When I was 11 and weighed about 82 Lbs my neighbor had been drinking all day and he told me if I could start his XR 680 I could ride it! Damn thing had supertrapps with 3 or 4 disks. He went inside to get more beer and I strapped his bike to the shade tree and cut off about 1/4 of the branches. He came around the corner taking a big swig of beer and looked just in time to see me jump. That damn kick starter went about 98% of the way down and then it backfired my knee into the handlebars and threw me off like a wild bull. Foaming Budweiser shot out of his nose and eyes and he laughed so hard he couldn't stand up. He wasn't laughing on the 5th try when I said unstrap this damn thing and dug a ditch out his driveway....gotta be careful what you say to little kids cuz you never know!! Thanks for the memories
All Torque, Horsepower #s are about the same on the 700 Maico as a Rockstar Husqvarna Limited edition 450 but torque is off the charts!! Got to ride one back when ATK did their extreme big bore 2 strokes in the 80s, the big kickstarter on their 760 was in instrument of death!! Smacked me in the right shin and tore the hide off so I went and rode the 600+ cc one, even with the skin duct taped over gauze/peroxide on my shin, the ride on that bike was awesome, dig a trench like a roto tiller and acceleration was incredible. Got it well up over 100 m.p.h. in that 1/2 mile field!
@@timmwhite9218 The maico 700 is ported for really low rpms, thats why it has so much torque but it still has 82hp from the rear wheel if I remember correctly
My mate had his KX 500 for sale in the 90’s. We’d both ridden it lots. I was there when two guys came round to look at it. They were older and heavier than us at the time and fancied some off road action. I was quite a good rider at the time and loved how the rear wheel wanted to overtake the front wheel in 3rd on the sandy track we went to. Seeing us skinny guys the buyer asked if it had enough power for him 😂😂 I would have loved to have been there the first time he tried to light it up in 2nd.
Young, able, willing, excellent reflexes, feels the natural sciences in his body, his gyro system is brilliant, and can control a skid while on a single wheel. It takes a healthy human to that and no machine will replace that in the next 50 years. Congratulations to the designer of that bike and the rider, they do know their heir sciences and their engineering functions. At the moment I am thinking that few people appreciate the invisible and silent functions that an engineer has to process to ensure that engine will perform as desired and also the steering mechanism to have the right geometry and on looking at 0:21 to investigate the contact point with the ground, the steering angle , the throw of those springs ,the approximate centre of gravity where all this is handled by the rider's brain through his mind operating with reference to his gyro stabilization system in his head and then his reaction to transmit all the processed data through his arms and legs to act on those control system accounting for the differential equation of the bike and also the lose gravel under his tyres, well that is a beautiful equation for any engineer and it takes a powerful computer to simulate it and here.......... a young man........... full of elegance , spirit, and an attitude does it all much faster than any computer I know of. Congratulations young man, you are a brilliant human machine and you do know it, but please look after yourself. Good luck and it was an honour to see you ride on that magnificent steed that engineers like me design for the enjoyment of other younger people.
I had an 82 and a 94 mod KX500 .. untill you have ridden one you havent lived .. I preferred the 82 mod as it was a fair bit heavier and so much nicer to ride in the scrub and more usable power I used mine as enduro bikes NSW Australia . Im 56 now and my arms are slightly longer than they should be LOL ....
Starting tip: Push the kickstarter down until the piston just clears top dead center. It will feel like a short click. Then bring the kickstarter all the way back up, then a full assertive kick will go through without that stopping-hesitation halfway through. The engine will have two full spark ignitions when kicking it through this way. The other benefit to starting it this way is most beneficial when firing up during a dead-engine, drop-banner start. There is not a single modern 4-stroke with the magic button that will fire up faster than a CR/KX 500.
I used to race a 1988 KX500 in the 500cc open class outside tracks. It was the fastest dirt bike I have ever been on! Wild power range that comes on linear from the bottom to the top. I used to practice in the sand dunes and it was the only bike I have ever rode that could effortlessly get on top of the sand because of the extreme wheel spin.
