Open-class bikes are just excellent. I got to do a little gravel-road work on my dad's '79 Husqvarna 390CR and it just blew me away. The difference between the 390CR and my 250CR was just epic. Then he said his 500 Maico was just as big of a jump in the low end, etc. I want one, I just want one!
Awesome. I own a Service Honda 500, and I've got to say it's the most amazing and FUN bike I've ever own or ridden. I've put more hours on it in the 4 short months I've had it than I used to put on other bikes in a year.
brilliant!!!!!! im laying on the sofa watchin this itching to get out and ride my cr500 again but i broke my leg on mine 2 weeks ago, out for 3 months.....not happy
excellent video cheers for putting this on,, 500s are the very best, well want one of the new kx500af ..they look awsome, this track looks very good 2 nice n fast, iv drove past it so many times on the motorway in my van at work, think i might take my bike n av a sneeky few laps.. lol!!!!!
It's just amazing to think they are probably using only about 20~30% of the throttle. Applying full after or during a turn with a 500 2 stroke would probably wheelie the bike instantly, these engines are monsters !
500 2 strokes are real beasts, underestimated by a lot of motocrossers......but most people are simply not able to hang on to the power band for a whole race..... They are and will always be the real dirtbikes --->>>>>2 STROKE 4LIFE!!!
Why not? These bikes all have more power than any new 450F you can buy, and their handling is competent enough that it would take a very skilled rider to set them apart - and even then some riders prefer the way an older bike feels. Motocross bikes honestly haven't gotten appreciably faster since about 1979, the primary changes have been in looks and ergonomics.
previously owned an old yz 490, and agree with most on here, 2 strokes will always be around 4 bangers will never take over alone, so many riders prefer a 2 stroke over a 4, i personally think that they should re-produce some new looking 500 2 strokes and see how they would fair with more up to date frames and techs, i think that would be the only way forward for 2 stroke's.
Wow, I didn't even notice the pipe until I paused it and scratched my head a while. That's really cool. And damn, does that guy haul some ass at 4:12. I tried to pause it to look at the bike (or should I say, blur) but it took three tries. Lots of good riders in this video.
@exoged I know its a really old post but i just wanted to tell you (if you dont know already) service Honda are making the kx500af and cr500af :) the legends are back! Go Look at their site if you are interested.
Nice video. Is #60 OK? I spent a day on a borrowed KX500 once. The next guy to borrow it broke the front right off the bike, glad it didn't happen while I was on it. I might want 1 of your vids, is it longer then the 1 on you tube?
43 riders turned up out of some 70 odd that were booked in, alot of people pulled out because of bad weather forecast, the weather held out for half the day and the track was perfect in the morning. No i didnt ride, the 500 isnt in working order at the moment unfortunately.
Not only that but most little kids dont get hurt! cause they ride for fun but once you get older like 16 you start to take more chances and get ballsier so this is gonna affect the future of motocross
@HoldYourBreath94 as do I. I see 14 year olds riding 450's, but I know full grown men that can't tame a 500. I sure as heck can't handle a 500. And when they're riding like this, I can't help but wonder if they're defying physics in a little way.
the modern thumper are only good for the frame beacuase the only thing that runs good on them is the owners mouth. 2 stroke engine in the thumper frame.
#60 can rip...
I have the most ultimate respect for people who can ride and handle 500 2 strokes like these guys do. hands down. hats off to you guys!
Open-class bikes are just excellent. I got to do a little gravel-road work on my dad's '79 Husqvarna 390CR and it just blew me away. The difference between the 390CR and my 250CR was just epic. Then he said his 500 Maico was just as big of a jump in the low end, etc. I want one, I just want one!
Awesome. I own a Service Honda 500, and I've got to say it's the most amazing and FUN bike I've ever own or ridden. I've put more hours on it in the 4 short months I've had it than I used to put on other bikes in a year.
I was there spectating,and the sound in the video is spot-on,open class bikes sound the dogs nuts!!!!
