Virgin in a crate

That's right


A brand new never been used or installed on a bike EX500 engine.


One of the last, if not the last, EX500 engines made.

Tinsnips said:

Wow. How on earth did you find that?

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It popped up on ebay a few years ago while searching for a service manual for another forum member. I've since told this member I was going to dance at his next wedding. 😄

lesblank said:

Do you have plans for it?

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The first order of business is to design a display stand.



I put threaded rods through the motor mounts.




Now suspended on the display stand.

It comes with wheels so I can move it around.

A peek underneath the valve cover.

Send the kids to bed. The following pics are rated Triple EX.





Exhaust valves. Snaking through the exhaust ports.







Intake valves. Snaking through the intake ports.




Top of the pistons. Snaking through the spark plug hole.



A shot of the clutch pack (sort of). Snaking through the oil filler hole.

Very, very cool pictures. Observation, could just be camera flash reflection, but cam lobe appears to have some wear on it. Might just be from turning engine over when setting valves at factory. Yes, I'm that much of a motor head and zoom in on engines.