XT500 MX project

I'm getting started on another XT500 project, this one will be a motocrosser. Here is the bike when I bought it back in '09.


Here it is stripped down and ready to begin.


The tank I'll use is from a '76 YZ125. It'll need a fair amount of tunnel work to fit the XT500 frame.


The swingarm is from a '77 Suzuki RM250.


The RM swingarm is 3" longer from pivot to axle, and 1" shorter from pivot to shock mounts.


The first thing will be to fit the swingarm, doing a test fit here. It has a smaller diameter pivot bolt, and is also a bit narrower at the pivot, but shouldn't be too difficult to adapt.