I've had loads of 500 2 strokes, ridden them, restored them etc. Easiest 500 i ever had to kick over was a 1983 air cooled kx500, like kicking over a 125!It was a monster of a thing. I'm from Scotland and i sold it to a family who came over from Ireland. They were related to Laurence Spence who used to race these in the 80,s,(Great clip of him on youtube racing his, real men!) they were meant to be restoring it for him as he still rode in the senoirs, they were sure it was one of his old bikes. Would love to know what happened to it. I used to laugh when i rode it locally, i would kick it over and leave it idling till i put my gear on, had a young guy come up to me and say hey, there's something wrong with your bike mister?! When it idled it just went ding..... DING..... DING................. DING, DING........... DING. LOL, he thought there was something wrong with it! :-)
I feel so lucky to have been involved riding some great bikes when i was young(first bike at 14 was an rm465!) and restoring, riding them again in the last five years. In the last five years i've had countless cr500, s, three kx500, s, Suzuki rm500(4 speed box, what were they thinking?) 1976 Suzuki rm250a, first year they were made!, another Suzuki rm465, Husky cr500 etc. My favourite of them all was that bike i had at 14 years of age, the rm465, why? I don't think i ever got near getting that thing flat out, it just pulled and pulled and pulled, it was unbelievable! Plus, another thing which was odd you could run it all the time with the choke full out, or just pull it out while riding, like a little nitrous shot!, it just went even quicker! Really miss being that young lad, sticking on my gear, firing up that big yellow beast in the morning, pissing off the neighbours and just having that great two stroke smell all around me,just took off all day riding everywhere, happy days!
Wow, my blood pressure rose and my heart pounded just watching this. I had a yz250 with a 325 kit and that scared me. I could only imagine this monster. Clean Kawi to top it off 👌
No way you start my 1987 CR500 that easy. Many respects to that bike brother! Take good care of it because it looks like nothing close to that will ever come back. Long live the beast!
Thanks for posting 👍 very enjoyable video 👍 That KX is one snappy sob.! Rider does very well to control it but also let the bike make minor movements. Excellent video, thanks again 👏👏👏👏
I had an '04 KX500. I never should have sold it! So much fun! Tons and tons of low end power and insane mid-range power. But fairly easy to ride and control. It would power wheelie in 5th gear easily, if you could get traction. Makes the new 450's feel like a child's toy.
I'de kill to throw my leg over one again !!! That was my favorite era for them too..Kawi owner at least a dozen times over from my 85 kx 80 all the way to my 2010 ZX10R..nothing quiet like the way kawi's pour on the power, especially top end
Awesome video I'll be in love with 2 stroke till the day I die. I pity any rider who has not experienced riding a 2 smoker off road. 500s were rated at about 60 hp which is very nasty for a 250 pound machine. Both the sweetness and some times the problem is that it can feel like 600 hp.
saxonforge A friend off my had the same engine build in a Suzuki rgv 250 frame Real suasyde bike In every gear it stood sky hy ha ha Half trothle and the steering bars smash your theets out ha ha
saxonforge my old Neighbor had one in that thing had a lot of torque and used to have a KX 250 2 stroke and a RM 250 two-stroke but sold them before I went to a trade school miss having them and both where 99 and his kx 500 was no joke
Had one of these as a kid. Front brake never did get fixed, but had more fun tearing tracks on that than any other bike I ever owned. More usable than the CR as it had good power thru the range. Even climbed a steep hill on tick over in 1st one day for a laugh and put a trails bike to shame.
I have an old husky 500 2 smoker. Have it setup to burn circles on ice. If you ride it on dirt, it’s just too much to handle. The kick start is on the left which is way harder than one would think to wrap your head around. 6 gears and you will still pull up the front in 6th.
God love him my dad bought me every KX we could find used. We would rebuild it and I would blow every kid in our small town away on dated used bikes. I got a few kx 500's first at age 16 lol it tried to kill me numerous times. The 87 kx 500 I grew to love a gentle beast meaning you could go fast without really ripping it the thing was amazingly fast. Still the scariest bike I owned was a 85 kx 125 it was a 40 mph death machine.... Seriously I would put a broken back fender on when friends road because they always flipped it. Btw Kx was always easy to mod because they was gimped from the factory..... Cr's Yz's was good too but to build a kx engine in two stroke always delivered. Reed valves, Fmf fatty,custom jetting,port polish and one or two one rear sprocket makes more power than you can deliver safely. This guy is ripping it and even he had to let off or otherwise flip it into the air 20 ft... A 450 four has amazing power delivery but its fun to ride something that can and will kill you if you get overconfident at any moment. Recently rode a friends r9 super bike "built" I said a little low on the bottom end lol. kx 500 IS Legend!
