We talk to Eskil Suter and ride his mind-warping creation.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 เม.ย. 2021
- Videography by Meghan McCabe: megmccabephotography
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27 years ago I was 24, and I bought a Yamaha RD350R. I still have it, I still have goosebumps when I ride her. And she is a poor, old, humble, simple RD 350, 60 HP, 145 kg. And I still love her...
18 years ago I bought Yamahas newer brother , the TZR250 reverse cylinder 3MA , Man I love 2 strokes , The smell ,The Noise .. unreal
I miss my RD500
I miss my 1992 TZ250D-103kg and 75bhp……..
A Suter MMX500 was on display at Laguna Seca several years ago. It was exceptional in every detail, down to the smallest fasteners. It was a fabulous machine to behold!
I live near the Suter Racing Factory and ride beside it quite often. A joy to see Eskil himself still going strong and living his life!
Oh man! Enjoyed this very much. Don you were priviledged for sure. Have been researching Suter for years now, previously owned RD 350 and RZ 500 Yamaha's... There are really no words to describe a 500 V4 2-stroke. This is an absolute masterpiece, and bargain at any price. Good show guys 👍🏻
“I am so jealous right now it actually physically hurts!” I feel that. 😖🤕
It is amazing knowing that Eskil rides on my local Motocross track every now and then and how down to earth he is while doing it
Thanks for putting this together! There are surprisingly few ride reviews of the MMX500
RD200 AC, RD250, KR1, RD500, RZV500, RG500, RGV250, YZ50, YZ500, Malaguti 50... yep I love 2 Stroke.
Just fabulous !
Such a pity we cannot get at least 1/2 more 2stroke options for the public.
Just look at how compact that packaging is, yet it is super powerful and still light weight.
Two stroke is always number one....
Hats off for doing an amazing bike and a bike company like Suter MMX 500 for two strokes freaks like us..
Someday hoping to have a suter 500 195bhp in my garage...
TWO STOKE IS KING FOREVER !
Absolutely amazing!! Love it
2,000,000 rand is £100,000. you may have to trade in the H2 if you want one of those, Chopsy.
That was awesome! I also kind of want one...
A touch of class with the Brad Binder hat on in South Africa! He comes across as a great bloke!
Spareparts available... Ooo yeah. Amazing music.
I would if I could... heartache is beautiful. I miss my Gamma500
There’s no way I could control such a beast at its limits, but if I was rich I’d buy one in a heartbeat! My first 3 bikes were 250 2-strokes, the last of those an RGV, all while I was watching the likes of Wayne Gardner, Eddie Lawson, Freddie Spencer, Randy Mamola and newcomers Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz... I miss the 2-Stoke era!
Beautiful! Lucky bugger mister Fourie. What a top bloke Mr Suter is. Brad Binder cap topped it off...
That is an incredible video. So perfectly conveyed how special that 2 strokes and in particular the Suter is. My dream bike. If I win lotto it will be my first purchase!
What an amazing bike!
Magnificent machine!! I too grew up watching 500GP bikes, idolizing Doohan and Rossi. Also cool to see a big boy on the track💪 Quality content lads!!
Yes please
It sounds like that bike gave you quite a work out.
The weight of 2 stroke bikes is probably one of thee greatest things about them. Half the weight and capacity of bikes with same power.
Donovan is really such a good bike journo and presenter. Nice job!
Imagine riding a very light flexible Framed Yamaha TZ-750 with crappy narrow tires and a very short wheel base.. and high speed Wobble .. the Suter is such a huge improvment over the mid to late 1970's two strokes..
Well I think you’d expect some improvement over 40-odd years.
Almost 200hp and 127 kilos of Swiss precision engineering & manufacturing at it's finest! This is probably the most radical bike on the market - since many years. It's more than a 500cc GP-Bike: it's a 570cc V4 2 stroke rocket that don't have to follow GP reglements.
I assume that riding THIS bike feels not less spectacular as riding an iconic Britten V1000.
Two strokes are like old school turbo the power comes in with a bang
Kenny Roberts built his own World Class fuel injected two stroke bikes too called the Proton .. fuel injected two stroes.. their 500 CC two strokes just could not compete with the 1,000 CC four strokes they had to compete against..
