28-Year-Old Honda CR 500 Races Iconic Track vs Modern MX Bikes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Nev Bradshaw was looking for the ultimate buzz and decided to race a 1989 CR500 at the iconic Foxhills track for the last round of the British 2 stroke championship!
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It catches those guys on that uphill section real quick. So much power going up those hills. What a monster.
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No replacement for displacement. 🎉🎉
@@cadillachernandez2271a better rider would be a great replacement for displacement, what would've that disgrace meant, and the look on your face bent😖
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i'm 58, went from cr500 (crazy machine) to kx250 now down to a cr125. guess my next step is a moped...
66cc motorized bicycle with 5 hp!
Javy Mcdeez lmao
Same. I ride ct70's and z50's now.
I feel you, my KTM EXC 380 scares me now.
Yep.
Then mobility scooter!
I love that he was barely even tapping the motors potential and he’s still moving that fast
Yes , lugging out of the corners .
That's what is so amazing about the cr 500
Well they only fire every second telegraph pole...
@@shaneyoung5647 Lmfao I sprayed
Still didnt get the holeshot
I remember being at Lake Sugartree in 86 and 87 when the 125/500 nationals raced there. It was unbelievable to see and hear 40 500cc bikes
take off from the start line. It shook the ground. Damn I miss those days.
2 Strokes RULE 4 strokes drool !!!!! 👍👍😎💓
Nice riding, makes me wish I was 28 years younger, I would be 28 and in great shape to be riding my YZ 465. Believe me friends have all the fun you can before your body wears out. Because once your joints are shot you are through.
no thats a mindset
I'm 61 and still mountain biking on trails daily, thank God.
Try taking glucosamine/chondroitin MSM tablets, I have a family member that's a certified medical assistant that recommended those to me, they're not cheap but they help me.
This video shows me how good this guy can ride. Wow. And that this old 500 has been kept well. Awesome video!
The CR500 is a timeless machine. Always fun.
Mike Yerke yep I ride my 500 two stroke bikes all the time check out my video of last weekend out
it's definitely something ticked off the bucket list for Nev!
999lazer I miss riding 500s... I might redo an old one or say screw it an get a Service Honda 500. ☠️🏁
I use to race a 1985 CR500 back in the day in open class, that thing was a beast. My first open class race was on that bike. SCARY..........
Yes but for poor people. Against ktm is like ferrari vs honda civic
man the low end torque on this thing is amazing, right when you think hes lugging it and out of the power band, it just takes off. the guy in front was riding like a maniac wow
I'm 54 and just hearing that sound again gets me going. 2 stroke are what dirt bikes should be again. They last forever and are cheap to build.
Me too....pumped!!
GO to "Motocross 441"s you tube channel and listen to the first 6 seconds of all his videos :)
@@sdinlt5049 oh yes!!
Apparently Honda has not heard your comment
@@gdv4612 they dont wanna hear its cheap to rebuild anything....they like that 4 strokes are expensive to maintain....money in their pocket... its ALL about the money and nothing else....4 strokers were easily brainwashed through meticulous marketing, if the pros ride em they must be great...now they doing it to outboard guys.
I remember my brother saying "If you can start it you can ride it" Good times!
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Haha!Exactly the same told me a friend 20(+-) years ago when I want to take a RIDE a HONDA_XR-600!MY1996?98?.. I don't remember exactly. I was 16-17 years old.. I Şťąřţ it up and then he was not give it for a RIDE because he was afraid¿! But I RIDE it finally 1 year later...and all the RIDE was a Wheelie job..Haha! (Great Bike & Great years🔝🏁✅🇯🇵)
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@@MrPennyBlack wheelie job lol
You rode that BIG BORE 2 stroke like you stole it! 28 year old suspension and handling. Shows how the manufacturers want us to believe how far things have advanced. Technology is great for some things but this shows in some areas it's better left simple. 2 Strokes forever! Nice ride you ROCKED!
I bet being a former pro rider helped a bunch :))
Chasis is 28 year old. Rest is probably New
@@quepasatim pretty sure frame went through welding program adding gussets and tig welding the high stress areas.
Anyone else move their head as the corners were taken?
3 year update: Didn’t realise so many people replied...cheers!
I watched the vid again & my head freak’in still moves...& I felt self disappointment when another rider’s wheel came into view a couple of minutes in on the right. Then I finished with envy cause this dude can ride WAY better than me. Way to go 👍
Sportyben I studied gear changes and time on throttle. He was taking it easy.