I noticed in this video that you have some kind of sleeve over the kick start pedal that makes it a bigger surface when kicking. Did you purchase that? If so where and who makes it?
Reminds me of many years ago , a mate brought his YZ490 around for a blast . Told me to have a go , I reluctantly hopped on and hurtled off down the road ! Jeeesh , my arms were stronger than Supermans , all my energy just hanging on , pretty white knuckled by the time I got back , phew , didn`t bother ever again .
Love the old kx500. my friends with thier 4 strokes hate hill climbing behind me on my cr500, nothing better than just spinning the tire for 5 plus minutes all the way to the top.
The 2-stroke 400's, 490s, and 500s were awesome....; I rode a racing modified (pipe, larger carb) YZ400 that scared the living shit out of me....knees shaking afterward for 5 minutes.
The ding ding of a KX lovely, Yz Rm CR and Ktm all have there own unique 2 stroke sounds back in the 80,s. You could tell what the bike was even if you couldn’t see it lol
Rode one for a really short period, across a coal road thru a 5foot ditch,into a field,back thru the ditch across coal road,back to the owner,with a big thank you,but nope to much for me at the time, owner sold it,ate tires, sprockets n chains like no tomorrow
I have a 92 CR500 with a big bore kit 535 professionally built ported and Polished stage 2 Hot Rod crank vforce 3 reeds gnarly FMF pipe my bike goes back to the future
I KNOW !!! Use to ride one back in the early eighties when they first came out ! It was than called: the MEAN GREEN OL DEVIL, by Me and it sure was !!!
Not true raced my 87 CR5OO in hare scrambles n motocross too ! I installed a moose heavyweight flywheel on it n man it made a huge difference in it !! ALOT MORE TRACTABLE POWER !!! Actually in serious woods riding I preferred my old honda 81 xr-200 or my buddy's kawasaki kdx- 200 ,light weight ,maneuverable n enough power to get you outta most situations in the hare scrambles or just deep woods trail riding !! In alot more open hare scramble tracks I used my 87 CR5OO. USING THE RIGHT BIKE FOR THE RIGHT TRACKS !!! OH AND WHEN YOU START ANY BIG BORE TWO STROKE YOU DON'T LEG STAB START IT ! YOU USE YOUR BODY WEIGHT TOO WHILE STARTING THEM WHICH MEANS COMING UP OFF OF THE SEAT . KICK IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT !! EXPERT/PRO CLASS EX - MOTOCROSS RACER MAINLY HERE BUT DID HARE SCRAMBLES NOW N THEN TO MIX THINGS UP TO ALWAYS IMPROVE MY RIDING SKILLS ..
@@Burntrice747 dude are you kidding I raced a 83 cr480 n a 87 CR5OO in the expert /pro classes at only 5 foot 4 n 135lbs n never had any problems starting them or most definitely riding them ! IT'S ALL ABOUT THROTTLE CONTROL!
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When starting your dirtbike at home: 0:30
When starting your dirtbike in public 0:20
Me Pro so true 😂😂
True 😂
We all hate that feeling lmao
Ain’t that the truth
Me is the other way
When I was 20 years old I bought a CR500. Ever since I am unable to sweat, due to a overdose of adrenaline. It affect me more when I go for pizza.
