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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มี.ค. 2020
- The mighty 500cc two-stroke, and especially the awesome Honda CR500, is an iconic machine that most riders didn't or couldn't ride back in the day.
When they were killed off to make way for easier-to-ride 250s, their legendary status was set in stone. It's the bike feared and desired in equal measures, even today, as riders hunt down big-bore CRs to see if they have what it takes to master the beast.
In our short film Whiskey Throttle, two-stroke superfan Dave Willet talks about what it's like to master a CR500 and shows just what a beast it it. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I'm 53 years old with heart problems probably couldn't make one lap now but thank god he gave me the balls in life to experience a CR500 in my youth .
I love it, well done and so true. You forgot to mention when surrounded by the common sound of a 4 stroke at a race meet and there is silence as everybody is getting there gear and bikes unloaded if you start a 500 2 stroke everyone stops, heads turn and in a drawn instinct people are in awe of this super crisp vibrating and ever so unique sexual high idle note and to top it off with the fragrance of a manly full synthetic perfume popping beautiful rings out the tail pipe. Now girls that's a real man's bike.
You hit the nail on the head...im always the only cr500r at the races
And supper, light, raw, horsepower.
If you are scared, say you are scared.
They should still make 500 two strokes. Glory days of real motocross. End of story.
@dan Froemmling so your ancient then 👍
They do, sort of. Kit engine made in Canada, using 250 KTM base. brcracing.ca/
th-cam.com/video/7d3MtfgMalU/w-d-xo.html
Stop clinging to the past mate. 450s kill these things now or they would still be making them. Most people cant handle them anyway. I rode one once and stuff that. There no easy ride on one of those
I own both, the 450 4 stroke has just as much peak power, except everywhere in the rev range. The 500 has a very narrow power band.
I was man enough I guess. Now I'm an old man, and the older you get the harder the ground gets. I miss 500's, particularly the sound and the sound of two dozen 500' at gate drop. Exciting times.
Proud owner of a 87 cr500,I'm 52 years old and still riding👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I still have my bought new in 93' 1993 CR500. Restoring it now.
Best days of my life! Nothing can replace one, it is a class A drug.
I had a 1984 factory race CR500,in 1986" I was 15yrsold. If it didn't start in two or three kicks" tie it to a truck!😂 The way it throw hunks of sod. .or the boulders that fly in the roost were dangerously awesome! 👉✊💪✌Great video
So cool...i have a 84 cr500r and i love it...got it from the original owner who got it in 1985
I will never forget those days in the 80s in Namur....Hondas RC 500.....still have that sounds in my Ears
And one of the best on a 500 was our compatriot the late George Jobé. 5 times world Champion.
Dude...calm down
.im a beginner level rider..my brother had a 91, and a 93 cr 500..most approachable and friendly bike i ever rode. You dont have to wind it..you could lug it around in third on the sand at pismo in 3rd gear all day..if you needed power just twist the throttle. No down shifting needed. His 250 2 strokes scared me..you had to wind them and they were scary. 500 is a beginner friendly bike...it was like having a big ass body guard that was super cool to you....respect it and it's Awsome. Loved them. Miss them
Got my 1st 500 CR when I was 18 years old. Nothing else I've ridden or owned (or currently own) over the past 32 years ever came close to its raw power.
This gotta be the most tasty video I've seen in a while. Epic color grading and shooting!
Man enough. Yes. Tamed a 1981 Cr450 4 speed as a 14 year old. Jumped from YZ80 onto a local pro Cr450. First gear was faster than my 80’s third gear. All 130lbs of me on that big bike. I smoked everyone that day. It was fun. My Dad thought I was crazy. That was back in the day. Now working on a 79 Husqvarna cr390 project. Yahoo....
1st motorcross bike i ever cast my leg over back in the day was an RM 465, i was instantly hooked from that moment on, i quickly moved on to the KX500 before finally owning and riding and racing CR 500s for some 15 years, the blood red of the CR500 runs in my veins. even today in my later years of life given the opportunity to cast my leg over one i would not need a second invite, to feel that rush of Adrenalin coursing through my body as that throttle rotates to the stopper would have me grinning from ear to ear.
"..you hear that little voice in your head that scream, "Back off....she's going to kill you...." all the while the vibrations coming through the pegs loosened your brain just enough to stay WOT"
I have my 2000 500 bought new in 2000, fully restored the-bike, it is totally sick. I rode 500s for years
Amazing sound!!