Kenny sold some of them to a Collector in South Africa who got them back into running shape
Ya, but they where v3 not v4 engine. Look, if the big four wanted, they could produce, today, 500ccc 2 stroke with almost 300cv, it was just politics, not technology. Even so, Barros, in 2 stroke machine, gave them, the four stroke machines some good races, Honda itself, told that they could produce a 2 stroke engine(500cc) with more power than the 4 stroke (it was in 2002), but it will be impossible to drive. I suppose today with all the gizmos they could produce a 2 stroke bike with more power than a 5 stroke and still be "easy" to drive.
@@pedroferrr1412 I agree with you. And if they ran them on E85 Fuel we could tell the environmentalists to shove it.
I had two Suzuki T200 invaders and had access to a Yamaha RD400. Great buzz.
What an amazing opportunity,
That 2-stroke smell... smells like... Victory! Brilliant vid chaps, interview & riding.
O dinamômetro estava até tremendo! O trabalho de solda impecável! A nota é dez! Bom o clássico é ponteiras prateadas! Deve ser uma delícia pilotar essa moto! Parabéns mesmo! Trabalho fantástico! Si me permite, discos de freio e coroa em forma de espiral e prateados. A moto é simplesmente maravilhosa! Muito trabalho para os anjos da guarda!
Sir, your company makes a HELL OF A MACHINE!
Please do a Evo one! Like a special edition!
9:42
"What the FCUK he's doing" reaction 😂😂
Kick starting it😂
Não é uma moto para amadores! O desenho dela é muito lindo! O guidom parece extremamente estável! Parabéns!
Watching this must have been a destiny thing. This is the first video I’ve watched where I became the 1000th viewer. And my hero spoke Freddie Spencer whom I’ve met twice back when he was very much still riding. Another reason I watched is it has taken severe years and still incomplete my project bike Eddie Lawson homage bike ZRX1100.
Wonderful! Say 'thank you' to mr Honda and put the 2 strokes on the track again! I'd love it!!
Why Honda???🤔🤔
I think he would enjoy it
i know Eskil Suter, he is a nice relaxed guy, the factor at Suter is amazing and the bikes are unreal. and the Welding department is just pure PORN.
Speedbox who sells the bikes and moto GP bikes. people dont get how good his gear is and you can actually buy a Suter Clutch for most normal bikes which make a MASSIVE difference to them,
Lottery Win
, it would be in my garage
You know then 😈✊🏻
Wow! Just wow. Btw, there's this thing called a lavaleer microphone.......... jk. Love the show. One of my favorite channels.
Damn, feel sorry for that crushed bike.
I wish I still had my NS 400R It was stolen when I was 19 in 1989. I hope one day the phone rings and it's the police giving me my bike back
Didn’t they claim that it’s a 99 bike limited run back then?
One make series. Pinch some riders from grand prix WSBK and BSB. That would make some great racing.
Jumpin' Jehosephat, just listening to you on track gave me anxiety...
awesome, this guy on that bike is like 3 elephant calfs on a 1250gs... swiss quality 😮 👍
Dude you need to do some cardio bro.
first rule of zombieland! Cardio!
Respect to Mr Suter have a Brad Binder hat 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Guess this guy have a Marc Marquez bike as well 😉
Awesome bike! If only these were street legal on US roads.
That's the GOOD shit. Holy mother of God...
mans been eating to many cupcakes 🧁
Grew up watching 500gp two strokes nothing like it
Next up Mick Doohan . . . now that would be something else.
What the F is going on at 13:00. Why is the image flipped? Did you need more left turns?
Well spotted. I found myself staring at the graphics on the to poke and trying to decipher it, then it was gone. I think you're right, but it's a lazy/confusing way to edit footage isn't it?
@@moderatefkr6666
I was wondering for quite a while! It's just so weird. Why was that needed?
Hellsslave666 LOL, you nailed it first time mate, more left turns!! It was probably either an artistic foible or a political balance thing!
Dear Santa, I want one, please.....
Let's face it . We've wrecked the planet probably beyond all return so why not go out with a bang and bring bikes like this back. 2 stroke fumes smell better than fresh air anyway.
Weren't they doing a 700 ??
If only.........