KX 500, if you can start it, you can ride it :D
heh
When I was 11 and weighed about 82 Lbs my neighbor had been drinking all day and he told me if I could start his XR 680 I could ride it! Damn thing had supertrapps with 3 or 4 disks. He went inside to get more beer and I strapped his bike to the shade tree and cut off about 1/4 of the branches. He came around the corner taking a big swig of beer and looked just in time to see me jump. That damn kick starter went about 98% of the way down and then it backfired my knee into the handlebars and threw me off like a wild bull. Foaming Budweiser shot out of his nose and eyes and he laughed so hard he couldn't stand up. He wasn't laughing on the 5th try when I said unstrap this damn thing and dug a ditch out his driveway....gotta be careful what you say to little kids cuz you never know!! Thanks for the memories
U think KX is hard to start, try the CR500
GDV You think a cr500 is hard, try a maico 700
why are you sucking off the honda and shitting on the kawa? they are pretty much the same bike....
The moment when you do a burnout while wheeling 2:02 :D. U know the shit has some serious power
Unleast The Beast!
Facts👀👀👀
Tide Pods your 450 is barely equal to a 250 2stroke
72 horsepower! Loved these over the CR because you could put this bike in 3rd and ride all day in the woods! It actually had low end haha!
@@tidepods3182 that will blow the sticker kit off any of u 4 stroke puss&$#
nothing like the smell of "Two Strokes" in the morning!!
100 proof no ethanol mix in my 86 trx 330 quad smells like burning angels... sooo beautiful.
@@colbyteesdale2003 "yep." those were the good old days!! I remember using klotz, and Bell Ray.. and race gas, and man old man... you gotta love it..
blendzall
62 yr old here I remember the smell well ....old school cool
What about two stroke smoke in the evening, I mean we have lithium batteries and led's now!
jesus 500 two stroke. what a death machine
maico makes a 700
All Torque, Horsepower #s are about the same on the 700 Maico as a Rockstar Husqvarna Limited edition 450 but torque is off the charts!! Got to ride one back when ATK did their extreme big bore 2 strokes in the 80s, the big kickstarter on their 760 was in instrument of death!! Smacked me in the right shin and tore the hide off so I went and rode the 600+ cc one, even with the skin duct taped over gauze/peroxide on my shin, the ride on that bike was awesome, dig a trench like a roto tiller and acceleration was incredible. Got it well up over 100 m.p.h. in that 1/2 mile field!
BAMFMATTDAYMON Even a KX80 can be a death machine lol Comes down to it. All about the driving skills.
@@timmwhite9218 The maico 700 is ported for really low rpms, thats why it has so much torque but it still has 82hp from the rear wheel if I remember correctly
These 500cc 2strokes dont take as much rpm than 250
My mate had his KX 500 for sale in the 90’s. We’d both ridden it lots. I was there when two guys came round to look at it. They were older and heavier than us at the time and fancied some off road action. I was quite a good rider at the time and loved how the rear wheel wanted to overtake the front wheel in 3rd on the sandy track we went to. Seeing us skinny guys the buyer asked if it had enough power for him 😂😂 I would have loved to have been there the first time he tried to light it up in 2nd.
Young, able, willing, excellent reflexes, feels the natural sciences in his body, his gyro system is brilliant, and can control a skid while on a single wheel. It takes a healthy human to that and no machine will replace that in the next 50 years. Congratulations to the designer of that bike and the rider, they do know their heir sciences and their engineering functions. At the moment I am thinking that few people appreciate the invisible and silent functions that an engineer has to process to ensure that engine will perform as desired and also the steering mechanism to have the right geometry and on looking at 0:21 to investigate the contact point with the ground, the steering angle , the throw of those springs ,the approximate centre of gravity where all this is handled by the rider's brain through his mind operating with reference to his gyro stabilization system in his head and then his reaction to transmit all the processed data through his arms and legs to act on those control system accounting for the differential equation of the bike and also the lose gravel under his tyres, well that is a beautiful equation for any engineer and it takes a powerful computer to simulate it and here.......... a young man........... full of elegance , spirit, and an attitude does it all much faster than any computer I know of. Congratulations young man, you are a brilliant human machine and you do know it, but please look after yourself. Good luck and it was an honour to see you ride on that magnificent steed that engineers like me design for the enjoyment of other younger people.
Her*
It really is beautiful. #str8up
KaTM it’s a guy that has long hair
@@moto6ixmoto83 she's a girl
You are "gay"
Those kinds of roads is the KX500's truly natural environment! Had a 1992 myself in 1996, and maaaan, that's power...
