MIKE NARDONES YAMAHA YZ490 HILL CLIMB MONSTER 1985
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Mike Nardone was my wrestling coach at Ossining High School in NY!
Ive rode one of these, and it was hands down one the hardest bikes to hold onto when grabbing a hand full of throttle.
When i was 16 i snapped my ankle kick-starting a 490.. Lesson learned always wear boots
My dad had a 83yz490, he never rode it kinda miss seeing it. He got a 88kx500 a yr after from a friend and still owns it 26 yrs later
I've had 2 kx500s for years now,1990&93. I'll never sell em
@@yamaharaptor01able beasts of bikes
What never rode it? Whats he like?🤷🤷👎👎👎🙈🙈😬😬🖐
Any yz490 was an animal. I had one and never got used to it. Crazy power
MY FAVOURITE 490 MODEL ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM
Still have my 83 CR480 and get it out when I need a rush. Those old air cooled monsters are the best
Love seeing the hill climbing bikes.. The builds are really cool
Reminds me of me brothers XT 600! I think it was an 85. Similar colors bad ass and a handful to ride hard!!
Love that deep 2 stroke tone!
Thats so crazy sound😊 I like the 2-strokes for my life. I have the same one in my collection. Many greetings from southwest germany 😊
Bavaria! Gros got Vie ghets?
@@XRakkgruntX Hello, i am a swabian(Schwabe) mir gehts gut, i`m fine. Und du, and you hope, too?
Just ripped my 1987 in the sandpit last week. It's sooo fast. I put a pwk 38 carb on her. It's stock bore. Starts right up cold and hot. Tons of compression. Fully rebuilt motor. Except I reused the crank and cylinder because they looked and felt fine.
Dang!! Mikes got some a pair of BIG Nards ! Boooooya!!! Respect 🫡
Those YZ 490's have a Shit ton of character!
Good god I love it thanks for sharing
That thing sounds amazing
Grunter of a motorcycle. Thanks Ken
Love it! Sweet set up.
Yeah all y’all out Zuki for 90 back in 1980s. Yeah my 490 was awesome.
Wow what a starter. That thing is awesome
If Broc Glover could win on a air-cooled YZ490 against water cooled CR500s and power valved KX500 -so can you.
Yz490 = "King of Ping"
Back in the 90's I spent 4k rebuilding it, swapped in an IT 490 5 speed and YZ125 ignition module,fast as fark but a bitch to start cold. One of my mate's broke his ankle trying to start his 490.
had an 84, seized it on the big end, racing a ninja 250. lol that was a pucker moment!
One mean machine there great job saving it😊
Its right there man! Oh, yup saw the black and white cruising in the back. Sneaks
I had one in the early 90s for just a little bit . Mine was yellow but I don’t remember what year it was . It had no muffler and fast is an understatement. I was a kid and didn’t have much money so I traded it for nice Suzuki RM 250
The only bike that scared the crap outta me as a kid. But, never got to the chance at any other big bore 2 stroke
that starter is nice i cant tell you how many times my old 490 kicker came back and attacked me shin lol. even kicking from tdc itll still bite ya
Beautiful ❤
JUST SOMETHING ABOUT AIR COOLED TWO STROKE LIKE NOTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD ❤
Ha ha ha !! @5:13
There is something to say about fresh 2 stoke exh smoke !
You'll always remember it ...
I had an 86, with alot of engine work, that bike threw me on my ass sooooo many times, never lost a drag race against any of the 500 two strokes.
wow very Kool!!
Can you imagine how many kicks that would have taken? And that's a 490. Haha. Smart man. Nice bike and I like that color too.
Real nice
The way he done the swing arm was cool so in a matter of minutes you could be hill climbing or in a matter of minutes you could have it back stock length and hit the track
You still have to change the break line and bleed it . A lot of people use a spare swingarm with a wheel already fitted so its really not that much faster still a couple hours work, its that starter that really saves the time, imagine how long it would of took to kick that thing.🤣
My buddy had a 84 490, yellow. I had to stay back aways when behind him across the potato fields on the way to the sand pit because that thing would absolutely throw a big roost. Big rocks would come flying at you with warp speed. Foundation murderer!
