Yamaha SR500 Street Tracker | Purpose Built Moto

We took on an family Yamaha SR500 Scrambler to give it a timeless rebuild. Looking at this SR500 Scrambler project build, it's easy to sum it up in a few words.
Simple, Pure, Elegant.
The SR500 Scrambler had been purchased near new in 1983 by the Mitchell family and had been ridden and passed down until one day it stopped and didn’t get going again. With 80,000 kms on the clock and a few battle scars, the bike was beaten up, but not defeated. There was still plenty of life in there, we just had to coax it out of this tired old Yamaha.
For a more in depth run down, check out the build blog on our website
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For a more detailed look at the custom work we did, go check out the build blog on our website purposebuiltmoto.com/yamaha-sr500-scrambler/

[@georgecurtis6463]

Had a new 77 tt500. Then i bought an 86 sr500 in 1990. Still have it. I consider them one of the best bikes ever.

[@georgemullen-w9u]

Had a sr500 for 28 years wish I still had it.

[@stefanemanuelsson2201]

Very nice and clean build. It takes a lot to be able to do such "simple" mods look just right. That is why i am hesitant to do anything more than renovating mine, and the same for the ones i've owned before. Never done anything but restoring to original, not counting engine modifications that are not visible. I am really tempted to have a go at my current one now though.

[@martypeterson5453]

What a great growl!!! Exhaust note spot on.

[@PurposeBuiltMoto]

Glad you agree! Nothing worse than a bad sounding single

[@ericweber1969]

Lots of really slick details here, really looks amazing! Sounds good, too!

[@bellaggio1770]

Beautiful bike. I just picked up a nice 1987 SR500. Amazing bike once you get them running.

[@statuemorris3970]

Looks and sounds incredible. Well done!

[@bikerbrinrac]

Cool looking bike 😎🏍️ Nice sounding pipe. Looks like it has heaps of go when you want it.

[@bjarneberg4802]

Really nice! Well done 👍

[@user-sw2lv3zp6o]

Good engine. I had an XT500 for six years. Went to Portugal three times and Greece once from England on it. Never broke down.

[@PurposeBuiltMoto]

They’re reliable old tractors

[@user-sw2lv3zp6o]

@@PurposeBuiltMoto I've got the modern version now: SCR950. XT500 meets Harley Sportster. I love a simple bike.

[@jeeves6490]

Yeah, nice, as you say, simple. Sometimes, less is more.

[@PurposeBuiltMoto]

Had to hold ourselves back a little with this one

[@Thewatson77]

Such a cool build 👌🏼 sounds fantastic and looks like an absolute blast to rip around on.

[@PurposeBuiltMoto]

Yeah this one surprised me. Usually I don’t like riding SR500s but after the work done to the motor it’s so much fun!

[@Thewatson77]

@@PurposeBuiltMoto great job indeed! 🙌🏻

[@johnlemon9413]

One day I hope to drop a bike off to you for a build

[@PurposeBuiltMoto]

We'd love that john, it's what keeps us goin.

[@albertoponce8796]

I want my SR500 to look like this once you did

[@dimabliznets8783]

meownting bolts ))

[@PurposeBuiltMoto]

Don;t hate us because we're australian, theres plenty of better reasons.

[@dimabliznets8783]

@@PurposeBuiltMoto i love you

[@KutWrite]

Great! Reminds me of riding my own tweaked '79 SR. Yours is cooler of course, but I loved that bike & would love to have one again. I'm trying to figure out how you get your camera to do that tricky "floating" effect.

[@markvanzantjr6731]

It's a 360 camera which uses two 180 degree lenses on either side of the camera body and then digital stitches the footage together. A cool effect of this is that directly under the lens there's a certain amount of blind spot which conveniently crops out the mono pod or mount

[@KutWrite]

@@markvanzantjr6731 Thanks!

[@coolprof1951]

Can you send/post links for aftermarket parts? Suspension, bars, pegs, brakes, cables, pipe, lights, seat, etc…???

[@PurposeBuiltMoto]

I don’t have time for dat 😂 just read our build blog

[@ricklodestein1101]

Never understood the leg burner exhaust. Why so high up?

[@PurposeBuiltMoto]

Because it looks rad

[@quintonbottoms5766]

And for off-roading purposes. . . What purposes? not real sure

[@mixermanbear.4002]

Maybe just the camera or something but it looks like it bounces like a Kangaroo.

[@h3ndr143]

I am not realy like with velg motif

[@yufoh7753]

Sorry, but I think the styling's been ruined. Everything on sub-frame back looks terrible. There's very few people can get a sub-frame/seat right and this is just another example of that imo. I'd be pissed off if that was my bike. Here's one I do like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHiYfJ2fi5x2l80