I've never seen a vintage dirt bike that was that clean before. Very nice.
Thx. Its clean bike (for being in active use)
Love the old 2 stroke dirt bikes ...such instant throttle response will have you over the back easily if not used to them!!
I appreciate your videos. Just pure riding and the best sound! No annoying music! thanks
Nothin better than a 2-stroke
premix, smell, sound, powerband braaps!
A Prius is superior in every way
2 stroke smells better than napalm in the morning !!!
@@donutz6924 pa pa pa paaa pa pa pa papapaaq
There used to.be a two stroke pre mix oil called blendz all it smelled so unique and mmmm good back in the day
No clutch on them weelies boys. 500 2t
Right !!! All day long!
Reminded me of how I wheelied my zx7r
Yep, just twist the throttle. LOL
Lol no clutch whellies? I really don't think that he is really even wanting to do whellies lol it's just happening natural causes of the kx500 power
Man..just hearing it kick over brought back floods of memories THANK YOU !!!
I had an 82 and a 94 mod KX500 .. untill you have ridden one you havent lived .. I preferred the 82 mod as it was a fair bit heavier and so much nicer to ride in the scrub and more usable power I used mine as enduro bikes NSW Australia . Im 56 now and my arms are slightly longer than they should be LOL ....
Jeff,
Agreed! The heavier the better with a monster torque machine! That bike will loop 'ya at 65mph in high gear!
Starting tip:
Push the kickstarter down until the piston just clears top dead center. It will feel like a short click.
Then bring the kickstarter all the way back up, then a full assertive kick will go through without that stopping-hesitation halfway through. The engine will have two full spark ignitions when kicking it through this way.
The other benefit to starting it this way is most beneficial when firing up during a dead-engine, drop-banner start. There is not a single modern 4-stroke with the magic button that will fire up faster than a CR/KX 500.
STFU
I used to race a 1988 KX500 in the 500cc open class outside tracks. It was the fastest dirt bike I have ever been on! Wild power range that comes on linear from the bottom to the top. I used to practice in the sand dunes and it was the only bike I have ever rode that could effortlessly get on top of the sand because of the extreme wheel spin.
I could smell the bel-ray from here! LOL
........Castrol R 30 , smells like napalm in the morning!
Castro
I've had loads of 500 2 strokes, ridden them, restored them etc. Easiest 500 i ever had to kick over was a 1983 air cooled kx500, like kicking over a 125!It was a monster of a thing. I'm from Scotland and i sold it to a family who came over from Ireland.
They were related to Laurence Spence who used to race these in the 80,s,(Great clip of him on youtube racing his, real men!) they were meant to be restoring it for him as he still rode in the senoirs, they were sure it was one of his old bikes.
Would love to know what happened to it.
I used to laugh when i rode it locally, i would kick it over and leave it idling till i put my gear on, had a young guy come up to me and say hey, there's something wrong with your bike mister?! When it idled it just went ding..... DING..... DING................. DING, DING........... DING. LOL, he thought there was something wrong with it! :-)
I feel so lucky to have been involved riding some great bikes when i was young(first bike at 14 was an rm465!) and restoring, riding them again in the last five years.
In the last five years i've had countless cr500, s, three kx500, s, Suzuki rm500(4 speed box, what were they thinking?) 1976 Suzuki rm250a, first year they were made!, another Suzuki rm465, Husky cr500 etc.
My favourite of them all was that bike i had at 14 years of age, the rm465, why? I don't think i ever got near getting that thing flat out, it just pulled and pulled and pulled, it was unbelievable!
Plus, another thing which was odd you could run it all the time with the choke full out, or just pull it out while riding, like a little nitrous shot!, it just went even quicker!
Really miss being that young lad, sticking on my gear, firing up that big yellow beast in the morning, pissing off the neighbours and just having that great two stroke smell all around me,just took off all day riding everywhere, happy days!
robbocop33 r
Why don't they make them anymore?