Looks like a true open class track,These guys are very smooth, You don't bull ride a 500. Kids pay attention this is how you do it. Nice job.
Fantastic, thanks for the clip, I raced many 500's back in the 80's, looking for a big-bore kit for my YZ250 now, all I can handle now ;-)
thank you for leaving the sound of the bikes in the video.
brilliant!!!!!! im laying on the sofa watchin this itching to get out and ride my cr500 again but i broke my leg on mine 2 weeks ago, out for 3 months.....not happy
Nothing like the smell of 2 stroke in the morning.
They sound just horn don't they!
Nice Professional looking Video also. Thanks from Australia.
excellent video cheers for putting this on,, 500s are the very best, well want one of the new kx500af ..they look awsome, this track looks very good 2 nice n fast, iv drove past it so many times on the motorway in my van at work, think i might take my bike n av a sneeky few laps.. lol!!!!!
It's just amazing to think they are probably using only about 20~30% of the throttle. Applying full after or during a turn with a 500 2 stroke would probably wheelie the bike instantly, these engines are monsters !
I love this video!! The music the editing, everything! Nice one mate :D
500 2 strokes are real beasts, underestimated by a lot of motocrossers......but most people are simply not able to hang on to the power band for a whole race.....
They are and will always be the real dirtbikes --->>>>>2 STROKE 4LIFE!!!
@HONDASBEST yes it will, not sure if they are running this event next year yet though
Great video,great track,, A1 riding, wish I lived in England. Cheers
Why not? These bikes all have more power than any new 450F you can buy, and their handling is competent enough that it would take a very skilled rider to set them apart - and even then some riders prefer the way an older bike feels. Motocross bikes honestly haven't gotten appreciably faster since about 1979, the primary changes have been in looks and ergonomics.
previously owned an old yz 490, and agree with most on here, 2 strokes will always be around 4 bangers will never take over alone, so many riders prefer a 2 stroke over a 4, i personally think that they should re-produce some new looking 500 2 strokes and see how they would fair with more up to date frames and techs, i think that would be the only way forward for 2 stroke's.
Wow, I didn't even notice the pipe until I paused it and scratched my head a while. That's really cool. And damn, does that guy haul some ass at 4:12. I tried to pause it to look at the bike (or should I say, blur) but it took three tries. Lots of good riders in this video.
Dave's on the #1 Service Honda, wearing the retro Honda kit, doing what he liked to do.
That was great! Love hearing those bikes.
BRrrrrrwhappp! I wish they kept making them. I miss my KX500. An R6 is faster, but it is beauty or death. The KX500 is both at once.
Love the widowmaker...nothing else sounds or rides like them!
no, 10th of april 2009. we write the date different to you guys in th U.S. We write the day first then the month then the year
Nice balance between music and sound!
yes he is but that wouldn't make a frame snap in two! The welding was not done properly apparently.
this video gets me all excited
what does it take to get the engine to fit in a newer frame like some of the bikes on here
I like it! Two strokes only. Say no to tree hugger bikes!
Theres nothing on earth like the sound of a whole track of two strokes!
@exoged I know its a really old post but i just wanted to tell you (if you dont know already) service Honda are making the kx500af and cr500af :) the legends are back! Go Look at their site if you are interested.
Nice video. Is #60 OK? I spent a day on a borrowed KX500 once. The next guy to borrow it broke the front right off the bike, glad it didn't happen while I was on it. I might want 1 of your vids, is it longer then the 1 on you tube?
dats such sick riding. i ride yz250. im scared to ride 500's
#60 has a unicycle now😳man he was fast though👌
awesome movie!!!!and great bikes!!!!
Sorry for your loss, I hope he rips a 500 up there in heaven.
what kind of motor was on the #2 500af. that pipe looked loke it was on very different
the funny thing is that the cr500 is actually 491cc. so you might as well call it a YZ500
Pure and illimitate power. Amaizing.