I did! Like i was gonna help him make the pass. Haha
Sportyben Freaking fantastic.
I was trying to shift
Yes I was but only to make him go faster and help shift his body weight. I think if I didn't he wouldn't have been able to place so well.
30 yr old bike not only passed them but breathing down their neck the entire time. Wow, all that with a 30 yr old suspension. Testament on how advanced honda engineering was at that time. If you have one of these beautiful bikes, take good care of them.. there is a lot of history in your garage. Nev, Kudos to you brother. In my opinion you were the best rider with the best bike. Long live the beast!
99ooll
Cool video. Brought back some memories. I was pretty competent on my kx125 but regularly rode my mates Kx500 in loose sandy dirt. The thing was a beast lighting up the rear end in 3rd was like the back wheel was seriously trying to overtake the front. Great fun. To all those who never rode a 500 two stroke, you missed out.
Oh yeah I got to ride a yz490 and my dang thing is a suicide machine!!!!! My buddies thinking about letting it go so I may end up with it going to go ahead and get health insurance with it lol
I'm 52 and still ride my 97 CR500 all the time.. it's my 6th one so I've been riding a CR500 for many years here in the California desert . I think they're the best bikes of all time I'll never get rid of my last one😁
I about wiped out in my mind just looking at those ruts. Thanks for sharing.
Big ass ruts! My thoughts exactly.
Haven't seen European tracks then :p
@Michael Srite Thats real Moto-Cross tho, Im an old fuck,59..Gotta remember where MX originated..aint no fine grooming going on over there for a reason...My heros were Roger DeCoster, Brad Lackey,,Bob Hannah was a punk ..when it did take off for us boys over here I raced a Brand new RM-250 1975 I was 15..so pretty old school but still nuts..Peace
MAD RESPECT that thing is BEAST!!!!
She sure is!
Made for bigger, heavier riders to feel the same thrill you 130 pounders do on a too fiddy smoker.
Hey KS...no..that's not why!!
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Love that 500 sound. No “wing-ding-ding” like the 125s or 250s. It’s “BWWAAAOOOOOOOOO! Brug brug brug brug”
lol nice sound affect's your right
Braaaaaap braaaaaap lol
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It's that you can count the seconds between the BAP! BAP!
Wesley
Awesome riding! Nothing beats the fun factor of a CR 500!!!
I rode in 1998 a KX 500 ( 1984)...
Green... Screaming... terrifying...
A Dinosaur!
Respect for the CR500
I had one in the 90's absolutely scared the shit out of me every time I rode it.
way back in the late 80's , when I was young, I arrived at the track late and as a result I had to run my practice laps with the open class bikes. I managed to fall behind this CR 500 during the practice. I was on a RM 125 and this 500 started pounding me with this roost to my body and bike that I had never experienced before. A couple laps of that Sh*t was enough. I decided that I had plenty of practice lol! A beast for sure!
Used to woods ride with couple guys on cr 500s then me and my trustworthy 200 kdx Ty Davis special ate piles of rocks. No replacement for displacement
That thing was barely working and the other two bikes were pretty much balls to the wall.
I raced and trail rode an 86 CR500 for quite a few years. Torque ported with a 2 lb flywheel weight on it made it docile on the trails as long as I kept it out of the main jet. However if cracked WFO one better be pointing where you want to go, the thing was a beast! Someone once asked me when it hit the powerband. I told him if you could hear it running it WAS in the powerband..
I feel the rest maybe 60% of the engine was taking a nap
I was practicing at my local track a few weeks back and got behind a late 90's CR 500 on a big uphill leading into a step up. I took roost along way and it felt like someone was throwing baseballs at my chest.
Patrick Steinmark my dad growing up had an 86 cr500 and tells me stories of running from cops and his bike would pick up boulders in the ground and blow out their windshields. I never really believed it till I started watching cr500 videos and reading comments.
I has an 88' CR500 & yes this ones engine is barely being tapped lol
Well done that's a beast
Oke speed
the old CR500 was and still is a beast that won't die.
Wewe
When you get a former GP rider turn up at a club MX round on a 80s RM465 with some trick bits on it and runs in the top 5 all day
What fantastic footage,I was sat forward racing with him.