JUSTO 7OH4 death traps lmao i would love a 500 2 stroke but they are so rare in va
No sir, that's how the great ones sound! Poor young chap, may never know.
robbocop33 r you can push the kickstart with your hand on the new 125s
Wow, my blood pressure rose and my heart pounded just watching this. I had a yz250 with a 325 kit and that scared me. I could only imagine this monster. Clean Kawi to top it off 👌
Great to hear the nice exhaust note and open space to enjoy the bike ride with no hassle fantastic
Last time I rode a KX500 I flipped it big time! Unbelievable torque/power combo.
2:02-2:10 that's what its all about...nothing like the deep wail of a big bore 2 stroke
4:50 , well deserved finger stretch. I bet she's a beast to hold on too! Nice riding and such. Thanks.
This video should be titled " Badass'd rider rips the hell out of a KX500 like a boss!"
You mean bad as girl"
@@adam_-adam bruh rider doesn't specify gender
Stop thinking for a sec and look at the long horse tail ponytail
@@adam_-adam you absolute mongoloid a rider can be a guy or a girl or do you disagree?
@@sienet2645 What are you" the youtube comment gender police? Get the fuk outta here shut up and leave only comments that are worth leaving idiot
Total blast dude ...major rush. Watchin' you rippin' the flats is def cool but you need to find some hills to carve up and shred with that beast.
No way you start my 1987 CR500 that easy. Many respects to that bike brother! Take good care of it because it looks like nothing close to that will ever come back. Long live the beast!
The 500 two strokes were awesome.
If you think you've ridden everything, but not one of these, I highly recommend riding one.
Thanks for posting 👍 very enjoyable video 👍
That KX is one snappy sob.! Rider does very well to control it but also let the bike make minor movements. Excellent video, thanks again 👏👏👏👏
that thing is a BEAST!....the front end comes up so easy, its like your not even trying to
I had an '04 KX500. I never should have sold it! So much fun! Tons and tons of low end power and insane mid-range power. But fairly easy to ride and control. It would power wheelie in 5th gear easily, if you could get traction. Makes the new 450's feel like a child's toy.
I have both now. KX500 is lot fun and treasure bike. KX450F is good bike too, awesome for jumps and wheelies ,still have to test more.
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GOD , I LOVE THE SOUND OF THAT " CHAINSAW ON STEROIDS " !!!
I had an RD350 , what a badass little bike !
This is seriously awesome it's crazy how evil this bike looks + sounds
I'de kill to throw my leg over one again !!! That was my favorite era for them too..Kawi owner at least a dozen times over from my 85 kx 80 all the way to my 2010 ZX10R..nothing quiet like the way kawi's pour on the power, especially top end
Awesome video
I'll be in love with 2 stroke till the day I die. I pity any rider who has not experienced riding a 2 smoker off road. 500s were rated at about 60 hp which is very nasty for a 250 pound machine. Both the sweetness and some times the problem is that it can feel like 600 hp.
saxonforge I had a tuned kx 500 70 hp a real green monster machine
It easily could plow the garden ha ha
saxonforge
A friend off my had the same engine build in a Suzuki rgv 250 frame
Real suasyde bike
In every gear it stood sky hy ha ha
Half trothle and the steering bars smash your theets out ha ha
My KX500 weighs 220 lbs - less than I do. 😀
saxonforge my old Neighbor had one in that thing had a lot of torque and used to have a KX 250 2 stroke and a RM 250 two-stroke but sold them before I went to a trade school miss having them and both where 99 and his kx 500 was no joke
Nice video. Had one myself for 20 years ago. Really fun bike!
Had one of these as a kid. Front brake never did get fixed, but had more fun tearing tracks on that than any other bike I ever owned. More usable than the CR as it had good power thru the range. Even climbed a steep hill on tick over in 1st one day for a laugh and put a trails bike to shame.
The sound of a high displacement 2 stoke is just magical
sweet video man, always love hearing ur 500
thanks!
My knee throbbed just watching you kick start!
It's not fast unless u mix the gas! Long live 2 strokes.......#500kawipower
Travis Williams mixing gas slapping ass
Mixin gas and haulin ass!
Ight I get the joke, but this is def some bs. I rode a 450x opened up, hit 60 in 3rd. Scary as sh*t.
Scary to think that beast is almost 30 years old! I miss my 1986 YZ125...1988 CR125...
