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That bike cost me $800 initially. It was the first real dirt bike I ever bought. I love that thing. I'm glad I got such a fun bike to learn how to ride on.

I do race Novice class...

Yep, those cats don't care what you have to say, lol. This bike is quite the beast. It's super fun to ride because it feels like it's going to pull through everything.

"Well, you're winning Open C. I know that."

I wasn't sold with the first couple that I rode. Something about the KDX220 didn't work with me. This KDX200 was one of the most fun bikes I'd ever rode when I first took it for a spin. I had my eyes on it from the first time I swung a leg over it until the day I got it. Awesome bike, she is.

Fair point, and probably something I'll be looking out for now. I will have to keep the drum for certain events because I want to race and AHRMA race later in the year on this thing and they don't allow disc brakes.

@@vintageadventurerrides Cool.

I'm on a 2002 KDX200. My dad is on a 1982 YZ100 with an IT175 engine. The land owner is on what I believe was a 2018 Husqvarna 300.

It was dry until about two hours before the race, at which point it rains a torrential down poor for about 45 minutes. It was a total game changer.

We'll see in two weekends...

​@vintageadventurerrides yessir but all ur gonna see is my dust 😂

My rm400 sound close as that but loud asf because hole ni pipe manifold😂😂

@@Kaapohamalainen Open exhaust..😉

@@Workerbee-zy5nx that sound ringing in my ears still

@@Kaapohamalainen It can get loud. I took a pipe off of my 77 yz for fun, and it was loud with a capital loud...😳🤣

@@Workerbee-zy5nx i can even imagine whitout silencer holy fk

There's nothing like the ound of a big bore two stroke.

The RM400 is one of the most beautiful bikes I've ever seen. I'd love for my 1981 PE175 to resemble its dual shock RM brethren even slightly.

I had a PE 175 to haha small world. Where I lived it was either RMs or CRs ya had the odd freak with a Yamaha or Kawasaki 😁

I have one of those rm400 1980 i ride it first time at 15 yr old. Shit in pants😂😂😂😂😂

It's already geared down on the front sprocket. I might just give that a shot at some point.

Actually on the RM465 it needed to breathe more. Hog out the ports, slap a DG pipe on her, drill out the air box and rejet the carburetor. Rippa! 👍

​@@vintageadventurerridesin this exact order 😉

@@MichaelLyons-h4i The DG pipe is already installed. The airbox is stock, though. I'm looking for an aftermarket single element air box for improved air flow. I hate drilling out stock parts that aren't made anymore. The internals are stock as far as I'm aware, but the bike is plenty enough for me to try to wrangle.

It certainly does. The hardest part about riding this bike is keeping it in the power band. The long straights are the only spot that I'm good enough to keep it on the pipe.

The rm465 is pretty easy to ride, but it's a lot of bike for me at 5'8" and 158 lbs.

Much appreciated, it was the one machine that I always swore that I would buy if I found one that I could afford and was close enough to get it. This bike popped up after less than two minutes of searching and I knew it was a sign.

It's actually quite the tame bike to ride. I'd be much more afraid of a modern 250 two stroke. The RM465 has a very predictable powerband that is easy to ride, even for a sportsman rider that I was when I got the bike.

@@vintageadventurerrides You might be right , i was 11 years old back then , My brother had the 82 r m 250 thats when radiators came out it was a fast bike , Full floater suspention was the #1 suspention . Yamaha came out with radiators in 81 it was on the handle bars then in 82 every body came out with radiators underneth on the frame benhind the front shocks .

@@james-b7j7v Suzuki came out with their first liquid cooled bike in 1981 with the RM125. It was a revolutionary bike. Thankfully for my pride in Suzuki, they put the radiator in the right place unlike Yamaha.

@@vintageadventurerrides i thought it was 82 , im just going by memory . yeah my brother had a r m 125 , and i had a 1979 r m 80 , back then we like suzuki too . Mark barnett was the suzuki rider for moto cross , he was real good . i thought yamaha came out with radiators first ,, I just remember that radiator on their Handle bars

@@vintageadventurerrides Your right the 81 rm s had radiators , I cant remember my brothers having one , It was so long ago ,

If I could get a 1985 RM500, that would be sick. Of course, they never came to the U.S. so they're probably worth their weight in gold here.

Hey man, thanks for being an international viewer. I've been curious how those old 450 and 480 Hondas run. There's reportedly a guy in my area with a CR480 that's a damn good rider, but I've never met him or seen the bike. The RM465 sure is a fun bike. It's very tame feeling to me, but it scared the crap out of a buddy of mine who had an IT465 that was the first big bore I'd ever rode.

This trail is mainly ridden in third. Occasionally second comes in order for the super tight stuff, but it's rarely used. I do have this bike geared lower with an 11 tooth front sprocket replacing the factory 12 tooth.

Yeah, motocross is certainly not my strong suit. I'm definitely better at racing the trails.

Hey, thanks for subscribing. That's quite the modification. I wonder how in the world someone could possibly do that/

The Full Floater truly works wonders.

You're the best subscriber a guy could ask for.

@@vintageadventurerrides thanks that means alot

It's the only motocross track I'll hit. Great people and a fun track.

Definitely a hero of his time. I'd love to be on his level.

The Suzuki RM465 is cooler.

Thanks, I'm going to try out some motocross on it tomorrow. We'll see how well I can hang on then.

Mine broke in the middle of a race. It was one that needed a lot of rear brake, so I was out. At least I got to back track a quarter mile and check on my dad who had just broken his collar bone trying to stay in first place,

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