Plot twist : He was in 2nd gear the whole time
threefiddyone yea 2nd maybe hit third once or twice but mostly 2nd
threefiddyone plot twist he got out rode than a bitch
Southern Renegade 4x4 Queen. is that your new title southern man.
threefiddyone Priceless
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A CR500 (or RM, KX, YZ) with a paddle tire in the dunes is untouchable! It takes a bit to get used to the bike wiggling all the time in the sand (unnerving at first), but you you can move through the dunes faster than anything else because you have a ton of power and a single track. Friends on banshees or a quadzilla would try to keep up, but not even close.
Just seems impossible for me to imagine this level of riding. I've Biden mostly road cruisers little off road. AMAZING
I'm 55 now and still ride my 1988.,mostly by myself,nobody to ride with any more.
Sorry to hear that you have to ride alone. There has got to be riders in your area, good luck.
keep on riding brother
my buddy had one I had a Kx 250 we rode hare scrambles they are amazing bike still can hear him coming through the woods like it was yesterday!
60 here and my 86 will be buried with me when I die!
Damn you guys sound like me lol....I'm only 38 tho....I find myself sitting wondering where the years went....I still ride dirt and super bikes....by myself....everybody else "grew up" lol! I have a lot of kids and so people look at me like im immature and never grew up because I still ride bikes....well it's the only thing that has ever calmed me down since I was four years old....don't know how to live without riding....My old man used to pick me up when I was three years old for the weekends on his Honda 754 with a four in one Kerker exhaust and I would sit in front of him and we rode all weekend....I would fall asleep on the gas tank to the sound of that engine....to this day riding is about the only time I am calm and worry free! Those were the good ole days....try to take your kid for a ride like that today on your motorcycle and they will put you in prison lol....whole new world and I'm saying this at only 38! Times are changing at a faster pace than ever and not all for the better!
At 2:35 when the 500 ate him up that put a huge smile on my face.
Same here
Your Name he didn’t get owned, the only difference was that he couldn’t scrub the jumps. That when they were pulling ahead. He was launching way up while those guys scrubbed the jumps and stayed low. If he figured out how to scrub that monster then he’d check out on them.
@@YourName-jm7lz I didn't watch the whole race. Did he get schooled or just get 3rd? This video showed him keeping up and even leading for a second.
@@YourName-jm7lz so he didn't get schooled then. Ok.
Awsome video, I watch it all the time now to remember how good it felt to be out on the track..injuries have permanently ended my ridding.
My old CR500 was super long legged. Short tracks never got past third gear. It was a blast at the sand dunes.
GFB The guy that I bought my 500 from put on a freaking 46 tooth Renthal sprocket on it. It’s a tiny little thing. I’m eventually going to take it off and put on a 48 tooth steel one from Dirt Tricks which will still have a ridiculous top speed that I will never hit.
Clearly out powered the other bike on every hill. Just rode bad lines on a heavier bike. Awesome ride though I can feel the Adrenaline of the chase. Nothing like it
Gonna try my 01 cr500 at madoc track this weekened in madoc Ontario for the first time aha gonna send it.. Gonna say 2nd and 3rd most this race
Hes out powering the other bikes because i think hes running an old 500 in a 450 class, and theres not a big weight difference between the two, but motor size does make a difference
Yeah the suspension is clearly not as good but when they hit the big uphill it just flies up
Dylan McGuire I would say a new 450 is faster than a 500 twostroke.
We testet it with Enduros. And a KTM EXC 450 2018 is faster (race bike).
E D get someone that knows how to ride the 500 properly, and then try again
now that takes skill!
Especially a big bore 2 stroke bike
Big bore!
Indeed...those ruts are evil.
The engine and the power are easy. The frame geometry is just terrible. ;-)
Simo
Rode a 1984 CR 500 back in the day. Thank you for the memories .
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Awesome, love it. I'm running a 07 450r and people think that is old but I'm still winning races on it. Just twist the thing on the right. Lol. Great job i love it!
it's about how far you wanna twist that grip man! ;-D
999lazer yes sir!!!!
Fitness and ability count,s as much as the bike in this sport.
The CR 500 is a red rocket. This bike was fun, I had one equipped as a supermoto in France.
It isn't the golf clubs, it's the golfer!
500, damn I remember those. Seeing Jeff Ward on one of those things, awesome!