That was mad after I got my head around him staying on the right hand side of the road lol. Love the old big 2 bangas
Nothing better than getting off a bike that after your done riding it your hands are shaking from the adrenaline!!! This guy certainly knows this!!!!
Ooooh how I miss the big bore 2 strokes! All that raw dirty power !
IN THIS GREAT QUALITY 60FPS VIDEO WHICH CAMERA YOY ARE USING? JUST TRYING TO GET MAYBE A GOEXTREME ENDURO.. THANKS!
YOUR A MONSTER MY RESPECT TO YOU BROTHER ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTHCENTRAL LOS ANGELES 🤝
The Widow Maker!!! my favorite 2 stroke of all time KX 500,yeah Baby!
finland has the best woods and trails, such a beautiful nature too!
Love the smell of 2-stroke in the morning!!!!!
My dad has two quadzilla 500's. Holy hell they are hard to start. Props to the man for starting it on the 3rd kick
I remember those days, i owned numerous big bores. Yz 465, Cr 480 Cr 500 crazy power and fun to ride.
I have an old husky 500 2 smoker. Have it setup to burn circles on ice. If you ride it on dirt, it’s just too much to handle. The kick start is on the left which is way harder than one would think to wrap your head around. 6 gears and you will still pull up the front in 6th.
You go girl. Nice riding!
Ahhh man that was AWESOME< WELL DONE BRO, AMAZING RIDER
500s were frightening! I remember getting on one from a 250 and it was eager to make you look silly if you stepped out of line.
God love him my dad bought me every KX we could find used. We would rebuild it and I would blow every kid in our small town away on dated used bikes. I got a few kx 500's first at age 16 lol it tried to kill me numerous times. The 87 kx 500 I grew to love a gentle beast meaning you could go fast without really ripping it the thing was amazingly fast. Still the scariest bike I owned was a 85 kx 125 it was a 40 mph death machine.... Seriously I would put a broken back fender on when friends road because they always flipped it.
Btw Kx was always easy to mod because they was gimped from the factory..... Cr's Yz's was good too but to build a kx engine in two stroke always delivered. Reed valves, Fmf fatty,custom jetting,port polish and one or two one rear sprocket makes more power than you can deliver safely. This guy is ripping it and even he had to let off or otherwise flip it into the air 20 ft... A 450 four has amazing power delivery but its fun to ride something that can and will kill you if you get overconfident at any moment. Recently rode a friends r9 super bike "built" I said a little low on the bottom end lol. kx 500 IS Legend!
Bigfoot is loving watching you ride.
The grips go so good with the graphics kit
I noticed in this video that you have some kind of sleeve over the kick start pedal that makes it a bigger surface when kicking. Did you purchase that? If so where and who makes it?
Reminds me of many years ago , a mate brought his YZ490 around for a blast . Told me to have a go , I reluctantly hopped on and hurtled off down the road ! Jeeesh , my arms were stronger than Supermans , all my energy just hanging on , pretty white knuckled by the time I got back , phew , didn`t bother ever again .
Love the old kx500. my friends with thier 4 strokes hate hill climbing behind me on my cr500, nothing better than just spinning the tire for 5 plus minutes all the way to the top.
Awesome video - I just bought a 2003 KX500 - going to be a fun summer.
nice, have a fun braaps
When you hit a bump and all of a sudden your doing the Superman!
The 2-stroke 400's, 490s, and 500s were awesome....; I rode a racing modified (pipe, larger carb) YZ400 that scared the living shit out of me....knees shaking afterward for 5 minutes.
I was 14 when I got my yz400 first year mono shock miss that bike
Tthat pink in green looks so Kool.
wheelie on demand, love it
The ding ding of a KX lovely, Yz Rm CR and Ktm all have there own unique 2 stroke sounds back in the 80,s.
You could tell what the bike was even if you couldn’t see it lol
Great video btw I’m from the UK and the kx 500 is a beast 😂
love that 500
it is green 2t monster :) thx
This KX is wicked man and how much does it make again I never really knew how much power.