They could built a 288cc inline 2 reverse cylinder 2stroke out of the v4.
Это адски мощная машина! 😮 невероятно 195 л.с. с 500кубов.
Nsr 250 gp would be my dream
Nice
I had a 1992 TZ250 a few years back, really regret having sold it-wonderful thing to ride-but you had to be on your top game otherwise it was wasted and laughing at you......
@@K777John yep
Regret not buying the aprilia rs250 years ago.
12000 euro... thats not bad at all
Your missing a zero on the end of that
Yeah , 12k Euro... I would sell all , and get one 🤔
But , you missed a zero ... 120k Euro = 2Bar in 🇿🇦
Maybe I heard the down payment hahaha
@@CCitis 🤣🤣 thinks , I heard the same thing....
Almost got excited there , thought he is giving all Brad Binder supporters a once off special price 😉
Injecting a 2 stroke isn't tricky, turbocharging or supercharging is
I had an rd500 when I was 18 it got me 3 bans I sold it for sake of my licence biggest mistake ever
wait, you mean those GSs and Ducatis you guys ride cost less than 10k euros????
i wish the myth that two-strokes are "tricky" to fuel inject would go away
I need one ...road registered and between my legs lol
126kg ?
Did he barf?
Its not tricky unless you don't have the skill, he clearly has it.
can you ask Valentino Rossi if he wants to ride this bike ?
Had an rz and rg. With a little better tires like they have now they might have been a tiny bit safer.
Love to throw a leg over one of this man’s bikes
Yip indeed, goosebumps watching this.
And to the aholes who stole my RZ, Karma will do its rounds....
Don't worry - it's NOT a £2m bike - most of that is R&D cost. It you bin it, they'll only charge you £100k to rebuild it...... 😜
You got that right, Moto2 is a shit nothing class! It's time to go to the toilet grab some food and a drink after Moto3 and wait for the next class Motogp!! It makes my blood boil when I think about the 250cc class, some of the best racing motorbikes ever produced And now some frame with a sealed shitbox motor!!!
Suter is just like me. . . he finds a button on the ground, and he goes on to make a suit for it.
10:50 What the hell was that?! :)
Panic on the track
Lol
2 Strokes ARE racing - 4Strokes are not.
Q: How will anyone ever know I won the lottery!?
A: There will be a couple of Suter MMX500’s in my shed!
So jealous
Compare it to a factory-bike ......i don't think so !!
At least you didn't go over the screen when you hit the brakes.
Very interesting bike and designer, unfortunately the interviewer ruined it for me.
lettings omeone so horrifcally heavy and unfit on such a machine is frankly grossly irresponsible.
He probably rides 1000 times better than you🤷🏽♂️
@@thepsychicpeach8425 its a very serious point, his centre of gravity is very high up, he's completely puffed out from riding it., Bite and snipe all you want...
I don't say this to be rude, but only because I've been there...If you love riding you OWE IT TO YOURSELF to do whatever it takes to lose all the extra pounds you are carrying around. The increased mobility and fitness is ASTOUNDING on a sportbike. Steak and potatoes and bread and beer is good. Being able to move around freely on a bike is better.
This would have been a damn sight better if someone with some credibility had have done the interview and the test riding....
Dude, you need to exercise.
Wow, the Japanese factories keeping the engines and bikes that they made and paid for eh?
How outrageous of them.
And then effectively complains about Moto2 rules
KTM seem ok with the rules, and MV and Honda
The claims of running in the premier class and being good because of lightweight, higher cornering speed etc are often made.
But people base this on track testing, not track racing.
In a test you have the pace to yourself and can run as fast as you can but in a race you come up behind other machines which you have to get past...which you can't.
It's why the 500cc 2T's didn't fare well in the early coss-ver years of 2T & 4T in MotoGP.
Go cry in a corner snowflake
He is right about moto2. Having one engine is somewhat boring compared to the Many different engines in Moto GP. I prefer motogp because of that.
KTM don't make Moto2 bikes anymore, they just put their stickers on a Kalex.
Honda also doesn't make Moto2 bikes, they only provided the donor engines which were then race-prepped by another company and that has since ceased in 2018.
MV Agusta *do* make a Moto2 bike, and it's not all that great, rarely finishes in the points.