Trusten Baker great throw back reference
David Bailey was king of the 500's
I think that rider has balls of steel ripping that monster. You know that rider in the lead could feel that 500 breathing down his back.i wanted to see him take the lead and punish that boy. 2stroke madness.☠💪
I still have mine I will never get rid of it
My buddy wants to get an 80s era CR500 to ride around the trails in his property. That's like using a tank to mow your grass.
haha they are a beast
These 2 stroke vids got me thinking of NGK's, skimpy trophy girls, and broken bones- My youth ;)
Didn't even hear him open it up , the others were pinging hard .... hahahaha
Have you ever ridden a 500? You don't rev them like a 250...
This man is an outstanding rider with an ability to use that motor, I have a 500 and you would require both and I only wish.
They only have two gears, 1st and “ holy f..k”.
I laughed so hard reading that!! I would ride one everyday if I didn't have to kick that pig. And it's so buzzy in the bars. Spoiled I guess. I did my best Superman impression on a cr500. Not cause I was jumping like it was an xgames event, but because every time you get cocky on thee ol Kickstarter (kick back)..... she reminds you that go gotta put your purse down.
Hell yea!!!
That made me bust out laughing!
Imagine a modern 450!! They have even MORE power than the CR500
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I raced a 1982 KTM 495 in about 1988 and the Hondas totally cleaned my clock. It seemed like they got 14 seconds a lap on me. It was amazing.
I just turned 60 and still prefer my 1985 CR250R 2 stroke to my new YZF450. These old 2 strokes are timeless. Race on baby!
CRAZY to see the bike my cousin raced professionally keep up with today's bikes. They were BADASS!!
If I remember right they went through clutches like crazy!
Danny "Magoo" Chandler would frequently hole shot Trans USA races on his 1982 LOP Racing Honda CR480 starting in 3rd gear... and that was when they only had a 4 speed gear box! And I mean hole shot by 50' to 75' ever time!! First time I saw him do it was at Mid Ohio, one click up into 2nd then one more click up into 3rd and bam, blew away the pack by 75' into turn one. I about died watching that, what balls, har!! Those were the days:)
Rip magoo!
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Omg this track is something
When I was 17, a buddy had an older friend who lived down the block and had a CR500. He said if you can start it, you can take it for a ride. I was able to start it, so took it for a quick spin. As soon as that powerband kicked in and that front tire came off the ground.... putted it back to the rightful owner, gently.
My god that was fricking mental..... Wot was that an 88-89 cr 500......gnarly track aswell at one point of the track they were pretty much having land of a jump onto rutts lol...... Absolutely mental
I raced 2 cr 500s. Third gear is the gear u ride all the time. Every blue moon....4th. I could tell the bike wore this guy down and probably gave him arm pump.
Yup, all my big bores were pretty much 3rd gear for just about everything, trailriding included.
How els you gonna stay in shape
this is a 250 rider on a 500, honestly i think for the first time...no torque control.
He is riding the bike off the bottom of the power ban and that will tire you out faster to uncontrollable power, I always would over rev to keep it on the backside of the power ban and back off the throttle and let it get into the torque less tiring ....you understand what I'm saying if you have ever rode the CR 500
j bird ... right you are!
2 strokes rule. I know some of the new thumper 4s are nasty, but they're just not....well 2strokes. It's a disease and there ain't no cure
my dad used to say the exact same thing lol
You can build a 4 stroke that will match its power all through the rpm range. Not just wide open. You just need deep pockets. And a competent builder who understands flow and valve float issues. Not stock tho!! 😂🤣😂
I started racing in about "74" to "81ish" and wasn't around anything but four strokes until I started racing.
Elsinore was my first bike.
I got to believing two strokes ruled....until I bought a single four-stroke 500 Yamaha and rode it through the woods in Colorado 20 years later with that supertrap exhaust echoing and that four stroke easily pulling hills.
It got me turned on to four strokes in dirt.
Nothing like the echo of a thumper grunting through the woods.
The smell of the two-stroke is more powerful than any other thing in the world!!!
Smells like Victory.
Nothing like the feeling and the sound of braaaaaapppp 2 stoke all day!!!!!
2 strokes forever!
This video proofs motorbike researchers and engineers of 80's & 90's were more capable than present
I raced a 88 cr500,open class in Greece,very nice time!
Best Bike on the world!!!