I had a 1988 kx 500 during the early 1990s and it’s hard to explain the vibrations and power delivery, very smooth up to a point but if you dare to start being aggressive be careful cos it was very unforgiving at high revs and would Chuck you off in a min if you made a mistake ( I loved every second riding it 😎👍 )
This is golden.
And Mikey Neale is true master class when in comes to dirt bike videos. I admire his work since I saw his videos from MXGPs made for Mpora in 2012, if I remember right.
I hope that MotoHead will make more videos with Mikey.
Thanks for this video and Your job!
1987cr500 to rule the world
True words never spoken better. This vid is 100% top shelf just like that jacks. Wish I still had my 500 it takes balls and skill to hold open the throttle
I didn’t think this video would be a big deal... but here I am, drinking whiskey and searching for another CR500 to buy. 🏁🇯🇵
500 2 stroke was my favorite bike EVER. Loved mine. Wish I still had it. It wasn't stock by any means either. Went through chains like a fat kid at a candy store. Even my Ducati 1198s would not stretch a chain that quickly.
"Like showing up to prom with a porn star" -- you sir, won the internet today :) Oh and I still ride my 500AF - only bike I'll ever own
"Like showing up to prom with a porn star" - Everyone's ridden it.
You’re the man
That was just awesome
Proud owner of a 1991 cr 500 I've owned three in my time
There ya go, booze and a tough guy facade, priceless, har!
Had an 88 model nobody wanted this bike in front of them. Riders at the local gravel pit used to wait until I left to start riding again lol.
44 years old been a childhood dream to have one , soon.... very soon
Do it, you'll either piss yourself or laugh your head off the 1st time you go WOP in third gear (or both).
I bought mine about 6 or 7 yrs ago. It's a 94. None of that aluminum crap. All steel. You better be in shape. Im 6'3 245#'s and I've got it up for sale right now. I'm too old and broken. I can really feel the tendon i tore in my thump on my right hand 20yrs ago and trying to kick it over on a hip with 2 surgeries is sometimes torture, but it's still a blast. Just pop a couple of Vicodin beforehand 😂
@@matthewlewis9996 How much are you asking?
@@fredpinczuk7352 4g's with a lot of extras. Where are you from?
@@matthewlewis9996 California.
Lots of drama around the 500 now. I’ve had 2 I raced. Funny thing is, I was absolutely the only one on one at the track. They used to call me the 500 guy and the marathon man because I’d put in so many laps on it before I’d come in. I let me bike do the work.
The editing on that was second to none and obviously the bikes a stunner 🤩
I’m man enough for a 500 two-stroke. I have one. I will forever have one.
Dream bike. ✊💨💨
Awesome!
I got you brother is that adrenaline hit to the brain when you crack that throttle as you said can not equal to anything else and I don't do drugs so I do not know how that feels. watching you ride I can defenetely hang with you on my 87 although heavier than yours the tight trail riding may be a hand full. Thanks for the video
There was a damn good reason why they only had B CLASS and A CLASSES For the big bore two strokes
back when in the 80's and 90's When the AMA RULES still allowed them
Had to have been at least a intermediate /expert level rider and on up just to ride them
let alone race them !
83CR480/87CR-500 😎💪🤙
So happy with my 92 CR500 🙌
Beef up your frame. '92 & '93 had issues with frame cracking. Fixed the frame issue fully in '94.
Best bikes ever...i have a 84 cr500r
The legend.. 🤘🔥🔥🔥
Never had a 500, I did have a RM 250. I couldn't kick start one now or I might consider getting one.
I have a yz450f and it’s nothing compared to this. But for me! Lol it’s insane for me but I can imagine a 2-stroke cr500! Just pure insanity.
I'm not sure about your analogy turning up to a prom with a pornstar, but the CR500 definitely is a widowmaker and the thought of tweaking it and getting just over 100 horsepower out of it is terrifying but it's something that most men just had to try, I have been riding the WR450 close to 60 horsepower it is excellent but there is something missing, haha yes another 40 horsepower
I was 25yrs ago, I had a 92 CR500.... I know now at 58 I'm not. so now I have an old school KTM 660 SMC few mods. It's as close as you'll get with a 4 stroke.