I don't think any of the 490's had a rear disc, even the 1990. WR500 was the first to have one of the big bore Yams
I had an '86 red & white 250 after my '82 490. Any color on a yamaha looks good!!! Edit: YAMAHA!!! 😅
Sick!
Its great he made it so it can be put straight back to normal, and then you can still have a spicy weekend at local hill climbs
You still have to change the break line and bleed it . A lot of people use a spare swingarm with a wheel already fitted so its really not that much faster still a couple hours work, its that starter that really saves the time, imagine how long it would of took to kick that thing.🤣
Different kind of ping, sweet
Here in the UK and Europe we got the white YZs and wanted the yellow ones just like Hannah and Broc.
Throw a Paddle tire on the rear & go Dune running at Glamis . Back in the day lots of guys did that very thing & those type big bore 2 strokes ruled the dunes . 😎👍
Ahhhh. 2 stroke YZ 490 All day. It's a Yamaha thing
Holy Swingarm!
That 490 is fire kap i love you your the man
God bless America 🇺🇸
ML&R HECTOR, TELL THE FAMILY I SAID HELLO!
Sweet
How can I set my bike up to start like he just did? Can anyone help me get the right parts and starter he was holding. Thank you
👍💪
This bike is a rocket not for the faint heart
I had a 1987 modified .40 over was raced previous owner got 187 staples in a nasty wreck on it. He said this bike will kill you. It nearly did to everyone who was brave enough to ride it. Rode a modified KX 500 it was definitely faster bottom to top and everywhere in between.
I had two it 465s road legal, always afraid of them,I would wheelie at 70-90 on the motorway !! Was 21 then had no fear drunk
God save America
I always ran a IRC M-5B on my KX250
I can smell that 2 stroke, damn I miss it. If I lived in the USA I would definitely get a bike from Kaplan but this old soldiers body belongs to the Dr 😂😂😂.
❤ it
Had a cherry 88 YZ490 when I was 15, all my buddies wanted to throw a leg over it. I said "if you can start it, you can ride it." I only had one buddy that actually got it fired, should have seen the shit eating grin on his face after he saddled that animal. I sure miss that bike, was stupid to sell it.
PO PO heard the 490 start and had to make they're presence known before Sr ripped any houses of the foundations!😂
Is the October raffle for the gasgas passed already
special 😬
490 grim reaper 490
All i want to say .........4.48😊
Had to recheck what year is it.. and yeah it wasn't 2024 yet lol
Preeti sure I fitted an rd 350 sprocket don't remember,but started to leave my mate on his gpz 750 flat out down bovingdon air strip,so did wotever that did +5,he said 128mph,but I recon I was going faster,& it embarrassed the lieing punt
Was that a police car 7.5
What exactly do you mean when you said the head mod so it doesn’t ping?
He said the head was O ringed when you agreed about the pinging
From 1982 (first year YZ490) to just a few years ago these bikes would ping(pre-detonate) once they got hot and would lose power.
There is a head mod for this that corrects the situation. For large 6'+ riders these bikes are an all around blast to ride and embarrass your water cooled 2T.and 4T friends. -Maybe the best trail bike one can buy.
It is change to the head squish angle that reduces compression slightly, that also helps combat pre ignition. Quick and easy to do, and is definitely one of the first must-do mods.
@@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443 How is it done exactly and what does it help or how does it change the performance of the motor. I have no doubt that you know exactly what you are talking about but I’m just not familiar with it and I thought the more compression the more bang as far as power
That 2 Stroke is better then most Tom Petty Songs 😂❤❤ 💨
Do you get a rack of ribs with that bike?
Give me a smoke of oil 🙏🕉️💪🇬🇷
🥹❤🎨💪🏼✨