, was like walking back into a bike shop showroom from the '70's



and with the Lectron carb which Kelly at Motosportz made for me (still waiting on the correct size rubber inlet adapter which will complete that setup)

looks sensational, will be nice on the mantelpiece.... your not going to start it are you

hahaha yeah it's that beautiful I tell ya......

I am so close to being able to ride it that I get butterflies when I look at it ))

nice. makes the money spent all worth it!

oh for sure man.....with Rods brilliant work and all the other bits it will be like a new 1984 model bike. It's come a long way from what it was like in the ad I found on Craigslist in Abilene, TX 3 years ago

When I die, my heaven will be in Rod's workshop !

Rod finally worked out how to send the pics from his phone
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Looks very fine. My 430 I did had full crank cheeks not like yours, is that a 500 thing or an AE thing to run the auto box? Crank looks sweet!

Funny the way the grooves are made on shoes !
I knew that you can add 3 oblics grooves on steel shoes , but not in the lenght !

Looks like its coming along nicely Rossik. The engine looks the business!

Michael - aren't the 360/390/420 first gear shoes grooved length ways like the photo?

I've still got to make one of those spring covers!

I think Michel means angled grooves

yeah Stormer, I understood Michel when he said oblique, to be angled, but given that Rod Spry has loads of experience with vintage Husky auto rebuilds, I'm trusting that he knows his stuff....

with all the reports of breaking springs, I just hope that after all this work, they hold out long enough to enjoy it......I am just so close now. The new ignition is on it's way then it's a shock and fork recondition job before the rebuild and then I'll be on the track

I was talking about grooves Paul Rooney made ( photo 1).

If you have a similar run with springs as me, you'll be fine, they last well. Read Paul Rooneys article about the AE500, get rid of any sharp edges on shoes where the spring can bind etc and its all good. I've sheared a couple of woodruff keys, probably because I need to get a 1/2" drive torque wrench instead of using my 3/8" and givinin' it a bit more , and have broken one spring (touch wood) in a couple of years -(15-18 days riding).