Awesome. The CR 500 still has a lot of power. You could see the rider making up some ground on ascents. I wonder how hard it was to ride this bike, given its older suspension design and less travel versus the newer bikes' designs and travel?
th-cam.com/video/EzXZwqIkynw/w-d-xo.html check out the second half of this dude, Nev talks about racing the big 500 and how hard it was to keep pace with the rest of the guys! :D
it's a beast, the power is brutal, and suspension is lacking of course, but make no mistake, it's a motocross racer. must have skills to pilot these big boys.
Bruin Doc stock cr500s make one a few more whp than ktm 250... It has a fatter powerband... We're talking 47 vs 50whp
Firestarter Not even fucking close.
M8 they had around 67-70hp
Nice riding and great control on that 500. Keep it up bud, very entertaining!
I love watching dirt bikes and love the smell of gas hahaha I use to watch my dad race when I was a kid in California. 😍
They were a blast to ride, we use to wear 2 chest protectors because of the roost. I race mx, grand prix, and a few desert races. You could always go into corners a gear high and feather the clutch and pulverize the guys behind you. Having the ports all cleaned and matched by Harry Klium, along with rework the cylinder head to get rid of the design issues Honda had. It
The year was 1994 oh, I was racing a CR500 and a CR125, A-Class Rider. That's four 20 minutes + 2 lap Moto's. I can almost smell the two stroke in the air. Thanks for the Memories of a blast from the past! Virginia MX District 13 #69
'OLD IS GOLD' not only applies to great music!
I’m 60 years old next birthday and I fell off 3 times watching that👍😂
I’ve got a KTM 300, after 25 years of Harley’s..got back into dirt bikes a couple of years ago..in my mind I still think I’m 25 but the body says different..whist most of my mojo came back I can still hang with most riders I tend to fall a bit more 😂🙀👍🤣
That was an awesome video and I rode every corner with him, the CR 500 is a classic and he rode it well..
Dave keep riding you will get that mojo back
FC
An experienced rider can unlock the full potential of a 450 4 banger but nobody can unlock the potential of a 500 2 banger that thing is king of speed and power 💯 nothing beats it
Thanks for the ride
IMPRESSIVE compare a 28 year old street bike to todays street bikes. not nearly that close
unfortunately roads and tracks are not only straight :P
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Fox hill
What a track .
Have happy memories from the 90's
Everts..Albertine ....smitt..Nicol...
Herring ...malin....smets...merv "the swerve " Anstie...
To name but a few .
Total hooligan top boys on absolutely fettled to the hilt moto cross bikes ...
That fantastic smell of 2 stroke racing oil / fuel ....
And 4 stroke thumper cross ..
Forgot also ..
Pit Biere..Marniq Bevoerts.
Mark Eastwood .
Total blasts from the past .
The crowd of 30 thousand people
Air horns and chainsaw motors (no blade ) with metal funnels for extra noisy exhaust ...
The foriegn fans with their viking helmets on ..flags and banners .
The smell of the burgers and onions cooking .
The sound of generators..
Absolutely fantastic mayhem
I love my '96 CR500 to pieces. And back together again. 😁
Dr. Hugo G. Hackenbush 0
I love my CR250 1998. Factory connection and whole works.
One of the best POV's I've seen!
That's the exact track in mx vs atv alive
Sander Zutterman
All hail the desert king
"Crusty Demon of Track"
Minus the paddle tire 🤘
Great job riding that CR500. Super Sweet ride..
That is the greatest track I have ever seen. It's great just watching the race from the video on the bike.
This takes me back. I had two 500's. Dead reliable bikes. Looks like they are still valid.
Man, I can't believe this clip, thank you! Took me right back to my racing days in the 80s. So nice to hear the bikes without effin soundtrack. Full on, full off, just do it.
Kicking ass on the ol Honda man your great !
I ride large 4-stroke road bikes, but many years ago I was shocked to my socks when I rode a CR125 off-road, even the baby of the CRs had tons of power, I can't imagine riding the big 500 and staying upright 🤣
What's wrong, boys? Couldn't pull away from a 30 year old dirt bike? Those CR500's are absolute beasts. Back then and still today.
looks like the 500 was able to make up some time on those steep uphills...that track was crazy! Id be white knuckled in second gear at some of those elevation changes.....LOL~!!
you and me both my friend!
Good job Nev wasn't afraid to hang loose!
52 dislike from chicken ass riders that can't handle the heat of a 500...
A bunch of punk pussies.
Post a video of you riding yours. Would be badass...
Tinman Bigfoot Tracker nobody really can...