What is the sound track. I love it
I ride my cr500r wide open 💪👍
I am on my fifth cr500, had one since 86 till now. currently have 91 with mods for ice. easily eats 450
lol i was racing 500's back in 82 yams honda's and i was only 16 n 7stone..... open it up n hang on , point n go , usually on the back wheel looking down the side of the tank
Nice video. My restored 85 scared the crap out of me. My 89 is yet to be restored but it has a much more controllable power. I am too old and broken to ride hard but i like going straight line pinned.
Had a YZ490 and two KX500's . Still have an '00 CR500 . It get's along Ok , can't say I've ever been scared though.
I have one!!!
what year is this bike? I built a 1993 that I rode till 1998. I hard black anodized the swingarm just like this one with red linkage
I believe its a '94.
500s are fun, but ya have to remember to give them space, ya can't rocket into a corner & do what a yz125 can do, suddenly you can be in bad need of 20-30 more yards , & not have it.uh oh!
It just quietly Waits for its next victim 💪
Apparently I do think I’m man enough. I’m probably not lol. Just bought a 2006 CRF450X frame with a 1995 CR500R engine anyway. See how it goes 🤷🏻♂️
Cool, fucking video.
500 two strokes are the only dirt bikes referred to as 'scary'.
Get your f'ing game on for this.
The answer to the first question is no limit power. Lol
Hard to dog these 500s like David Bailey and Ricky Johnson did, when they rode for Honda inc. In the national outdoor opens. One of which I witnessed at Lake Sugar tree, in Axton Va. back in the nineties. David's literally, home, track. Watching the two fastest riders at the time scream past me on factory CR 500s for 45 minutes a moto was insane.
They were bad enough to 'DOG' that horsepower.
Multiply passed each other.
Probably a fifty-mile-per-hour average speed. Big track.
The other National that day were the 125s Nationals. Hard to like that cc any less. BUT THE 500s or more accurately speaking, the 'open class' Jeeeez
I will honestly say, I’m definitely not build to ride a 500. 5’8/9” 174 lbs. Nope not riding it, at least not to its potential.
Not recommended for neophytes.
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I'm not man enough for a 250 never mind a 500 😬😂
Best honest reply on here, i couldn't handle one either tho I'd love a tootle around on one just to say I've ridden one, have you seen Tyler woozney on TH-cam riding one? It's certainly something to be seen mate
What would possess a man to buy a 500 2stroke. Simple, i can't afford a top fuel harley
Highly overrated. I've owned a Husky 450 and 3 Cagiva 500's. 🤔🤯3! 1986. And 450 four strokes and a 640KTM. This mystique about 500's is misplaced. 125's and 250's beat them on the track. And I've owned them too. I'm going Completely thru a 1998 KX125 now, bearings, crank, porting etc. 500 takes over around 65mph. Example:: I would drag race my son on his kx60. If I didn't get off line right it would take 100 yards, about 60mph to catch him and pass. He would be in 5th and I would be in 3rd.
Not overrated in the woods climbing hills !
@@joenobody2580 I did have fun climbing hills. In the Santa Cruz mtns I liked my XR200 because off road it was more nimble. And slower. On road the 500 never saw 4th gear, 65-80+mph. In desert yes. And on MX tracks like Hang Town you don't hit 70mph.
The CR500 is not overrated, its misunderstood. Hype has turned this bike into a god when its really just a great piece of Honda engineering that deserves recognition. Ask the pros from the era of these bikes and they will tell you only a few people have ever been able to ride a CR500 to its true potential. On a track a 125 could beat a CR500, being as every time you crack the throttle it wants to dig a 20 foot trench rather than get traction. Rolling start with good traction a 85-87 CR500 will will keep up with a modern 450 until the CR500 tops out and the 450 pulls away. Not bad for a 35 year old bike. It would be interesting to see if you put 35 years of engineering into a CR500 engine what it could do. But that will never happen. So for now the CR500 legend will live on.
@@TNTMOTO the 500's are capable of around 100 hp if ported for it. 55 ish stock. On track like Hollister you barely touch 3rd gear, at Sac you never see 4th, etc. They are heavy. With a five gallon tank my Cagiva was 300 lbs and got a staggering 13mpg which doesn't take you far in S.E.Utah!😳
@@happyraccoon4791 100 HP, LOL!!!!!