@Rsxrider44 yeah, to bad that was a crf frame. so maybe all the 4 stokes will break, then it will just be 2 strokes at the track.
@Rsxrider44 That's the thing. Our good ol' reliable REAL 2 stroke motocross bikes don't break. ;)
2-strokes are music to my ears
43 riders turned up out of some 70 odd that were booked in, alot of people pulled out because of bad weather forecast, the weather held out for half the day and the track was perfect in the morning.
No i didnt ride, the 500 isnt in working order at the moment unfortunately.
NIce Video Jolds Very Nice,
Not many peeps there tho is there.
Did you ride ?
Not only that but most little kids dont get hurt! cause they ride for fun but once you get older like 16 you start to take more chances and get ballsier so this is gonna affect the future of motocross
you would own one to listen to it lol
cool video and cool bikes thanks
Thats such a great video, scuse me while I go and have a bat ! !
my neighbor got a yz 490... will that make it in?
what happend to #60? That Bike is donezo!
yea there are wood chips mixed in with the dirt.
is there a maico 700 there?
them guys can ride i cant wait to finish my 500
sweet video!
Sadly Dave Livesey, the guy who made this 500 two stroke day happen, passed away last night 29/7/13.
Where is this track located? I gotta couple 500s and they are easily the most fun dirtbike i have ever owned.
the frame scott elder field broke my dad has it in his garage and he was riding here this day
what happend to scott's bike?
cr500af the best bike ever. conglatulation david livesay
reminds me of being at foxhill in the early 90's
Long live the true big bores. Thee best sound ever..... BBRRRRAAAAaaaaaaaaap.......
just saw this old video, AWESOME track, where is this track at ? thanks
It's in Worcester in England
What happened to the bike at 2:32?..
why was that guys bike in half?
@Rsxrider44
unfortunatly id say the frame came from a diesel!
what kind of camera are you using?
these bikes are the devil itself :D
Where was this day held
Do you got fotos?
Because 500's are still the fastest thing on the planet.
to rsxrider: that frame is taken from four stroke machine and of course it wount take 500cc 2stroke power:D
whic was greg hansons number please ?
yes, Scott Elderfield
dude they still make them there just realy expensive there like 10k look up service honda
they still make 250r quads anyway
@jolding Notreally i rode 2 strokes all my life and i now own a 450 and wouldn change it for anything
2 strokes
125-beast mode
250-raw horse power
500-Godly (the first time Chuck Norris rode a 500 he shit himself.. twice)
@Rsxrider44 when you slow as a snail then either CR or CRF s will not crack:D
friday 2nd april 2010 i believe
0:33 is nuts
@flyinbryan1619 the music doesnt last the whole vid lol
Word up were bringing back the 500 class in Hawaii Yah!! thankx to real men out there...lolhahahaha...an burpburppp!!
2 strokes are the best!..
DAM
my TV teacher has one of those, there like...too much money for me
lol
love the song
Thats the sound that scares most men lol...
sure is
did i see a maico?
@HoldYourBreath94 as do I. I see 14 year olds riding 450's, but I know full grown men that can't tame a 500. I sure as heck can't handle a 500. And when they're riding like this, I can't help but wonder if they're defying physics in a little way.
2 strokes forever
this is befoe 4strokes took over
what a POWER!
those are big bikes
its a cr500 engine
They never really left.
Lol If they were blind how would they clcik on this?
@otoman47 Good cause i dont ride either one!
the modern thumper are only good for the frame beacuase the only thing that runs good on them is the owners mouth. 2 stroke engine in the thumper frame.
snapped frame
2:33 Hahahahaha maybe all 2strokes will break then itll just be 4strokes at the track
Long live the AF
that would be the worst thing ever. tracks would be full of people who have never ridden a real dirt bike. 2 strokes are coming back big time
@wyteice89 Hmm or just all the hondas will breakk! Ive never had a prob out of my suzuki