Muito bom,, muita potencia e torque! Excelente video
Rode one for a really short period, across a coal road thru a 5foot ditch,into a field,back thru the ditch across coal road,back to the owner,with a big thank you,but nope to much for me at the time, owner sold it,ate tires, sprockets n chains like no tomorrow
Nothing like a big bore 2 stroke
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Great video amazing rider skills, looks like you know the area that there isn't going to be any on coming traffic.
OK this chick can ride. I wasn't sure when she tried to kick it over.. my bad.. you go girl!
The Green Beast!
Definitely on my bucket list. The raw power has to be such a rush
I have an 07 rm 250 which is a lot of fun to ride and is a bit snotty I cant imagine the 500... nice vid!
You sold me never owned a dirt bike myself I'm getting one of those now😂😂
Rare lime green beasts :)
I would like to have that motor and transmission on a go cart. That would be adrenaline pumping fun for sure.
I have a 92 CR500 with a big bore kit 535 professionally built ported and Polished stage 2 Hot Rod crank vforce 3 reeds gnarly FMF pipe my bike goes back to the future
Crazy fun. I'd love to have a go at that.
Beauty, i had a 125 about that year and it was pure fun
I raced that bike in 92-94 in the open expert class, back when they had a 500 class. Took strength, throttle control and finesse to race that bike
The sound never gets old.
Unless you the neighbors. 😃
Brings back some great memories..
Thank you
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Amazing bike im just about to rebuild a 1998 kx250 i bought fof 1k its in good condition may be a beast soon enough are these bikes hard to come by?
The ticking over was scary enough lol. Can't believe I raced these as a 20 year old madman. 1 new front tyre per season and 15 backs. Awesome 👏🏻
Lovely bike, my fav MX bike! Oldie but Goldie. 👍
I KNOW !!! Use to ride one back in the early eighties when they first came out ! It was than called: the MEAN GREEN OL DEVIL, by Me and it sure was !!!
Awesome! Great rider
500cc 2 strokes are too fast for a woods bike, you can't even open it up to your always bogging around. A 250 is more than powerful enough for woods
Some people are able to. I've seen it first hand. Joe kopp. Out of Spokane. His cousins Lonnie and Robbie also.
Not true raced my 87 CR5OO in hare scrambles n motocross too ! I installed a moose heavyweight flywheel on it n man it made a huge difference in it !! ALOT MORE TRACTABLE POWER !!! Actually in serious woods riding I preferred my old honda 81 xr-200 or my buddy's kawasaki kdx- 200 ,light weight ,maneuverable n enough power to get you outta most situations in the hare scrambles or just deep woods trail riding !! In alot more open hare scramble tracks I used my 87 CR5OO. USING THE RIGHT BIKE FOR THE RIGHT TRACKS !!! OH AND WHEN YOU START ANY BIG BORE TWO STROKE YOU DON'T LEG STAB START IT ! YOU USE YOUR BODY WEIGHT TOO WHILE STARTING THEM WHICH MEANS COMING UP OFF OF THE SEAT . KICK IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT !! EXPERT/PRO CLASS EX - MOTOCROSS RACER MAINLY HERE BUT DID HARE SCRAMBLES NOW N THEN TO MIX THINGS UP TO ALWAYS IMPROVE MY RIDING SKILLS ..
But a kx500 isn’t for the tracks either
@@Burntrice747 dude are you kidding I raced a 83 cr480 n a 87 CR5OO in the expert /pro classes at only 5 foot 4 n 135lbs n never had any problems starting them or most definitely riding them ! IT'S ALL ABOUT THROTTLE CONTROL!
Can be what ever you want to be if u have the skill
This man has some wicked faith in his brakes. Lol
Loved it you killin it 💯🥃💰
There's nothing like the classics
Good quality bike, very crisp, awsome riding too.
Thx. ITS AWESOME 💨
I raced one of these back in the day. Wheel stand in top gear if you weren’t over the front and brutal if you weren’t riding at 100 %. Deadly fast.
That is a powerful bike even kick starting is difficult I had a kx 60 it would power wheely (torque, throttle) in all gears
Awesome video. I have a 1980 Yamaha 425it 2 stroke it's a beast also.
Sure, both are different beasts :)
My personal fav scare machine was the CR5 but... No doubt that the Green Machine will also do the trick as well.
Thats a real ass hardcore ripping