I've ridden for close to 45 yrs. Am 61 yo, slowed down a bunch, but there's still know body having any more fun than I am.I can't handle a CR5 to it's limits. The bike demands a pro level rider to use it for all it's worth. I could be wrong, but it sounds like you are being a bit of a braggart.
+BB gun Spo Wa. He's probably a little boy that's only ridden MX bikes on video games. They are a different breed these days.
I have a 1987 suzuki LT 500 quadzilla , it's a heart attack on wheels.
I have 2 banshees and my next wheeler will be a quadzilla, I've wanted one since I fist seen one new in Nutters cycle shop when I was a kid
@@mugiwaraluffy7846 stock up on crankshafts
Over 20 years ago, I was on a motorcycle road trip going across the Mojave desert. I saw a sign for a motorcycle shop and I needed to stretch my legs so I figured I'd ride over there and shoot the bull with the guys and take a break. They showed me their Quadzilla in the back. They had yanked out the one-lunger and shoe-horned in an engine from an RG500 Gamma. Four custom made expansion chambers snaking their way all over.. what a sight to behold. They said they had to gear it down so that it only topped out at 120.
Ya my dad was going to get me one the neighbor was selling back in the day when I was like 12 lol I’m glad he changed his mind when I was 18 I rode one and was so glad he didn’t buy it for me then I would have deff killed myself!!!!
Hossain
It may be the wrong track for that bike, there wasn't enough space to open it up. I had an 86 CR500R and that bike really came alive in the power band. Most of the time it sounded like he needed to be geared down.
Should have changed out a sprocket so he could have stayed in it.
Two Strokes 4 Life!!!
Jesus loves you!!!
I saw a bumper sticker that said "Jesus loves you,
everyone else thinks you're an a**hole". 🤣
James 1:12 KJV (1611a.v.)
Jesus loves me this I know, my 2 stroke told me so.
If you ever seen the greats (ward, Johnson, lechein, Stanton), ride these at the LA coliseum, what a show..
2-stroke 500's back in the 80s was the best racing ever.
Hes literally just chillin, so much more goose to be had in that baby
j1bone rfu
had a 450 Husqvarna in the late 70s early 80s .the sound brought back sweet memories . like it's not even breaking a sweat .to run one of those full out for more than 30 mins. will test a persons fitness and endurance . most fun , scary (earned respect) bike I ever owned . man I miss that thing .
This is one of my favorite videos on TH-cam.
I remember going to watch the GPs here in the mid 90s!! Place was like a massive stadium with thousands of spectators and cheers roaring around the valley!!
Such an awesome track!! Can’t believe they got rid of the jump before the drop off and the huge step up!
Great to watch though!!
99%rider 1%machine
Amazing! And he still had time to film the race! Although he's had 28 years to get used to the bike, I guess. ;)
3erf
Awesome!!! Bring them back !! Imagine if this monster was updated...
Lagulama
I bought a bone stock 1989 CR500 in 1993 not ridden much, person I worked with was in a pinch for money and got it for $400 bucks, my first modern mono shock bike coming from bombers , he had geared it for a small local track and it would do about 65 mph wide open, I tried that track and one lap I was exhausted riding my new to me CR500... 3rd gear hole shot and 4th gear only around whole track holding on for dear life, twitchy , tank slap and wanted to toss me off the back.. never rode it at a track again...
I lived way out in the desert at the time, and made a casual desert bike out of it.. I had a 20 mile loop of mountains and 2 tracks, I geared it to keep up with a buddies Husky 500 at the time, I should have been dead many times riding it blazing dirt roads at 100 mph.. It flat does not want to turn at those speeds , still docile enough for slower rocky stuff with out slipping the clutch...
I rode it for many years /miles and it was great, 20:1 golden spectro and never had to re-ring it... Just never ponied up for a Scotts steering stablizer which it really needed , sold it back in 2003 to a person at work and he blew it up first outing, come to find out someone told him to run synthetic 2 stroke oil at 60:1 and melted it...
I do not comment much, but THANK YOU for bringing back fond memories and THAT feeling again, it just made me overshare stirring up all that fun back in the day now that I am an old broke down man...
Much respect for anybody who rides one of these, I just never had the skill to do so .... Hard to believe the bike today is 31 years old......
Im convinced this is why the AMA/manufactures have the 5 year homogination rule. They don't want some privateer showing up on a 2001 cr250 and finishing mid pack against 4 strokes made 20 years later.